Texas Winter 2014-2015
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hriverajr wrote:Well I was extremely excited.. You know diff that is to have down here? We are usually moisture deprived.. as well as the fact that Del Rio always runs warmer than anyone else in central texas in the winter.. heheh
Huge deal! I bet that made Portastorm jealous over there in the freezing drizzle capital of Texas

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Re: Texas Winter 2014-2015
So when is the radar expected to start filling in for central/south Texas?
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cheezyWXguy wrote:So when is the radar expected to start filling in for central/south Texas?
I'm not seeing any guidance really support lift within the next 12 hours across the state aside from light drizzle/frz drizzle. The bulk of the next lift won't come until the ULL comes out Tues night/Weds morning.
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Re: Texas Winter 2014-2015
Looking at the water vapor, the trend doesn't seem to be our friend, at least for now. Looks like we're losing a lot of the moisture coming out of NE Mexico.
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Went to freezing rain primarily for a bit but back to good sleet now. I'd say we have .5" of sleet and .1" of freezing rain.
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Portastorm wrote:It's a shame you're letting your warm bias get in the way of enjoying a truly rare event. Snowflakes falling on Del Rioans doesn't happen very often. I guess this late blast of winter is making you cranky.
Portastorm, take it easy on the Heat Miser! He's got a bit of a reason to be cranky today after his assurances a week or two ago that winter was over in Texas were done in by this arctic front and sleet event. I mean, who knew that it could still turn wintertime in Texas during late February, even down in Del Rio?
But I guess he will be ok. After laying low yesterday, it looks as if he has fully recovered and is now looking for his next forecasting triumph against pesky Old Man Winter and his sidekick Jack Frost.

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Re: Texas Winter 2014-2015
Ntxw wrote:cheezyWXguy wrote:So when is the radar expected to start filling in for central/south Texas?
I'm not seeing any guidance really support lift within the next 12 hours across the state aside from light drizzle/frz drizzle. The bulk of the next lift won't come until the ULL comes out Tues night/Weds morning.
What happened to what the HRRR was showing last night? I seem to recall an active radar picture for much of the southern half of the state, and enough frozen precip for Austin to consider an upgrade to WSW?
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wxman57 wrote:dhweather wrote:
We've got right at 1/4" at my house, maybe 1/3" , Denton has 1" plus. About what I expected. But our dear friend Lucy has broken fingers and hand because Charlie kicked the football!!!
Lowering standards? I thought accumulating snow was the deciding factor.
I'm delighted with the last 24 hours, we got 3/4" of rain plus roughly 3/10" of sleet. It's covering the driveway and sidewalk. Accumulating wintry precip qualifies as kicking the football for me.
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Re: Texas Winter 2014-2015
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1132 AM CST MON FEB 23 2015
.AVIATION...
AS STATED BELOW IN THE UPDATE...SLEET ENDS THIS AFTERNOON IN
METROPLEX AND SOME POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUES
OVERNIGHT. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT FZDZ ACCRETIONS WILL BE A
TRACE TO .01" THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WEDNESDAY NOW LOOKS MUCH
MORE COMPLICATED WITH SNOW POTENTIAL GROWING DUE TO UPPER LOW
CURRENTLY OVER CALIFORNIA NOW PROGGED TO MOVE OVER THE AREA. 84
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1132 AM CST MON FEB 23 2015
.AVIATION...
AS STATED BELOW IN THE UPDATE...SLEET ENDS THIS AFTERNOON IN
METROPLEX AND SOME POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUES
OVERNIGHT. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT FZDZ ACCRETIONS WILL BE A
TRACE TO .01" THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WEDNESDAY NOW LOOKS MUCH
MORE COMPLICATED WITH SNOW POTENTIAL GROWING DUE TO UPPER LOW
CURRENTLY OVER CALIFORNIA NOW PROGGED TO MOVE OVER THE AREA. 84
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It is now snowing very tiny flakes with sleet mixing in the heavier showers. Temp still 31.
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Re: Texas Winter 2014-2015
dhweather wrote:AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1132 AM CST MON FEB 23 2015
.AVIATION...
AS STATED BELOW IN THE UPDATE...SLEET ENDS THIS AFTERNOON IN
METROPLEX AND SOME POTENTIAL FOR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUES
OVERNIGHT. CURRENT THINKING IS THAT FZDZ ACCRETIONS WILL BE A
TRACE TO .01" THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WEDNESDAY NOW LOOKS MUCH
MORE COMPLICATED WITH SNOW POTENTIAL GROWING DUE TO UPPER LOW
CURRENTLY OVER CALIFORNIA NOW PROGGED TO MOVE OVER THE AREA. 84
And the rich get richer. Here's to hoping that low moves even further south to hit the Austin area.
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He kicked the ball!!!!!!
Lucy is in shock...
Temp has gone up to 33 here with drizzle. other than the light drizzle returns I've been seeing I don't see anything more than that at least for the short term.
The focus now shifts to this evening.
Lucy is in shock...

Temp has gone up to 33 here with drizzle. other than the light drizzle returns I've been seeing I don't see anything more than that at least for the short term.
The focus now shifts to this evening.
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Re: Texas Winter 2014-2015
cheezyWXguy wrote:What happened to what the HRRR was showing last night? I seem to recall an active radar picture for much of the southern half of the state, and enough frozen precip for Austin to consider an upgrade to WSW?
I don't recall seeing anything like that for this time period from the HRRR (which doesn't go out to tonight from last night). Are you sure it wasn't from the SREF? I don't follow the SREF guidance. There isn't a source of lift out there though, it just isn't there. Maybe mid level moisture coming from MX for drizzle but there's no strong mechanism of lift until Tuesday night/Weds.
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Euro looks like the NAM for Weds morning. I-30 snow special
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Re: Texas Winter 2014-2015
Drizzle appears to be tapering off in central tx.
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Looks like my areas best shot at more winter weather seems to be Thursday-Friday night. I haven't looked at anything other than the NWS forecast so I could be wrong. 23 with light snow falling here currently.
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Re: Texas Winter 2014-2015
Ntxw wrote:cheezyWXguy wrote:What happened to what the HRRR was showing last night? I seem to recall an active radar picture for much of the southern half of the state, and enough frozen precip for Austin to consider an upgrade to WSW?
I don't recall seeing anything like that for this time period from the HRRR (which doesn't go out to tonight from last night). Are you sure it wasn't from the SREF? I don't follow the SREF guidance. There isn't a source of lift out there though, it just isn't there. Maybe mid level moisture coming from MX for drizzle but there's no strong mechanism of lift until Tuesday night/Weds.
This is the post I saw last night
SouthernMet wrote:HRRR also wants sleet accumulations for austin tomorrow.
http://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/HRRR/jsloo ... omain=full
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