I keep hearing that things are moving faster. Will it still be safe to drive in Houston around 6-7 pm?

Looks like my area in northern Harris county is forecasted to less than an inch per the NWS. I’m pretty sure we were forecasted for 2-3 inches earlier today.

Wow that seems like a pretty significant shift. That puts my area in northern Harris county at maybe an inch or two.

Is it still a realistic expectation that roads are drivable Wednesday afternoon? I’m an “essential worker” so I’ll be stuck at work and I’m hoping to get back home to the family sometime Wednesday. I doubt it. Depends on how close to the coast you are North of Downtown Houston. How long should I pl...

Is it still a realistic expectation that roads are drivable Wednesday afternoon? I’m an “essential worker” so I’ll be stuck at work and I’m hoping to get back home to the family sometime Wednesday.

Cpv17 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2025 3:28 am My god, the 6z RGEM is a thing of beauty!

What does it show?

Any updates since this morning in regards to what metro Houston sees (ice vs snow) this week?

Also, is it still expected that we should see roads clear up some Wednesday?

Brazoriatx979 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 10:40 am

txsnowmaker wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2025 10:35 am GFS, Canadian, and ICON trends from last several runs all moving in the direction of more snow further south into metro Houston.

Keep moving south!

Yes please. Anything to get less ice in the area.

We may have to start watching thursday as well. some of the guidance is hinting at a 2nd trough moving through the area bringing a chance for light snow from houston southward, just worth watching for now What would the timing of that be on Thursday? Hopefully we wouldn’t be in for another day of l...

I’m just going to assume this is an ice storm at this point. I sure was hoping we could avoid this mess, but it is what it is.

Also one big important thing to note is that if we have power outages, it will be more of a local issue ( centerpoint) than the main grid ( ercot) because this einter storm wont be impacting the entire state with snow/ ice, this winter storm is confined from central texas to se texas and maybe sout...

I really really really hope we avoid ice and the related power outages, especially if things will be a standstill until Thursday/Friday like some are concerned about.

I'm pretty ignorant about the weather overall. So I'm assuming this "warm nose" everybody is referencing means this could end being an ice storm vs snow?

Is it still expected that roads should be clear during the day Monday in the Houston area?

Cpv17 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 6:13 pm

Tx2005 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 6:12 pm When is the snow/ice/sleet supposed to start?

Late Monday as of now.

So more like overnight Monday?

So driving conditions should be ok during the day Monday assuming the forecast holds (I know that things can and likely will change).

When is the snow/ice/sleet supposed to start?

As was discussed during and in the aftermath of Beryl, my biggest issue with SCW is that they use definitive language far too early. I assume it's tied to their goal of providing "hype-free" forecasts. I think you can still provide a hype-free forecast while also making it clear it's far t...

I hope everyone is doing well and did not receive much if any damage. Thank you all for the amazing conversation and support during this storm. I know hundreds if not thousands of people browse these forums looking for additional information and so many people stepped up providing wonderful analysi...

On the contrary, the one individual (professional met) that stands out with Beryl was Travis Herzog. He preached caution for HOU early on and even as all models/forecasts pointed to N Mex/S Tex. Who knows….maybe he will whiff in the future. All nets have their storm and all Mets also have “their st...

Look, the Space City Weather guys have always been great. They were great for Harvey and afterwards. They have had some large misses lately, however. Of course, weather prognostication is never clear, nor an exact science. They are so much into "hype-free forecasts," however, that I think...