Texas Winter 2014-2015

[Ntxw]

:uarrow: I think they did that on purpose so they wouldn't be burned again lol.

But now they've gotten burned a little bit in the other direction!

Orangeblood said it well earlier. One event does not decide the outcome of the next event. As a forecaster they should look at how things are not what they were. December 2013 caught people off guard because they didn't believe due to the fluke that happened a week earlier in November.

[TheProfessor]

I've gotten it good here, but like Ntxw said, the winners are the folks between Denton and Decatur as of right now. I'll take what I got though!

[Texas Snowman]

From Steve McCauley on Facebook a few moments ago:

"New Personal Best: 3 hours 16 minutes to get home today! Absolute traffic nightmare. Took me 2 hours 10 minutes to drive from SMU to downtown Dallas. Every side street was also packed. Complete and utter gridlock.

But once I cleared Dallas...smooth sailing all the way to Kaufman County with dry roads and just a dusting of snow. What a difference 30 miles can make!"

[Texas Snowman]

Channel 12 KXII-TV met Steve LaNore says he just measured 3-inches at the studio in Sherman. A viewer from Whitesboro reports 4-inches there.

[SouthernMet]

Near the Austin zoo in scenic southwest austin : 30 with freezing drizzle

Well, if this continues, then I'll admit it ... the fact that my weather forecasts are full of the same stuff which comes out of Bevo's behind.

I think the WAA is definitely coming, I posted about it yesterday, but there's going to be a race between WAA and wetbulbing here in central tx and the hillco.

[CentralTxAggie]

Near the Austin zoo in scenic southwest austin : 30 with freezing drizzle

Well, if this continues, then I'll admit it ... the fact that my weather forecasts are full of the same stuff which comes out of Bevo's behind.

Well Porta, been 33 here for the last hour after quickly dropping from 36, and dew point up to 30. Touch and go either way on your forecast.

[opticsguy]

I have 3" in my rain gauge just east of Addison. I'm going to bring it in tonight and let it melt. I'll post the ratio later.

Still snowing, though. Everything but the RGEM said it would stop snowing at 11 AM....

[orangeblood]

Man that band that persisted between Denton and Wise county border has been relentless. Something there has got to have 6-8 inches but who is it?!

Yeah, I remember that the forecaster that wrote the discussion yesterday evening for Fort Worth NWS said that past history showed that these types of systems NEVER produce more than four inches of snow in the area.

I remember thinking hmmmmmm, they might not have wanted to make such a definitive statement like that. Especially in a week when a lot of DFW people woke up the other morning and went "Hey, where's the snow?!?"

Yep, bad bad week for the DFW NWS and mets....for the sake of their families, I guess its a good thing they don't get paid on performance!!! The RGEM had that band on its past few runs (had 6-7 inches around Decatur), still cannot believe the Fort Worth office ignored that model after what happened earlier in the week. Outside of dhweather, most on here were screaming not ignore it, it's been on fire lately

[Yukon Cornelius]

Really cold day to match the snow here. It was 19 most of the day with a windchill of 0 or 1. It's warmed up to 20 now!

[Ntxw]

Really cold day to match the snow here. It was 19 most of the day with a windchill of 0 or 1. It's warmed up to 20 now!

Send it to bipolar wxman57, he loves that stuff! Only 20? Beach weather!

*Not a pic from here*

[Wthrlvrmom]

Right around 4 inches here and still flurries. I can't figure out how to post pictures- even tried it via imageshack...I'll keep trying. Also, I checked NWS and it had a graphic that included my location within the scalloped area and showing the possibility of one more inch of snow by 6pm....hmmm

Scratch that- went back and Just checked that again and the line moved up

[JDawg512]

33 here but the dew point which started out at 27 a couple of hours ago is now at 32. I'm not expecting much other than a cold rain.

[Texas Snowman]

From a fishing guide friend of mine. He guided a trip on Texoma today and posted this on FB:

[orangeblood]

haha, NWS can't be serious.....To upgrade the northern counties to Warnings at this point in the game is a joke. what's the point, Because it fits their rulebook ? we need more common sense in the weather forecasting community. Sorry for the rant but today caused a lot more harm than was necessary because kids were sent to school, work etc. creating one of the worst gridlocks I've ever seen.

[Longhornmaniac8]

30.2 in Anderson Mill.

[Texas Snowman]

Message from Grayson County OEM, winter weather message from NWS issued less than 20 minutes ago. Six to eight inches with locally higher accumulations possible. Wowza!

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"
000
WWUS44 KFWD 272252
WSWFWD

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
452 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2015


...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ISSUED FOR COOKE...
DENTON...GRAYSON...AND WISE COUNTIES...

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE...

.WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
COOKE...DENTON...GRAYSON...AND WISE COUNTIES.

TXZ092-093-102-103-280700-
/O.UPG.KFWD.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150301T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KFWD.WS.W.0002.150227T2252Z-150301T0000Z/
COOKE-GRAYSON-WISE-DENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GAINESVILLE...SHERMAN...DENISON...
DECATUR...BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...
THE COLONY
452 PM CST FRI FEB 27 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATION...THIS STATEMENT IS FOR DENTON...COOKE...GRAYSON...AND
WISE COUNTIES.

* TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* PRECIPITATION TYPE...HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY THROUGH MID EVENING. A
GRADUAL TRANSITION TO FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR LATER TONIGHT.

* ACCUMULATION...HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 T0 8 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* MAIN IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON ALL ROADS...BRIDGES...AND
OVERPASSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE
TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

[Ntxw]

haha, NWS can't be serious.....To upgrade the northern counties to Warnings at this point in the game is a joke. what's the point, Because it fits their rulebook ? we need more common sense in the weather forecasting community. Sorry for the rant but today caused a lot more harm than was necessary because kids were sent to school, work etc. creating one of the worst gridlocks I've ever seen.

Yeah it's too late now, even that band is winding down. The warnings won't do any good as the damage has already been done. Plows would've been useful today.

[Texas Snowman]

Missed this due to focusing on the snow accumulation numbers mentioned above. The timing of this warning is through 6 p.m. tomorrow evening (Saturday).

Guess the temps will stay near below (or near) freezing all day tomorrow. Freezing drizzle on top of this snow for a number of hours will be quite the driving mess overnight and in the morning.

[SouthernMet]

I agree Orangeblood, way too late now.

[Ralph's Weather]

Yay, a few flurries on the way home.