Portastorm wrote:Texas Snowman wrote:@KATVToddYak -- Just read the preliminary winter forecast from @BigJoeBastardi at @weatherbell . Very interesting!
@BigJoeBastardi -- agreed, it is an interesting winter , ECMWF positions of blocking ridge ups ante. Has an early look of 13-14
Don't get too excited. JB and WeatherBell's initial call on this coming winter is drier and warmer than normal for much of Texas. In other words ... same ol' stuff.
Well, early December 2013 wasn't warmer and drier than normal up here in the Red River Valley, that's for sure. And there was plenty more winter weather too.
We had the massive Dec. 5-6, 2013 sleet storm that dumped five inches of ice here in Denison. Didn't get above freezing for several days, TxDOT had to bring road graders (with plow blades) in to clear the highway, and our kids missed five days of school with a Saturday and Sunday thrown into the middle of that.
Had some more cold weather towards the end of December and then a couple of other winter events too. Cold and minor snow/sleet events happened on 2/2/14 and 2/6/2014.
And then we had a doozy of a sleet storm and arctic front in early March with thundersleet and a temp of 22 degrees at 2:30 p.m. on 3/2/14. Kids missed some school with that one too.
So an early look of the winter of 2013-2014 would get me at least a little bit excited!