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by HannahMontana
Sat Jul 24, 2010 5:43 pm
Forum: Weather Forum
Topic: July Weather Discussion
Replies: 364
Views: 217912

Re: July Weather Discussion

NWS should put up a tornado warning for the Katy cell. Radar velocity indicates a possible tornado south of I-10
by HannahMontana
Sat Jul 24, 2010 5:39 pm
Forum: Weather Forum
Topic: July Weather Discussion
Replies: 364
Views: 217912

Re: July Weather Discussion

It looks like there may be a tornado with the Katy cell
by HannahMontana
Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:43 pm
Forum: Weather Forum
Topic: February Weather Discussion. Wild Winter Storms?
Replies: 1553
Views: 879509

Re: More Cold Air On The Way In Mid/Late February For TX/OK/LA?

Mr. T wrote:That's snow for Houston on the 18z GFS run. No doubt about it... Just taking it verbatim

Euro ftw
This is the exact time-frame the GFS started showing show for Houston for the December 5th event.
by HannahMontana
Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:07 am
Forum: Weather Forum
Topic: More cold air on the way next week!?
Replies: 757
Views: 486407

Re: Cold weather has arrived with cold rain on the way...

It's snowing at Randolph Air Force Base in the Schertz area, which is a NE suburb of SA.
by HannahMontana
Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:12 pm
Forum: Weather Forum
Topic: More cold air on the way next week!?
Replies: 757
Views: 486407

Re: Cold weather on the way (minor severe wx event currently)

KAUS model sounding for 72 hours:

http://weather.admin.niu.edu/chaser/tempgif/1238.GIF

Doesn't get much closer than that.
by HannahMontana
Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:55 pm
Forum: Weather Forum
Topic: More cold air on the way next week!?
Replies: 757
Views: 486407

Re: Cold weather on the way this week maybe wintry precip too!?

I'm in San Marcos, good chance I'll see some hail in a few minutes. The sky is really dark and lots of booming thunder, which means lots of instability, and temps aloft are pretty cold compared to a late-spring or summertime thunderstorm..
by HannahMontana
Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:56 pm
Forum: Weather Forum
Topic: More cold air on the way next week!?
Replies: 757
Views: 486407

Re: Cold weather on the way next week maybe wintry precip too!?

I think you are splitting hairs here. GENERALLY speaking you need below freezing temps aloft to form sleet and or snow. More so with snow than with sleet. The Dec snow event was a pefect example of the right conditionss aloft to support snow. How am I splitting hairs? He made a statement that is fa...
by HannahMontana
Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:35 pm
Forum: Weather Forum
Topic: More cold air on the way next week!?
Replies: 757
Views: 486407

Re: Cold weather on the way next week maybe wintry precip too!?

Its all about the depth of the cold air. You just said it perfectly. I'm still not sure what you're talking about. Can you please explain what you mean by depth of the cold air? You said earlier that we need temps below freezing at all layers above the surface to see frozen precip...which is wrong....
by HannahMontana
Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:32 pm
Forum: Weather Forum
Topic: More cold air on the way next week!?
Replies: 757
Views: 486407

Re: Cold weather on the way next week maybe wintry precip too!?

Yep I agree with Wxman57 and Paul. To get frozen precip in the Hou-Gal area you must have the depth of freezing temps at all layers of the atmosphere. Remember we at sea level.....very difficult to get snow. I have no idea what you're talking about as I've seen sleet with surface temps in the upper...