This will likely be the most significant event the area has seen with respect to ice in years

Heavy sleet (large pellets) at 610/US 290 covering all elevated surfaces.

Temps. in Harris County still above freezing so accumulation will melt once precip moves out. North of freezing line accumulation may last longer.

SusieinLP wrote:Now we wait and see if the roads and bridges are frozen after the freeze tonight.

I dont see any moisture left on the roads tonight. Anti-ice chemical has worked its magic today thus far

U of H sounding indicates a much larger warm nose aloft than models had been predicting, and the airmass over Houston is quite dry aloft. There is only a tiny sub-freezing layer around 950mb-900mb (3000-4000 ft up). Freezing rain will be the main threat across the Houston area. IF we can deplete th...

As I mentioned yesterday I was never sold on the snow...and well that brough its own level of dismay. Still think a decent potential for freezing rain and icing. For all the great forecasters on here....please tell me if it will be 33 and raining or 31 and raining tomorrow at noon at a given locatio...

I was on the 200pm WFO con call and they are fairly confident in this event, but not overly confident in accumulation amounts just yet. A lot of time was spent discussing what to do with Tuesday with schools...ect. There is just no easy answer with what we are facing. Jeff I do understand that the ...

How long is the snow and sleet suppose to last during the day Tuesday? A cpl hours or what? Looks like a solid 6-8 hours of precip falling. Northern counties from about 600am til mid afternoon and central/southern counties prior to noon til about 9-11pm. Meso models are showing two distict bands of...

Update from Jeff: NWS will be issuing a Winter Storm Watch effective from 300am Tuesday until midnight Wednesday for all SE TX counties. High impact winter storm appears likely Tuesday and Wednesday. Discussion: Forecast models have come into much better agreement today with increasing threat of ac...

I was on the 200pm WFO con call and they are fairly confident in this event, but not overly confident in accumulation amounts just yet. A lot of time was spent discussing what to do with Tuesday with schools...ect. There is just no easy answer with what we are facing.

am i seeing this right? wxman actually being positive about cold and snow? i never thought i would see this day.,,,,,jeff being negative and wxman being positive. thank you wxman The only possible good of cold air in winter is if there's snow involved. Otherwise, I'd rather have 100 deg temps in wi...

One thing to keep in mind is we will be colder so little or no wasted QPF waiting on the temp to reach freezing...that alone will bump up the accum. over last week. Still not 100% sold on the snow for Houston southward. Montgomery Co northward looks pretty snowy...1-4 inches likely. I covered all t...

One thing to keep in mind is we will be colder so little or no wasted QPF waiting on the temp to reach freezing...that alone will bump up the accum. over last week. Still not 100% sold on the snow for Houston southward. Montgomery Co northward looks pretty snowy...1-4 inches likely. I covered all th...

I am not completely sure we will see anything just yet. The dry air may win out more this time around. If we do end up with enough moisture sleet and snow look more likely than ZR. Still would make a mess of the roads as it falls and melts then re-freezes, but would not be as worried about power.

Ice has formed on surface mainlanes of US 290. TXDOT is all lanes from BW8 to Eldridge.

Numerous freeways are being closed. Many vehicles are trapped on flyover connectors and ramps.

Big problems on US 290...first responders cannot reach accidents due to heavy ice.

Loosing freeway overpasses quickly. Vehicles trapped on connector flyovers at multipe locations.

DO NOT TRAVEL

HCTRA is closing west bound Beltway 8 and US 59 N due to ice until sand ops can be completed. TXDOT crews are sanding US 59 N from 610 to the San Jacinto River.

Walker County reporting less than 1.0 inch of slushy snow countywide...all bridges iced over

Madison County 1.0 inch of snow...all bridges iced over.

FM 1097 over Lake Conroe is iced over

Temp 33 at DWH and IAH

cperk wrote:Is it possible to get a mix at 37 degrees because I think we are.

yes