Good portion of Texas had a nice bout of wintry weather the last couple of days. Looks like one of the higher totals came out near Midland where they picked up just a hair under 8" (7.9" recorded). That makes it their 4th-largest snowstorm on record (10.6" being the largest which was back in 2012). Areas that received a good bit of snow also dropped down into the single digits early this morning.
Out in Katy, thought I heard a few 'pellets' hitting my window, but didn't bother to get up and investigate any further. Doesn't surprise me though that a few locations in SETX reported some sleet early this morning. Surface temperatures were in the upper 30s with a warm nose just above the surface up to about 750mb. However the mid layer was a bit dryer, so with wet bulb cooling, it likely helped in some of the sleet mixing in with the rain.
Was happy to see Austin get in on some action last night as isolated area picked up about a quarter of an inch of the white stuff, otherwise much of it melted on impact.
Neat shot of the snow covered ground across the state from the Big Bend up through the Midwest. Also notice a small swath NE of Austin that extends up between Dallas and Tyler. That was some snow that fell last night/early this morning, a pleasant surprise for those rural folks. While the NAM and HRRR did become more bullish with snow in that general area, looks like they got a bit more than what models showed. These Mexico disturbances can sometimes throw in a surprise or two from time to time. Similar to what we saw up in College Station last year.
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