More cold air on the way next week!?

[don]

The Euro looked very interesting late next week (showing another strong high coming out of canada with a trough out to the west...) and the Canadian loooked interesting allso for late next weekend...

[srainhoutx]

Perhaps a new Topic is in order as things are looking interesting in the next Thurday through Sunday time frame...

[tireman4]

When Porta speaks... he is really meaning it now WxMan57....

On closer inspection of those long-range models, I do see possible snow for Houston but highs in the low 90s for Austin. Too bad!

Wow, now that would be something. Snow in Houston and 90's in Austin. The Cockroach Ridge would be coming back, eh Porta?

[Portastorm]

Exactly tireman!

The High Pressure Cockroach Ridge of Death ... I just can't get away from it.

[wxman57]

I believe it was 1994, 99ºF one day, and one week later, ice.

I was so hoping for the one and only 100ºF day in AUS February history.

I saw snow accumulate slushily on the newly elevated section of highway (was it 183) in December 1996.

I have never seen snow accumulate on any road surface in HOU.

During the 1989 snow event I was trying to drive home from between Hobby Airport area and just south of the Galleria without going over any icy bridges. Somehow I ended up on Richmond near Montrose but I couldn't tell which way I was heading with all the wind and snow blowing around. Had to get out of the car and assess the wind direction to know which way to go to get home. Streets didn't have significant snow on them such that my car left tracks in the snow, but it was an adventure driving home in the storm. I believe I remember that later on that day the streets did have snow on them.

[tireman4]

They did in 1973...the January 11 snow.....in La Marque

[wxman57]

My birthday is March 1st, and a snow day would be the best present a boy ever had!


http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod ... p_384m.gif

That day 15 panel of the GFS has been known to be accurate once every decade or two.

[snowman65]

My birthday is March 1st, and a snow day would be the best present a boy ever had!


http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod ... p_384m.gif

That day 15 panel of the GFS has been known to be accurate once every decade or two.

SOO...has it been a decade since last time it was right??? ...maybe it's due......

[don]

Not quiet a decade yet as the last time it was right for something that far out was the Christmas 2004 smowstorm...FWIW
But anyway I would like to see the GFS latch on to a winterstorm like the euro before i start buying into snything.

[tireman4]

My birthday is March 1st, and a snow day would be the best present a boy ever had!


http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod ... p_384m.gif

That day 15 panel of the GFS has been known to be accurate once every decade or two.

With this winter Wxman...ya never know...

[Ptarmigan]

Wow, now that would be something. Snow in Houston and 90's in Austin. The Cockroach Ridge would be coming back, eh Porta?

Where is my can of RAID? I can use that on the Cockroach Ridge.

[Ptarmigan]

My birthday is March 1st, and a snow day would be the best present a boy ever had!


http://www.nco.ncep.noaa.gov/pmb/nwprod ... p_384m.gif

That day 15 panel of the GFS has been known to be accurate once every decade or two.

It will be right this time.

[Ptarmigan]

I believe it was 1994, 99ºF one day, and one week later, ice.


I was so hoping for the one and only 100ºF day in AUS February history.


I saw snow accumulate slushily on the newly elevated section of highway (was it 183) in December 1996.




I have never seen snow accumulate on any road surface in HOU.

I know February 1996 was quite hot and than it got cold again.

[wxman57]

Not quiet a decade yet as the last time it was right for something that far out was the Christmas 2004 snow storm...FWIW
But anyway I would like to see the GFS latch on to a winter storm like the euro before i start buying into anything.

You are correct. We have 4 more years to go before it's accurate at 384 hours again.

[srainhoutx]

A nice recap and record event that will not soon be forgotten for folks in Dallas/Ft Worth...

NOUS44 KFWD 121011
PNSFWD
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-121800-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
410 AM CST FRI FEB 12 2010

...SNOW EVENT ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS...

AT MIDNIGHT ON FEBRUARY 11TH...DFW AIRPORT HAD RECORDED 11.2 INCHES
OF SNOW. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS DAILY RECORD FOR FEBRUARY 11TH OF
1.4 INCHES SET IN 1988. THIS ALSO BREAKS THE PREVIOUS 24-HOUR RECORD
FOR FEBRUARY...7.5 INCHES ON FEBRUARY 17, 1978 AND FEBRUARY 25, 1924.

AT 4 AM ON FEBRUARY 12TH...DFW AIRPORT HAD REPORTED A 24-HOUR
SNOWFALL TOTAL OF 12.5 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS ALL TIME
24-HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL RECORD OF 12.1 INCHES SET JANUARY 15-16, 1964.

THE SNOWFALL TOTAL ON FEBRUARY 11TH IS THE GREATEST CALENDAR-DAY
SNOWFALL TOTAL ON RECORD FOR DALLAS/FORT WORTH. THE PREVIOUS RECORD
WAS 7.8 INCHES ON JANUARY 15, 1964 AND JANUARY 14, 1917.

THIS BRINGS THE SEASONAL SNOWFALL TOTAL TO 15.7 INCHES...WHICH IS
THE 2ND HIGHEST SEASONAL TOTAL ON RECORD FOR DALLAS/FORT WORTH. THIS
IS THE SNOWIEST WINTER IN 32 SEASONS (SINCE 1977-1978).

