Texas Winter 2014-2015

#7161 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 7:58 am

Portastorm, you're going to get a little ice on those bluebonnets!

#7162 Postby **gpsnowman** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:05 am

Portastorm wrote:Multiple accidents occurring now in the Austin metro area with police asking everyone to stay off the roads
Freezing rain/drizzle continues.

Same up here in DFW. A thin glaze was put down overnight on top of the frozen slush and snow with more on the way. Stay off the roads today if you can. Good thing today is Saturday. Currently 27 degrees. Will take a while to start melting.

#7163 Postby **gpsnowman** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:11 am

Always like it when the Chief Meteorologists work on the weekends. We got Pete Delkus live on channel 8 and he is calling for a high of 34. We might not see much melting at all during the day.

#7164 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:11 am

Up along the Red River, 24 and very icy this morning. Thin dusting of light snow and ice overnight to add to what fell yesterday. Road in front of my house is a solid sheet of ice/snow now. Was wet most of the day yesterday. Going to be a rough day of travel.

CentralTxAggie · #7165 Postby **CentralTxAggie** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:12 am

Even here in south Austin, many surfaces glazed over. My dogs wiped out sliding on the iced deck.

Thank God its a weekend and not a workday. 31 in my backyard. Stay indoors and be safe everyone.

#7166 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:18 am

Light freezing rain falling in Denison, cars and trucks are entombed in ice and crusty snow. Roads are solid ice. Quite a wintry morning for the last day of February.

#7167 Postby **Portastorm** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:24 am

I'm hearing that EWX is about to upgrade the WWA for Travis and Williamson counties to a Winter Storm Warning due to the severity of icing now occurring.

#7168 Postby **TexasF6** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:26 am

WINTER STORM WARNING MAY BE ISSUED FOR WILLCO &TRAVIS COUNTY...it's from ewx, so it's still a maybe.... :wink:

#7169 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:37 am

Portastorm wrote:I'm hearing that EWX is about to upgrade the WWA for Travis and Williamson counties to a Winter Storm Warning due to the severity of icing now occurring.

Well, it ain't much. But it's at least something. And I know you'd rather be the snow capitol of Texas rather than the freezing drizzle/rain capitol of Texas. But look at there, Portastorm and company got a Winter Storm Warning on the last day of February! Who would have thought this possible just two or three weeks ago? Stay safe and enjoy the wintry day down in ATX.

#7170 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:38 am

And there it is....Portastorm and the PWC Weather Center are the only folks in Texas under a WINTER STORM WARNING right now.

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
726 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2015

...LOCALIZED WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FOR TRAVIS AND
WILLIAMSON COUNTIES THROUGH NOON...

.FREEZING DRIZZLE AND MIST CONTINUES TO STREAM NORTH ACROSS MUCH
OF THE HILL COUNTRY AND A FEW ADJACENT AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS TOWARDS THE NORTHERN I-35 CORRIDOR IN TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON
COUNTIES. NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE CITY OF
AUSTIN AND GEORGETOWN ON OVERPASSES AND FLYWAYS. SEVERAL ROAD
CLOSURES HAVE OCCURRED AS A RESULT. THEREFORE A LOCALIZED WINTER
STORM WARNING WILL BE ISSUED FOR TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES
THROUGH 12PM. EXPECTED ICING TOTALS THROUGH NOON TODAY WILL RANGE
FROM A TRACE UP TO 1/10 INCH. THE THREAT TO SEE ICING IS EXPECTED
FOR AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM AMISTAD RESERVOIR TO
CONCAN TO SCHERTZ TO TAYLOR.

TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY WARM THROUGH THE MID MORNING BRINGING
THE FREEZING DRIZZLE IMPACTS TO AN END FOR SOUTHERN AND EASTERN
AREAS OF THE ADVISORY. HOWEVER...NORTHERN COUNTIES OF GILLESPIE...
LLANO...BURNET...TRAVIS AND WILLIAMSON WILL STILL BE BELOW OR AT
FREEZING THROUGH 12PM AND EXTEND THE CHANCES FOR LIGHT FREEZING
DRIZZLE AND ITS IMPACTS.

TXZ192-281800-
/O.UPG.KEWX.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150228T1600Z/
/O.NEW.KEWX.WS.W.0002.150228T1326Z-150228T1800Z/
TRAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...AUSTIN
726 AM CST SAT FEB 28 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN
UPGRADED TO A LOCALIZED WINTER STORM WARNING.

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH 12PM.

* MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE LEADING
TO ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN 1/10 OF AN INCH...MAINLY ON
BRIDGES...OVERPASSES...LESS TRAVELED ROADWAYS AND OTHER ELEVATED
SURFACES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET...
FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE TRAVEL PROBLEMS AND MAY POSE A THREAT TO
LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

$$

#7171 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:48 am

Don't see this every day in our state's fair capitol and the home of the PWC headquarters in scenic southwest Austin.

Portastorm country is the only spot in the state under a WINTER STORM WARNING at the moment.

#7172 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:49 am

Still 24 degrees here this morning, roads are a mess, freezing rain now falling on top of the snow. Going to be a day to sit by the fire for sure!!!

JDawg512 · #7173 Postby **JDawg512** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:54 am

I just woke up and was looking at the alert on my phone for like 3 minutes before it got through my sluggish brain of what I was actually reading. :froze:

#7174 Postby **TexasF6** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:58 am

So, 2 degrees next week for Austin, Texas huh?

weatherdude1108 · #7175 Postby **weatherdude1108** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 9:04 am

About a tenth of an inch of ice is coating the backyard patio, playhouse, and roofs. Light freezing rain falling and 30.6 degrees. :cold:

Shoshana · #7176 Postby **Shoshana** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 9:06 am

TexasF6 wrote:So, 2 degrees next week for Austin, Texas huh?

Wait, what? Did I miss something? :froze:

#7177 Postby **TexasF6** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 9:08 am

Scroll back a few pages Shoshana!

#7178 Postby **TexasF6** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 9:11 am

SouthernMet wrote:0z CMC showing exactly what 12z GFS showed earlier.

http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis ... cus_27.png

http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis ... cus_22.png

Shoshana!

Shoshana · #7179 Postby **Shoshana** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 9:12 am

Ahhh ok thanks. Thought I had been reading everything, obviously not! :oops:

That's kinda insane.

#7180 Postby **Texas Snowman** » Sat Feb 28, 2015 9:15 am

Shoshana wrote:
TexasF6 wrote:So, 2 degrees next week for Austin, Texas huh?

Wait, what? Did I miss something?

Pretty sure that if all of that somehow managed to happen - or even happen in that general direction - then this thread would literally EXPLODE. :wink:

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