February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Warmup Begins

[Cromagnum]

According to Mayor Turner - there will be rolling black outs throughout Texas. From 15 minutes to an hour - ERCOT is trying to keep from turning off electricity in key infrastructures like hospitals, police/fire stations, etc. Tonight/tomorrow morning/tuesday morning will be the key times.......JUST AN FYI

I've got some incandescent bulbs under frost guards to try to save my two small citrus trees. Similar under a covering for my exposed water softening system. Short power outages, no big deal, so hopefully it doesn't lead to long ones.

[djmike]

33 now in Beaumont. Few sleet pellets and light rain in the last quick band. Been at or around 38 all day. The last 2 hours it’s dropping temps quick. Im off work tomorrow and Tuesday so Im sure Ill be up all night.. too exciting. .....well till my pipes burst. Lol. But have done all i can to prevent. Prep is done!

Snowman65...trust me, you will see something other than rain. Its not time yet for the main event in Beaumont/Orange.

[JDsGN]

Heavy sleet and snow mixture in cypress still 30.4 degrees. Sleet is slowly starting to build up along the base of the trees and plant coverings.

[Rip76]

According to Mayor Turner - there will be rolling black outs throughout Texas. From 15 minutes to an hour - ERCOT is trying to keep from turning off electricity in key infrastructures like hospitals, police/fire stations, etc. Tonight/tomorrow morning/tuesday morning will be the key times.......JUST AN FYI

And how will we know if it’s the rolling blackouts or power lines snapped?

[Belmer]

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 around 30°.

[MontgomeryCoWx]

Just flakes now... flurries

[megsy]

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 around 30°.

Same here — a little south of you it sounds like (near Fry and Peek).

[jasons2k]

Starting to get some graupel here now. 31.3F.

[Ace]

Moderate freezing rain in Spring. Ice on magnolia tree

[MontgomeryCoWx]

Moderate sleet and snow ...

[Cromagnum]

David Paul just showed where there will be snow all the way down to Galveston beach.

[christinac2016]

It’s sleeting in the woodlands @ Budde rd. Temp says it’s around 29-30.

[Kingwood36]

33.8 in Angleton..finally it's dropping

[biggerbyte]

Okay, the NWS has either lost their minds or they are now casting. It's "going to hit the fan" is back again.

[jasons2k]

Sleeting pretty good now. 30.9F.

[Stratton20]

Im starting to think the transition to snow is occuring way sooner than what the models were originally showing

[srainhoutx]

EWX reports the transition to all snow has occurred across the Hill Country including Austin.

[Belmer]

Reports that the Grand Parkway is closed at Katy Freeway because of ice on the road. I can see 99 & I-10 out from my balcony and there are emergency lights along 99. It looks like they have the flyovers closed and not the freeway itself since I can still see cars traveling both north and southbound.

[jasons2k]

Snow flurries now. 30.4F

[srainhoutx]

Shel Winkley
@KBTXShel
Roads went downhill real quick.

Solid white on all paved surfaces in #bcstx here at dusk (6:15pm)