Texas Winter 2015-2016
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Re: Texas Winter 2015-2016
Average January rainfall is 2.59in. If we continue at the rate we are now, we will be starting the year with a deficit. Currently only 0.89in for 2016.
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now just 2 days ago GFS was way off, Euro just yesterday flipped, so I am thinking tomorrow is crucial it looks colder, the models having trouble with the pattern it seems like
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Canadian has the light to moderate precip breaking out on Sat, 850s and up cold so snow up there but surface too warm
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Re: Texas Winter 2015-2016
maybe the trend will start showing more moisture in the next 2 days, also monday could be interesting also!!!
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stormlover2013 wrote:maybe the trend will start showing more moisture in the next 2 days
Gfs is how we want at 5h slow, very strong and neutral-neg tilt as incoming vorticity can do a partial phase. Canadian is neutral tilt slightly weaker, and euro squashes it positive tilt. Also height falls is important too in bringing some surface cooling which GFS is doing more of than the others.
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Re: Texas Winter 2015-2016
Ntxw wrote:stormlover2013 wrote:maybe the trend will start showing more moisture in the next 2 days
Gfs is how we want at 5h slow, very strong and neutral-neg tilt as incoming vorticity can do a partial phase. Canadian is neutral tilt slightly weaker, and euro squashes it positive tilt. Also height falls is important too in bringing some surface cooling which GFS is doing more of than the others.
I understand what you're getting at but how are we going to get enough cold advection for this to stick ? IMO, if we want to see anything on the ground over the next week, it's going to have to come from that 2nd system on Monday (much stronger HP in place across the central plains)...which by the way, the Canadian doesn't even have us getting above freezing all day on Monday.
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orangeblood wrote:Ntxw wrote:stormlover2013 wrote:maybe the trend will start showing more moisture in the next 2 days
Gfs is how we want at 5h slow, very strong and neutral-neg tilt as incoming vorticity can do a partial phase. Canadian is neutral tilt slightly weaker, and euro squashes it positive tilt. Also height falls is important too in bringing some surface cooling which GFS is doing more of than the others.
I understand what you're getting at but how are we going to get enough cold advection for this to stick ? IMO, if we want to see anything on the ground over the next week, it's going to have to come from that 2nd system on Monday (much stronger HP in place across the central plains)...which by the way, the Canadian doesn't even have us getting above freezing all day on Monday.
I haven't bought into anything sticking. The potential for snowfall on Saturday is there. It could fail, but the odds are not zero, it is a possibility.
And yes I do see the potential Monday but models are performing poorly with disturbances. Sat is a closer window atm
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Re: Texas Winter 2015-2016
What an Increase in temps I'm going to see! Today's high is 19 degrees (I'm not sure if we will even reach that it's 10 degrees at 12:30 and we still have a snow pack) and tomorrow it's supposed to be 40! Then we have another drop into the teens this weekend.
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Re: Texas Winter 2015-2016
Looking at the 12Z GFS I'm sure wxman57 is delighted to see temps nearing 70 ....... in about two weeks.


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Re: Texas Winter 2015-2016
dhweather wrote:Looking at the 12Z GFS I'm sure wxman57 is delighted to see temps nearing 70 ....... in about two weeks.
http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis ... _us_52.png
70s in winter are always good. 80s are better...
Still looks iffy for any significant snow in the D-FW area, and if it falls it may not hang around long. Not even a hint at winter precip in SE TX through January. We still haven't even seen a freeze across most of Houston.
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Euro sticking to its no show idea. The 5h look between it and the GFS are pretty drastic. Euro sends the lower branch jet all the way to Northern Mexico and squashes it in the gulf with little northern jet interaction vs the GFS partial phase.
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Ntxw wrote:Euro sticking to its no show idea. The 5h look between it and the GFS are pretty drastic. Euro sends the lower branch jet all the way to Northern Mexico and squashes it in the gulf with little northern jet interaction vs the GFS partial phase.
The Euro shifted even farther south in the Gulf this run. Not a good trend if you want snow in north Texas.
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Re: Texas Winter 2015-2016
dhweather wrote:Looking at the 12Z GFS I'm sure wxman57 is delighted to see temps nearing 70 ....... in about two weeks.
LMAO...we know this isn't going to happen either. Your odds of winning tonight's Powerball are greater than any model run 2 weeks out being accurate.

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South Texas Storms wrote:Ntxw wrote:Euro sticking to its no show idea. The 5h look between it and the GFS are pretty drastic. Euro sends the lower branch jet all the way to Northern Mexico and squashes it in the gulf with little northern jet interaction vs the GFS partial phase.
The Euro shifted even farther south in the Gulf this run. Not a good trend if you want snow in north Texas.
The differences are drastic. Not talking about a little movement here and there its wild. Youre also talking about noreaster coastal up the eastern seaboard vs a puff of air over Cuba
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Re: Texas Winter 2015-2016
I think we got down to 29 at my house once in December(I don't track them) but since then(if it did happen)we have not had another freeze at my house. We were at 32.7 the day IAH hit freezing.wxman57 wrote:dhweather wrote:Looking at the 12Z GFS I'm sure wxman57 is delighted to see temps nearing 70 ....... in about two weeks.
http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis ... _us_52.png
70s in winter are always good. 80s are better...
Still looks iffy for any significant snow in the D-FW area, and if it falls it may not hang around long. Not even a hint at winter precip in SE TX through January. We still haven't even seen a freeze across most of Houston.
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CaptinCrunch wrote:
LMAO...we know this isn't going to happen either. Your odds of winning tonight's Powerball are greater than any model run 2 weeks out being accurate.



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Re: Texas Winter 2015-2016
dhweather wrote:CaptinCrunch wrote:
LMAO...we know this isn't going to happen either. Your odds of winning tonight's Powerball are greater than any model run 2 weeks out being accurate.
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Now that's funny!
HAHA!

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Re: Texas Winter 2015-2016
The Ukmet as far as 72 hrs (limited data) that I can see looks more like the GFS except warmer 2m temps and ends up with an eastern seaboard system, but further east out that way
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Re: Texas Winter 2015-2016
AggieSpirit wrote:Let's just cancel winter and move on to spring...
That's how it feels today.
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