February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Warmup Begins

[megsy]

Lost power in the Cinco Ranch/Katy area near Westheimer and Mason. Light sleet.

[DoctorMu]

Shel Winkley
@KBTXShel
Roads went downhill real quick.

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

That was a band of heavy sleet mixed with flurries in College Station. Another band of sleet/snow mix is moving through.

[Andrew]

Rain here near the Oak forest area still. Some of the sheets covering plants are starting ice over.

[DoctorMu]

College Station. 6:26 pm

Temperature: 22°F ; 16 NW wind

conditions - heavy sleet, some snow mix. We had flurries earlier. Seems like there was more of a snow band closer to Houston. Really starting to fill in now.

[DoctorMu]

Rain here near the Oak forest area still. Some of the sheets covering plants are starting ice over.

Thin layer of ice in CLL from freezing drizzle from 3 pm- 5:30 pm.

[don]

Very small flurries mixed with drizzle here in the Heights, I think we may end up with more snow than we thought,since snow is already starting to reach the ground much earlier than models showed.

[srainhoutx]

The latest HRRR continues to suggest the heavier snow totals shift SE into BCS and encroaching NW Montgomery County with near 7 inch storm totals. Will continue to monitor to see if the trends continue over the next several hours.

[Sloth]

Freezing rain, sleet and flurries mix here in Spring Branch and accumulating!

[srainhoutx]

Beltway 8 Southbound @ I-10 icing over.

[javakah]

Flurries in Fulshear.

[Texaspirate11]

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?

THE POWER DOESN'T COME BACK ON WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME FRAME.

[Kingwood36]

Still 34 in Angleton hasn't freaking moved

[Scott747]

Still 34 in Angleton hasn't freaking moved

I have a fairly salty weather obs station just outside of town.

So far nothing has changed what the forecast is showing. We're gonna have some freezing rain/sleet before any changeover happens.

[DoctorMu]

22°F and still mostly sleet although our radar looks like snow in CLL. Hoping that column cools down soon. The freezing rain drizzle had melted on the streets, but the sleet is piling up in a hurry. Roads will be impassable soon.

[unome]

CenterPoint has a Power Alert Service

https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us ... vice?sa=ho


Their FAQs about this service: https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us ... %20service

[Cromagnum]

Digital thermometer in my backyard in Rosharon is hovering right at 33 / 32. On and off cold rain so far.

[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?

THE POWER DOESN'T COME BACK ON WITHIN A CERTAIN TIME FRAME.

Yes, sort of a rhetorical question.

[don]

All snow flurries now here in the Heights.

[relic57]

Sleet with flurries in Atascocita

[Belmer]

The transition from pink to the gray/bluish (wind chill warnings) will begin encompassing much of TX next 24 hours. Technically much of the warnings are already there, but winter storm warnings are overshadowing them right now. Two rare warnings to see from the northern to southern border.

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