Been raining off and on for the last few hours and now lightly sleeting. All the trees and vegetation are becoming very stiff with a thin glaze of ice forming on them. You can hear the icy noise in the wind when the branches are hitting one another. I'm right off of I-10 & 99 in Katy and right a...

Is it just me or does it look like the system out near Dallas looks like it's hauling butt down here faster that forecast? Is that our system or is it the low out in New Mexico spinning? Our main energy will be coming out of Mexico as large scale lift from the trough and the developing surface coas...

What time is the main player suppose to push through? FZRA and sleet will continue off and on across the region through midnight. Sometime after midnight precip should begin transitioning to snow from west to east and be moving out of our region around mid morning. If you're wanting to catch some s...

Center Point Energy beginning to report power outage where the freezing rain has been occurring. Look for coverage to expand as freezing rain begins to fill in more over into Houston this evening. You can follow updates here: https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us/residential/services/electric-util...

00z Icon, Canadian and GFS are just absolutely bonkers. Talk about consistency in the short-medium range with such extreme temps/snow/ice. Heck, CMC says let's keep the party going into next Wednesday and Thursday. I know the idea of this may be exciting for those who like to see the extremes, but t...

How much snow is the 18z GFS depicting for the city of Houston on Monday? Oh, boy. Be careful with that map. That wouldn't be snow as that indicates. GFS shows a warm nose from 900 to ~700mb during the passage of that shortwave on Monday. Which any precip falling would be sleet/freezing rain as the...

The Houston nws office has always been anti cold and anti frozen precip. They wont admit to it until it actually happens. Watch,, a winter storm watch will be needed and they will hold,hold,hold, off until the very last possible second. That's not how they work at all. I know a few of the forecaste...

I think the ridging over the pacific may be too flat.As there is a lack of blocking over Alaska. That is partly correct, yes. I'm not going to be able to post for a little while as I have a busy schedule coming up. So thought I would post some pretty pictures to maybe help explain what the GFS is s...

Be aware of a possibility of Freezing Fog tomorrow morning mainly N of I-10. If it develops, travel troubles particularly on elevated roads could be an issue. I dont believe I've ever dealt with freezing fog down here. Although the air is the cold, is it just because the ground is saturated with sl...

Next Sunday looks very similar to this storm. We’ll see what happens. I think this one was a huge let down across the board. The GFS and Euro definitely scored big. One thing that surprised me is at my house it went from rain, to all sleet to all snow for 5 minutes and then back to rain and stayed ...

I am signing off tonight and may not be on much tomorrow unfortunately as I'll be tied up. Nonetheless, here is the latest update from HGX. Hmmm... Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX 1043 PM CST Sat Jan 9 2021 .UPDATE... Hi-res models continue to arrive increasing...

00z Euro says lets hop onto the southern trend.. ;) Poor Dallas folks. While I hope we see some snow (the only thing daytime highs in the 30s are good for), I feel for them as it was looking like a blockbuster event up there for them. Unfortunately the ULL is further south and west by a notch and th...

When you mention the possibility of heavy wet snow for “Houston,” are you referring to the city itself or other areas outside city limits like Cypress, Tomball, etc? The images I posted was about a ~40 mile diameter center plotted in downtown Houston depicting the thermal profile with a saturated l...

00z GFS is intriguing. If it were to verify, Houston could briefly see some heavy wet snow between 6-9pm before we start drying out. I've also been following the ULL since it moved onto the west coast and going back and comparing to the model suites. It seems to continue digging a bit further south ...

Why is herzog pushing this so hard? I guess he isnt looking at the nam or he is being conservative and waiting to see what tomorrow shows...he did say "we will see how this map changes in the coming days" I personally don't see anything wrong with it. Travis likes to keep generally the sa...

Meanwhile, SE Texas is under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 7pm.... We sure are - URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 2 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 100 PM CST Wed Jan 6 2021 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for...

If the 00z GFS were to verify, it would be a cold rain mixed with snow, especially if you're north of I-10. Temperatures below freezing down to around 950-960mb (~2000 ft). With a below freezing and a saturated lower-mid level column, wet-bulbing would likely help cool the surface down enough for so...

My hunch is the SPC will upgrade parts of SETX into a slight risk category tomorrow. Damaging winds (60+ mph) look to be the main threat as the thunderstorms move through along the front. For those that go into work, stay weather aware as it will likely roll through near rush hour tomorrow evening. ...

How does all of this look for Colorado Springs for 9th-13th? My daughter will be there. Thanks. Tell your daughter to bundle up as the first day will likely be the coldest. Temperatures will struggle to get above freezing with some snow showers throughout the day, maybe totaling 1-2" before mo...

Question...my daughter will be going to Colorado Springs from Jan 10-15. Can anyone look into their crystal ball and see what she may expect there..snow chances....etc....i know its still a ways off though...thanks! Looked at all four runs of today's GFS since it gets into that extended timeframe. ...