ACCUMULATING SNOW IN WEST HOUSTON!!!!!

[vbhoutex]

Started out as light sleet and quickly changed to all snow. Has been coming down for about 10 mins and surfaces-all types- are beginning to accumulate snow. I would call the snow we are having currently moderate snow, but for a while we had heavy snow to the point you couldn't see more than a block clearly. Will try to get more pictures and upload some tonight.

[AL Chili Pepper]

Awesome. I hope ya'll get plenty. I'm still hoping that some of it will make it this way. NWS Mobile just incresed the chance from 20% to 50% tonight. Bad news is they upped the temps for tomorrow. I've seen a few ice pellets today, but nothing more. Still waiting!

[Anonymous]

I hope the snow just keeps on coming down there all night and into Christmas Day!! WOW!! Houston will enjoy a WHITE CHRISTMAS!!!!
I'm impressed!!!!!

Enjoy all that fresh snow!!!! Now that its getting dark, you lose solar insolation issues thus your snow will accumulate BIG-TIME!!!!

[vbhoutex]

Still coming down, but has turned to a mixture of sleet and snow for now. About 1/8" accumulation at this point on most surfaces. Roads of course are still too warm for it to be a problem on the roads. Overpasses and bridges may become hazardous as it gets darker if this keeps up.

[KatDaddy]

WAHOOOOOOOOOO!!

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY ALONG
AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 THROUGH 700 AM CST...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10...OR ALONG AND SOUTH OF A
LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO THE WOODLANDS TO LIBERTY...THROUGH 700 AM CST
SATURDAY MORNING. AS UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS
TONIGHT...BANDS OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS
THE AREA. RECENT REPORTS FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE PUBLIC HAVE
INDICATED SNOW ACCUMULATING ON ROOF TOPS IN SOUTHERN COLORADO COUNTY
AND ROADS BECOMING WET IN THE MISSOURI CITY AREA.

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER
BANDS. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT...ROADS MAY BECOME
VERY DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. IF POSSIBLE...
TRAVELING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...REDUCE YOUR DRIVING
SPEED AND ALLOW EXTRA TRAVEL TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

[PTrackerLA]

You lucky dogs! I hope yall see that inch of snow, and I also hope it continues to slide east right into Louisiana. That would be the first snow ever recorded in Houston on Christmas eve right?

[vbhoutex]

Yes it is the first snow ever recorded in Houston on Christmas eve as far as I know. Now a light snow, but very heavy bands coming in from the SW all the way to B'ville. I may end up being close on what I told a coworker as I was leaving work. I said to her "we could end up with from 2"-4" from this if what I see getting ready to happen does come to fruition. What I was seeing was the radar staring to fill in to our SW and the obvious banding of the Low setting up and apparently setting up about 100 miles further N than expected. I may actually have a white Christmas, meaning it will actually drop a flake after midnight.

[TS Zack]

Keep us updated.

Is it staying on the roofs and such plaaces after the snow is over with?

[Brent]

Some of the biggest snows here(and all unexpected) have come from upper level lows. I remember one dumped about 5" here in February 1998. It was raining the night before when I went to sleep.

In December 1997, a similar situation happened over in MS and West AL, completely unexpected.

They are called "Weatherman's woe" by mets around here.

Have fun and send me some.

[PTrackerLA]

Oh I sure hope we get this over here. Post some pictures when you get a chance of the snow.

[vbhoutex]

Keep us updated.

Is it staying on the roofs and such plaaces after the snow is over with?

Yes it is. We are just having flurries right now and there is still noticeable accumulation on roofs cars and leafy areas.

[Brent]

*goes on mapquest to see the estimated travel time to Houston*

[AL Chili Pepper]

Lake Charles is getting an Unknown Precipitation right now. I guess they need to call the experts in Houston.

[PTrackerLA]

The band to the SW of you is intensifying and you could easily see a 1/2" accumulation of snow as it passes through. But DANG look at how much the precip coverage has increased in south Texas...send it north!

[LAwxrgal]

The band to the SW of you is intensifying and you could easily see a 1/2" accumulation of snow as it passes through. But DANG look at how much the precip coverage has increased in south Texas...send it north!

Yep north and east!

[AL Chili Pepper]

Another nice looking band north of Victoria heading toward Houston.

Two stations in Northern Mexico reporting snow....so there's still more to come.

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/surface ... v&nplots=1

[KatDaddy]

Digital camera is ready to go during the next few hours. This is really going to occur. The radar show a large area of snow moving into SE TX with more development around Corpus Christi. Kat Daddy is truley hyped at this point. Thought it would never happen. It wont be much but much more than I ever expected.......and that I can enjoy.

[jeff]

Please send some to me, I have had none today. Everybody has called and told me it is snowing all over the place.

[LAwxrgal]

Digital camera is locked and loaded.

[Yankeegirl]

We have got a bunch of snow here in Cy Fair! I have pictures as proof, but I dont know how to post them here! I cant believe everything is white! And more to come!! Yeah!!



Snowball fight at my house!!