January: Calmer Pattern To End The Month

[srainhoutx]

Rare to see Wind Chill Advisories issued for Deep South Texas...

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
743 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014

...ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING STRONG WIND AND COLD AIR TONIGHT...

.THE ARRIVAL OF AN ARCTIC AIR MASS THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE
TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE 30S FOR MUCH OF THE INTERIOR PORTION OF
THE COUNTY WARNING AREA TONIGHT. NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 30 DEGREES OR LESS ACROSS MOST OF DEEP
SOUTH TEXAS FOR SEVERAL HOURS. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL VALUES OF
25 DEGREES OR LESS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS ACROSS THE BRUSH COUNTRY
AND RANCH LANDS OF BROOKS...JIM HOGG...KENEDY...AND ZAPATA
COUNTIES.

TXZ248-251>253-052145-
/O.EXA.KBRO.WC.Y.0001.140106T0800Z-140106T1200Z/
ZAPATA-KENEDY-STARR-HIDALGO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ZAPATA...SARITA...RIO GRANDE CITY...
ROMA...MCALLEN...EDINBURG...PHARR...MISSION...WESLACO
743 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 AM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BROWNSVILLE HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 6 AM CST MONDAY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...25 TO 30 ACROSS ZAPATA AND KENEDY COUNTIES
AND 28 TO 32 ACROSS STARR AND HIDALGO COUNTIES.

* TIMING...LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACT...RESIDENTS VENTURING OUT SHOULD DRESS WARMLY. SEVERAL
LAYERS OF CLOTHING WILL INSULATE YOU BETTER THAN A SINGLE COAT
OR JACKET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN WIND CHILL INDEX VALUES WILL
DROP TO 30 OR LOWER FOR AT LEAST 2 HOURS FOR THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY AND 25 DEGREES OR LOWER FOR 2 OR MORE HOURS FOR THE RIO
GRANDE PLAINS AND NORTHERN RANCH LANDS...WITH WINDS OF 10 MPH OR
GREATER.

[txflagwaver]

Temp dropped 5 degrees in 5 minutes,,,guess it's here...

[ronyan]

Still waiting here in Lake Jackson, but the front is close...maybe 15-30 minutes. Wind is starting to gust a little out of the NW.

[mckinne63]

Front has arrived in Stafford. When I got up this morning it was 68 degrees, currently about 46.

[ronyan]

Front is through Lake Jackson, temp has dropped 4 degrees in about 5 minutes and winds are gusting out of the NW.

[srainhoutx]

Currently 41F here in NW Harris County. That is a 22 degree drop since the front passed around 8:30AM.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX
1036 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014

TXZ171>173-183>194-202>209-217>225-228-060000-
LLANO-BURNET-WILLIAMSON-VAL VERDE-EDWARDS-REAL-KERR-BANDERA-
GILLESPIE-KENDALL-BLANCO-HAYS-TRAVIS-BASTROP-LEE-KINNEY-UVALDE-
MEDINA-BEXAR-COMAL-GUADALUPE-CALDWELL-FAYETTE-MAVERICK-ZAVALA-
FRIO-ATASCOSA-WILSON-KARNES-GONZALES-DE WITT-LAVACA-DIMMIT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LLANO...BURNET...GEORGETOWN...DEL RIO...
ROCKSPRINGS...LEAKEY...KERRVILLE...BANDERA...FREDERICKSBURG...
BOERNE...BLANCO...SAN MARCOS...AUSTIN...BASTROP...GIDDINGS...
BRACKETTVILLE...UVALDE...HONDO...SAN ANTONIO...NEW BRAUNFELS...
SEGUIN...LOCKHART...LA GRANGE...EAGLE PASS...CRYSTAL CITY...
PEARSALL...PLEASANTON...FLORESVILLE...KARNES CITY...GONZALES...
CUERO...HALLETTSVILLE...CARRIZO SPRINGS
1036 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014

...WIDESPREAD HARD FREEZE TONIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT...

