Texas Winter 2014-2015

[gboudx]

I predict this will be the scene tomorrow morning in Austin.

http://i58.tinypic.com/2jfetdc.jpg

Good thing for you Yukon Cornelius is in Burkburnett and not ATX. He knows how to handle the Abominable Snow Monster.

[Longhornmaniac8]

Leading edge of the front is knocking on the door of NW Austin. 8 degree temperature gradient over a couple of miles.

Edit: and 8 degrees in the last 35 minutes.

[Ralph's Weather]

What are your current favorite websites to look at computer model data?

I use to use meteostar, the psu board, and twisterdata... Any other good ones that you guys are using?

AmericanWX is good, but they do charge for the data.

[weatherdude1108]

Front just blew through north Austin between 3:00 and 3:10pm. Temperature has dropped about 8 degrees in the last 30 minutes. 66 to 58.

Roughly a degree every couple minutes.

[TheProfessor]

Lately for me I've been using tropical tidbits, and when storm seasons rolls along I'll be using Twisterdata more. I've been really liking Tropical Tidbits though, before that I was using Wunderground bleh.

[STX Expat]

Traffic cam from Abernathy, TX, just north of Lubbock.

[weatherdude1108]

Watch those tree branches!

.WIND ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TO NOON THURSDAY.

.A STRONG COLD FRONT & ARCTIC AIR BEHIND IT WILL BRING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE HILL COUNTRY & ADJACENT PLAINS TONIGHT AND THUR MORNING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS.COMBINED WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET.MAY CAUSE SOME TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK.

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-051800-
/O.NEW.KEWX.WI.Y.0002.150305T0600Z-150305T1800Z/
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-
MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.LLANO.BURNET.GEORGETOWN.DEL RIO.
ROCKSPRINGS.LEAKEY.KERRVILLE.BANDERA.FREDERICKSBURG.
BOERNE.BLANCO.SAN MARCOS.AUSTIN.BASTROP.GIDDINGS.
BRACKETTVILLE.UVALDE.HONDO.SAN ANTONIO.NEW BRAUNFELS.
SEGUIN.LOCKHART.LA GRANGE
300 PM CST WED MAR 4 2015

.WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY.

THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY.WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST THURSDAY.

* TIMING.MIDNIGHT THROUGH NOON THURSDAY

* WINDS.SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.

* IMPACTS.TYPICAL ISSUES WITH TRASH CANS & OTHER LOOSE ITEMS OUTDOORS. HOWEVER.WHEN COMBINED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET.ICING ON TREE BRANCHES MAY CAUSE THEM TO BREAK IN THE STRONG WINDS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 26 TO 39 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT.
ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

&&

$$

[downsouthman1]

18Z RGEM initializing right now.

[Shoshana]

It was 68 about 20 minutes ago, now it's breezy (gusts to 12 mph according to my pws) now it's 59 and dropping

[Longhornmaniac8]

Front just blew through north Austin between 3:00 and 3:10pm. Temperature has dropped about 8 degrees in the last 30 minutes. 66 to 58.

Ha! You beat me on that one!

[Rgv20]

March?!?!?


SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
141 PM CST WED MAR 4 2015

TXZ250-251-253>257-050100-
BROOKS-KENEDY-HIDALGO-INLAND WILLACY-INLAND CAMERON-
COASTAL WILLACY-COASTAL CAMERON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FALFURRIAS...SARITA...MCALLEN...
EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO...RAYMONDVILLE...
BROWNSVILLE...HARLINGEN...PORT MANSFIELD...PORT ISABEL...
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND...LAGUNA HEIGHTS...LAGUNA VISTA
141 PM CST WED MAR 4 2015

...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE LOWER VALLEY...

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ARRIVE THURSDAY MORNING...LOWERING
TEMPERATURES SIGNIFICANTLY. THURSDAY NIGHT TEMPERATURES FOR THE
LOWER VALLEY...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF CAMERON...WILLACY...
HIDALGO AND THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF KENEDY AND BROOKS
COUNTIES...WILL DECREASE TO JUST ABOVE FREEZING BY THE PREDAWN
HOURS OF FRIDAY. ANY LIGHT LIQUID PRECIPITATION WILL HAVE A CHANCE
TO EVAPORATE AS IT FALLS THROUGH DRIER AIR NEAR THE SURFACE...
ALLOWING IT TO POTENTIALLY COOL ENOUGH TO FREEZE BY THE TIME IT
REACHES THE GROUND.

PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT...BUT BECAUSE
THE POTENTIAL OCCURRENCE OF FREEZING PRECIPITATION IN DEEP SOUTH
TEXAS IS RELATIVELY RARE...PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES SHOULD BE TAKEN.
BE PREPARED TO DEAL WITH A LIGHT COAT OF ICE ON SURFACES LIKE YOUR
VEHICLE FIRST THING FRIDAY MORNING. ELEVATED SURFACES LIKE BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES MAY BE SLIPPERY AND MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME
CARE DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE FRIDAY MORNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
UPDATES.

$$

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[Shoshana]

Front just blew through north Austin between 3:00 and 3:10pm. Temperature has dropped about 8 degrees in the last 30 minutes. 66 to 58.

I type too slowly, plus I was trying to keep up with the dropping temps ...

[dhweather]

We are down to 39.6 in the Heath metropolitan area. Dew point is 37.2 so it's not going to drop fast.

30 minutes later

38.5 , 36.2 dew point

45 minutes after that

36.4 , 34.0 dew point


Maybe freezing by 4PM ?

3:22PM 35.0 , dew point 32.8

[SouthernMet]

Law enforcement reports .10"+ ice accumulations in Olney ALREADY (young county)

[Brent]

andddd I've hit 32 in Allen.

[weatherdude1108]

Front just blew through north Austin between 3:00 and 3:10pm. Temperature has dropped about 8 degrees in the last 30 minutes. 66 to 58.

I type too slowly, plus I was trying to keep up with the dropping temps ...

Oh yeah, my temperature update was already outdated as I was typing.

[Texas Snowman]

Law enforcement reports .10"+ ice accumulations in Olney ALREADY (young county)

Mailbox is already encrusted in ice here in Denison.

[downsouthman1]

18Z RGEM appears to abruptly shut precip down by 6AM across the I-35 corridor but seems to really punch the area before that.

[Brent]

18Z RGEM appears to abruptly shut precip down by 6AM across the I-35 corridor but seems to really punch the area before that.

No dry slot in DFW?

[weatherdude1108]

000
FXUS64 KEWX 042053
AFDEWX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
253 PM CST WED MAR 4 2015

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...
OBSERVATIONS OVER NORTH TEXAS AND RECENT MODELS ARE TRENDING
TOWARD THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT OF THE SEASON FOR
OUR AREA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. A STRONG COLD FRONT IS JUST
NORTH OF OUR CWA AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF THE
AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON NORTH...MID-EVENING CENTRAL...AND LATE
EVENING SOUTH. MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATE A MOIST ADIABATIC
LAYER ABOVE THE NEAR SURFACE COLD DOME...SO THE FRONT...APPROACH
OF A SHORTWAVE TROUGH...AND ENTRANCE REGION TO A JET STREAK WILL
PROVIDE THE MOISTURE...INSTABILITY...AND LIFT FOR SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND WITHIN 50-100 MILES BEHIND THE
FRONT. ARCTIC AIR BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES
TO DROP 20-25 DEGREES WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR OR TWO. THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT LAGS A BIT...WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS STARTING ABOUT
TWO HOURS AFTER FROPA. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
UNTIL NOON THURSDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS.

THE COLD DOME WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVERNIGHT...AND WE EXPECT A
MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT IN THE
HILL COUNTRY...THEN SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST TO A GIDDINGS...SAN
ANTONIO...DEL RIO LINE BY 4-6 AM THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
COLD ENOUGH FOR THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO PERSIST UNTIL LATE
MORNING THURSDAY. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD RAPIDLY END ACROSS THE
WESTERN HALF OF THE AREA AROUND NOON...AND TEMPERATURES
SIMULTANEOUSLY WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING. THE AMOUNT OF ICING COULD
BE OVER 1/10 INCH IN THE HILL COUNTRY AND METRO AUSTIN
(WILLIAMSON...TRAVIS...AND HAYS COUNTIES)...WHICH IS WHERE THE
WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT. FOR THE COUNTIES ALONG THE
BALCONES ESCARPMENT AND THE ADJACENT PLAINS TO THE EAST...ICING
SHOULD BE BELOW 1/10 INCH...THUS LIMITING THE IMPACT TO MAINLY
BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. THE NORTHERN METRO OF SAN ANTONIO IS IN THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...MAINLY LOCATIONS OUTSIDE OF LOOP 1604 IN
THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.

&&