September 2024

[Stratton20]

Don please send some snow down to us se texas folks in the winter please! No pressure!

[Cpv17]

Don please send some snow down to us se texas folks in the winter please! No pressure!

What are we hearing for this coming winter? I don’t expect it to be much. Hopefully I’m wrong.

[Stratton20]

Cpv17 its a la nina winter, so above normal temp and drier than normal, that being said our crazy February arctic outbreak in 2021 was during a la nina winter, I still expect that we will get several arctic fronts to clear the state, whether we see any wintry precipitation is of course always up in the air

[Cpv17]

Cpv17 its a la nina winter, so above normal temp and drier than normal, that being said our crazy February arctic outbreak in 2021 was during a la nina winter, I still expect that we will get several arctic fronts to clear the state, whether we see any wintry precipitation is of course always up in the air

Remember, 2021 was a first year La Niña.

[Stratton20]

Cpv17 yeah, but still, we will get a couple of arctic fronts that get all the way down here, thats a guarantee, obviously the wintry precipitation isnt though lol, for the most part it will be above normal, but we will have periods where it turns colder

[Cpv17]

Cpv17 yeah, but still, we will get a couple of arctic fronts that get all the way down here, thats a guarantee, obviously the wintry precipitation isnt though lol, for the most part it will be above normal, but we will have periods where it turns colder

First year La Nina’s can offer surprises, that was my point.

[Pas_Bon]

Well LSU made a nice comeback and got the W. Pas_Bon will be happy now

I’ll take it. Lol

[MontgomeryCoWx]

Napier gonna get fired at Go Gata.

They will throw a bag at Kiffin

[Cpv17]

Napier gonna get fired at Go Gata.

They will throw a bag at Kiffin

What was Lagway thinking by going to FL? Dude is just gonna go to waste over there. They must have really gave him one hell of an NIL deal. He’ll probably transfer out unless they hire a top tier coach.

[don]

Don please send some snow down to us se texas folks in the winter please! No pressure!

I'll try LOL. The main reason why this area has not experienced the snow drought that DFW has is because Wichita Falls is just far enough north and west to get clipped by cold core lows more often than DFW does. As cold core lows tend to stay around the I-40 corridor when they track through the southern plains.Though that's not always the case and snow events from cold core systems have happened as far south as South Texas. And of course cold core setups are not the only way to get snow.

I would had like to had moved to the ArkLaTex but since the main reason i was moving was to experience winter weather, the Ouachita Mountains messes up a lot of winter storm setups around there as the mountains are high enough to stop shallow arctic air from moving through. So therefore the arctic air has to go around the mountains or slowly bleed through the valleys. This slows the progression of arctic air in this region so much that i have seen events where places as far south as San Antonio or Del Rio or Austin & College Station were getting a legit winter storm. While at the same time towns like Tyler and Longview were just getting a cold rain even though they are much further north. I have seen this phenomenon happen several times.

[DoctorMu]

Do you have color yet in Wichita Falls or is it still in black and white?

[whispers] The password is "desiccate."

[DoctorMu]

Don please send some snow down to us se texas folks in the winter please! No pressure!

I'll try LOL. The main reason why this area has not experienced the snow drought that DFW has is because Wichita Falls is just far enough north and west to get clipped by cold core lows more often than DFW does. As cold core lows tend to stay around the I-40 corridor when they track through the southern plains.Though that's not always the case and snow events from cold core systems have happened as far south as South Texas. And of course cold core setups are not the only way to get snow.

I would had like to had moved to the ArkLaTex but since the main reason i was moving was to experience winter weather, the Ouachita Mountains messes up a lot of winter storm setups around there as the mountains are high enough to stop shallow arctic air from moving through. So therefore the arctic air has to go around the mountains or slowly bleed through the valleys. This slows the progression of arctic air in this region so much that i have seen events where places as far south as San Antonio or Del Rio or Austin & College Station were getting a legit winter storm. While at the same time towns like Tyler and Longview were just getting a cold rain even though they are much further north. I have seen this phenomenon happen several times.

Why not move into the Ouchitas (Hot Springs Village) or the Boston Mountains/Ozark (Fayetteville)? They have snow every year.

Yeah - severe season can be a problem in Wichita Falls. More dry lines and less cap.

[don]

Don please send some snow down to us se texas folks in the winter please! No pressure!

I'll try LOL. The main reason why this area has not experienced the snow drought that DFW has is because Wichita Falls is just far enough north and west to get clipped by cold core lows more often than DFW does. As cold core lows tend to stay around the I-40 corridor when they track through the southern plains.Though that's not always the case and snow events from cold core systems have happened as far south as South Texas. And of course cold core setups are not the only way to get snow.