A STRONG COLD FRONT BLASTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS
MORNING...BRINGING STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND MUCH COLDER
TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS UP BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE SLOW TO DECREASE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES
FALL TO WELL BELOW NORMAL VALUES. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL
DROP INTO THE 20S ACROSS MOST AREAS AS SKIES REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR.
THE COLD TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH NORTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL
DROP WIND CHILLS TO NEAR 10 DEGREES ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND
ADJACENT I-35 CORRIDOR...WITH 15 TO 20 DEGREES ELSEWHERE.

COLD AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ON MONDAY AS
HIGH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLE TO REACH THE MID 30S IN THE HILL
COUNTRY...WITH MID 40S EXPECTED ALONG THE RIO GRANDE. ANOTHER
HARD FREEZE IS IN STORE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS LOWS
DROP INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S.

WITH THE COLD TEMPERATURES REMEMBER TO PROTECT PETS...PIPES...
PEOPLE AND ANY SENSITIVE PLANTS WHICH HAVE SURVIVED THE PREVIOUS
FREEZES EARLIER THIS WINTER SEASON.

A WARMING TREND IS FORECAST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

[txflagwaver]

45° here now

[ticka1]

43 in baytown and still dropping-will we go into the 30's for today?

making homemade soup and stayind indoors watching tv! winter is here!!! yay!!!

[TxJohn]

We're already approaching the 30s here im NW Harris county....it's not even 12:00 yet.

[ronyan]

48F here in Lake Jackson and the temp is starting to fall more slowly, daytime heating effect?

[SusieinLP]

Not really windy here...is that to come later?

[TxJohn]

We've warmed up about 2-3 degrees

[srainhoutx]

Not really windy here...is that to come later?

The winds are starting to gust fairly strong up here now, Susie. I just had a gust to 32 so those gusty winds are heading your direction as the storm system wraps up over Arkansas.

[jeff]

GFS MOS down to 12 for Tues AM at CXO with NAM is 15. GFS MOS for IAH 19 with NAM 21. Teens looking like a good bet north of I-10 and outside the Beltway.

[Texaspirate11]

47 by the bay,.

[unome]

not in Texas, but a pretty unusual warning by MN's Twin Cities NWS, a PDS for Wind Chill

http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwat ... %20warning

parts:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1014 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014

...HISTORIC AND LIFE-THREATENING COLD AIR HAS ARRIVED...
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY.

* THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

* WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 TO 65 BELOW...WITH THE COLDEST READINGS
TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS: EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN 10 MINUTES WITH WIND
CHILLS OF 35 BELOW...AND IN 5 MINUTES WITH WIND CHILLS OF 50
BELOW OR COLDER.

* OTHER IMPACTS...WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW WITH
VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY DROPPING TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS IN NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SHOULD YOUR VEHICLE BECOME STRANDED...
YOUR LIFE WILL BE AT RISK. CONSIDER POSTPONING ALL TRAVEL.

I feel much warmer now...

[Texaspirate11]

not in Texas, but a pretty unusual warning by MN's Twin Cities NWS, a PDS for Wind Chill

http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwat ... %20warning

parts:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1014 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014

...HISTORIC AND LIFE-THREATENING COLD AIR HAS ARRIVED...
...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...



A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY.

* THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

* WIND CHILL VALUES: 35 TO 65 BELOW...WITH THE COLDEST READINGS
TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS: EXPOSED FLESH WILL FREEZE IN 10 MINUTES WITH WIND
CHILLS OF 35 BELOW...AND IN 5 MINUTES WITH WIND CHILLS OF 50
BELOW OR COLDER.

* OTHER IMPACTS...WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW WITH
VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY DROPPING TO 1/2 MILE OR LESS IN NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. SHOULD YOUR VEHICLE BECOME STRANDED...
YOUR LIFE WILL BE AT RISK. CONSIDER POSTPONING ALL TRAVEL.

I feel much warmer now...

My son lives up there. He's like, "yeah we know - life goes on...."
they are hearty souls.

[srainhoutx]

NWS San Angelo issues Wind Chill Advisory for the entire forecast area. NWS Brownsville issues Freeze Warnings for portions of the Rio Grande Valley.

[srainhoutx]

NWS Houston/Galveston to issue Hard Freeze Warning for entire forecast area shortly.

[srainhoutx]

NWS Lake Charles issues Hard Freeze Warning for their entire forecast area including Coastal Counties/Parishes.