Texas Winter 2017-2018

[Cerlin]

So far this winter has hurt more than last year's. At least last year we didn't get teased with snow like this year. Bust after bust after bust is really getting tiresome.

I will respectfully disagree. Last winter ended in the mother of all winter torches. We get enough of that every summer.

True. If anything, I'm glad we're getting consistent cold.

[aggiecutter]

Mixture of snow and sleet in Texarkana.

[gpsnowman]

Sleeting here at La Casa...

Sleeting pretty hard again here in Irving.

[JayDT]

Sleet/Snow here in Duncanville Theres a bit of accumulations on the grass, driveway & sidewalk

[South Texas Storms]

Radar is starting to fill in a bit across north TX. Yall have about a 4 hour time period to get some snow before drier air moves in.

[Shoshana]

Temp just dropped from 60 to 49, raining and windy here in NE Austin

[Ntxw]

Radar is starting to fill in a bit across north TX. Yall have about a 4 hour time period to get some snow before drier air moves in.

Yep, once that 700mb front passes, the faucet shuts off

[Cerlin]

So is there any chance DFW, especially the northern parts, gets any snow accumulations? Or have those chances virtually been erased?

[iorange55]

Snowflakes mixing in now in cedar hill. Still mainly sleet. No dandruff.

[Ntxw]

Sleeting here at La Casa...

Sleeting pretty hard again here in Irving.

Snow is mixing in with it now

[CaptinCrunch]

Sleeting here at La Casa...

Sleeting pretty hard again here in Irving.

Snowing now.....

[TeamPlayersBlue]

:uarrow: right on cue per HRRR

All it took was some 700mb front to do some lifting

The loop you posted, see those two bands in east OK, is that it? Draw a line back and it looks like thats where it is kicking off.

Just want to the store for food and grabbed some starbucks since ill be burning the midnight oil.

I noticed that precip started once the 700MB mark or around there became saturated. Not sure in particular why that layer, but the HRRR started precip once it saturated. SPC also shows the 700 MB layer relative humidity over 70% that is still in OK. Along this layer moving is where all the snow is banding into Arkansas

[Ntxw]

Sleeting here at La Casa...

Sleeting pretty hard again here in Irving.

Snowing now.....

Yes, it's coming down hard now and starting to stick to everything elevated still 50/50 mix I'd say here

[Ntxw]

:uarrow: right on cue per HRRR

All it took was some 700mb front to do some lifting

The loop you posted, see those two bands in east OK, is that it? Draw a line back and it looks like thats where it is kicking off.

Just want to the store for food and grabbed some starbucks since ill be burning the midnight oil.

I noticed that precip started once the 700MB mark or around there became saturated. Not sure in particular why that layer, but the HRRR started precip once it saturated. SPC also shows the 700 MB layer relative humidity over 70% that is still in OK. Along this layer moving is where all the snow is banding into Arkansas

The loop was just to highlight that lift was still coming in from Oklahoma

[gpsnowman]

Yep sleet snow mix. Powdery snow blowing all over. Accumulations on grass and roofs.

[Ntxw]

Radar is lit up like a Christmas tree out west. Johnson, Ellis, Dallas, Rockwall, Kaufman counties getting the brunt of it right now

[iorange55]

Now we wait to see how much can accumulate in 3 to 4 hours...

[bubba hotep]

:uarrow: right on cue per HRRR

All it took was some 700mb front to do some lifting

Best 700mb frontogenesis is still north of DFW, so maybe we can squeeze a bit more out of this setup before the dry air shuts it off.

[TeamPlayersBlue]

:uarrow: right on cue per HRRR

All it took was some 700mb front to do some lifting

Best 700mb frontogenesis is still north of DFW, so maybe we can squeeze a bit more out of this setup before the dry air shuts it off.

It is. Maybe can get some serious banding with it. Layers below it need to be pretty saturated too though.

Great loop Ntx. You can see some of the features i believe.

Edit : I will settle for the latest HRRR run Houston. Still sleeting, 28 degrees in SL and really close to being all snow 18 hours from now.

[ravyrn]

In the early December snow, did any models foresee the 6" that fell over College Station?