I would had like to had moved to the ArkLaTex but since the main reason i was moving was to experience winter weather, the Ouachita Mountains messes up a lot of winter storm setups around there as the mountains are high enough to stop shallow arctic air from moving through. So therefore the arctic air has to go around the mountains or slowly bleed through the valleys. This slows the progression of arctic air in this region so much that i have seen events where places as far south as San Antonio or Del Rio or Austin & College Station were getting a legit winter storm. While at the same time towns like Tyler and Longview were just getting a cold rain even though they are much further north. I have seen this phenomenon happen several times.

Why not move into the Ouchitas (Hot Springs Village) or the Boston Mountains/Ozark (Fayetteville)? They have snow every year.

Yeah - severe season can be a problem in Wichita Falls. More dry lines and less cap.

I would have, I was originally going to move to the Ozarks actually. But i had a change in jobs over the last few months,and this job only allows me to work from Texas.

I decided on Wichita Falls because its location is far enough northwest to cash in on winter events.But its not so far west that its too dry for my liking. Amarillo for example gets more snow, but the weather can be more bland there for lack of a better term as they average "only" 20 inches of precip a year, while Wichita Falls has an average of 30 inches a year.Which is close to the national average.I'm not downplaying Amarillo though as the weather can be very active up there sometimes.

Wichita Falls lies right in between the wetter eastern half of the state and the drier and arid western half.And once you get to the far western portions of the state( Midland/Odessa and points west) you do get into situations more often where its cold enough to support snow but the air is too dry. Like i said earlier the rule of thumb here is if OKC is getting a winter storm usually it impacts Wichita Falls at the same time also.

[Rip76]

Where the hell did these storms come from?

[tireman4]

Where the hell did these storms come from?

We had a 40 to 50 percent chance today

[Rip76]

Where the hell did these storms come from?

We had a 40 to 50 percent chance today

College Football got in the way of me paying attention.
Thanks

[MontgomeryCoWx]

Napier gonna get fired at Go Gata.

They will throw a bag at Kiffin

What was Lagway thinking by going to FL? Dude is just gonna go to waste over there. They must have really gave him one hell of an NIL deal. He’ll probably transfer out unless they hire a top tier coach.

Rumor is 2 mil over 4 years

[TxLady]

Storming pretty good up here in New Waverly. Definitely cooled down, nicely!

[DoctorMu]

I'll try LOL. The main reason why this area has not experienced the snow drought that DFW has is because Wichita Falls is just far enough north and west to get clipped by cold core lows more often than DFW does. As cold core lows tend to stay around the I-40 corridor when they track through the southern plains.Though that's not always the case and snow events from cold core systems have happened as far south as South Texas. And of course cold core setups are not the only way to get snow.

I would had like to had moved to the ArkLaTex but since the main reason i was moving was to experience winter weather, the Ouachita Mountains messes up a lot of winter storm setups around there as the mountains are high enough to stop shallow arctic air from moving through. So therefore the arctic air has to go around the mountains or slowly bleed through the valleys. This slows the progression of arctic air in this region so much that i have seen events where places as far south as San Antonio or Del Rio or Austin & College Station were getting a legit winter storm. While at the same time towns like Tyler and Longview were just getting a cold rain even though they are much further north. I have seen this phenomenon happen several times.

Why not move into the Ouchitas (Hot Springs Village) or the Boston Mountains/Ozark (Fayetteville)? They have snow every year.

Yeah - severe season can be a problem in Wichita Falls. More dry lines and less cap.

I would have, I was originally going to move to the Ozarks actually. But i had a change in jobs over the last few months,and this job only allows me to work from Texas.

I decided on Wichita Falls because its location is far enough northwest to cash in on winter events.But its not so far west that its too dry for my liking. Amarillo for example gets more snow, but the weather can be more bland there for lack of a better term as they average "only" 20 inches of precip a year, while Wichita Falls has an average of 30 inches a year.Which is close to the national average.I'm not downplaying Amarillo though as the weather can be very active up there sometimes.

Wichita Falls lies right in between the wetter eastern half of the state and the drier and arid western half.And once you get to the far western portions of the state( Midland/Odessa and points west) you do get into situations more often where its cold enough to support snow but the air is too dry. Like i said earlier the rule of thumb here is if OKC is getting a winter storm usually it impacts Wichita Falls at the same time also.

Yeah, the dry lines prefer to hang around the space between Childress and Wichita Fall. You can actually "see" the dry line driving on 287 when there aren't even any storms.

[DoctorMu]

The one thing that West Texas offers besides more snow is the occasional dust storm. After a prolonged drought in late may 2006, a humongous supercell travelled down 287 and we hit it near Childress, as we were heading toward Amarillo.

This was a combination haboob and T-storm with orange/green clouds. It was wild.

On the other side, we stopped briefly and I took a picture from the west of the double rainbow.