--------------------------------------------------------------------

DALLAS/FORT WORTH - SNOWIEST SEASONS

1 17.6 1977-78
2 15.7 2009-10*
3 15.3 1963-64
4 13.5 1923-24
5 10.4 1976-77
6 9.5 1909-10
7 9.2 1916-17
8 8.8 1947-48
9 8.1 1937-38
10 7.3 1965-66
7.3 1941-42

--------------------------------------------------------------------

DALLAS/FORT WORTH - MOST SNOW IN FEBRUARY

1 13.5 1978
2 12.5 2010*
3 7.5 1924

--------------------------------------------------------------------

DALLAS/FORT WORTH - GREATEST 24-HOUR SNOWFALL TOTALS

1 12.5 FEBRUARY 11-12, 2010*
2 12.1 JANUARY 15-16, 1964
3 8.2 JANUARY 14-15, 1917
4 7.5 FEBRUARY 17, 1978
7.5 FEBRUARY 25, 1924
6 6.0 MARCH 13, 1924
7 5.5 DECEMBER 9, 1898
8 5.0 NOVEMBER 22, 1937
5.0 JANUARY 5, 1910
10 4.7 NOVEMBER 13, 1976

[srainhoutx]

Note: Should see some FL locations added in the 10:00 PM Update from HPC....

Code: Select all

STORM SUMMARY NUMBER 5 FOR SOUTHERN SNOWSTORM
NWS HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER CAMP SPRINGS MD
300 PM CST FRI FEB 12 2010
 
...RARE WINTER STORM IN PROGRESS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TIER OF THE
UNITED STATES...
 
WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FROM THE SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA/MISSISSIPPI BORDER AND EXTEND EAST-NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH
SOUTHERN ALABAMA...SOUTHERN GEORGIA...MUCH OF SOUTH CAROLINA...AND
SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT
FROM CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI THROUGH NORTHERN ALABAMA...NORTHERN
GEORGIA...EXTREME NORTHWEST SOUTH CAROLINA...AND MUCH OF NORTHERN
NORTH CAROLINA.
 
FOR A DETAILED GRAPHICAL DEPICTION OF THE LATEST
WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES...PLEASE SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV

AT 300 PM CST...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WITH A CENTRAL PRESSURE OF
997 MB...29.44 INCHES...WAS LOCATED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO 180
MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF TAMPA FLORIDA AND WAS MOVING EASTWARD AT
25 MPH. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A SHIELD OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF THE FLORIDA PENINSULA...AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA.
SNOWFALL HAS BEEN RECENTLY REPORTED FROM EASTERN MISSISSIPPI
ACROSS ALABAMA...THE NORTHWEST HALF OF GEORGIA...AND EASTERN
TENNESSEE...AND EXTREME WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES FROM 200 AM CST THU FEB
11 THROUGH 300 PM CST THU FEB 12...

...ALABAMA...
BELLEVILLE                            6.0                     
BRANTLEY                              5.0                     
EVERGREEN 5 N                         5.0                     
THOMASVILLE                           5.0                     
LOTTIE                                4.5                     
PINSON                                4.0                     
TROY                                  4.0                     
RAMER                                 3.5                     
AUBURN                                3.0                     
GREENVILLE                            3.0                     
HAYNEVILLE                            3.0                     
LUCEDALE                              3.0                     
TENSAW                                3.0                     

...GEORGIA...
CUTHBERT                              2.0                     
FORT GAINES                           1.0                     
DAWSON                                0.5                     

...MISSISSIPPI...
DE KALB                               8.0                     
CATAHOULA                             5.0                     
VICKSBURG                             5.0                     
BRANDON 1.9 NE                        4.6                     
MADISON 1.1 SW                        4.5                     
RAYVILLE                              4.2                     
BROOKHAVEN                            4.0                     
MCCALL CREEK 5 W                      4.0                     
FOREST                                3.5                     
PORT GIBSON 6 NW                      3.5                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL FREEZING RAIN ICE AMOUNTS IN INCHES FROM
200 AM CST THU FEB 11 THROUGH 300 PM CST THU FEB 12...

...ALABAMA...
ARITON                                4.00                     
IRONDALE                              0.30                     

...SELECTED PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MILES PER HOUR EARLIER IN THE
EVENT...

...FLORIDA...
CLEARWATER                              51                     
SAINT PETERSBURG                        45                     

...SELECTED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN INCHES WHERE THE EVENT HAS
ENDED...

...ARKANSAS...
FOREMAN                               4.0                     
TEXARKANA 1 N                         4.0                     
ASHDOWN                               3.0                     
MENA                                  3.0                     
AMITY 1 N                             2.5                     
VANDERVOORT                           2.5                     
DE QUEEN                              2.0                     
HAMPTON                               2.0                     
FORDYCE 6.6 NNW                       1.8                     

...LOUISIANA...
SHREVEPORT 9.1 SE                     6.1                     
NATCHITOCHES 0.9 NE                   6.0                     
SHONGALOO 5 N                         6.0                     
SICILY ISLAND 3.3 WNW                 6.0                     
GOLDONNA 8.8 SSW                      5.6                     
MONROE                                5.0                     
PLAIN DEALING 3.3 ESE                 5.0                     
HOMER 1.2 N                           3.7                     
WEST MONROE 6.1 WSW                   3.5                     

...OKLAHOMA...
HAWORTH 4 SW                          7.5                     
IDABEL 8 SE                           7.5                     
ADA 0.3 NNW                           5.6                     
RATTAN 13 E                           4.5                     
LOCO 0.9 SE                           4.3                     
CORINNE                               3.5                     
FORT TOWSON 1 W                       3.5                     
SULPHUR 2.5 WSW                       3.5                     
CANEY 7 W                             3.0                     
CAMDEN 1.8 NNW                        2.0                     

...TEXAS...
DUNCANVILLE 1.7 NNW                  14.9                     
HASLET                               14.2                     
FORT WORTH                           12.6                     
DALLAS                               12.5                     
MANSFIELD 2.6 NNE                    12.2                     
BRIDGEPORT                           12.0                     
ROYSE CITY                           12.0                     
SANGER 1.8 WSW                       12.0                     
MESQUITE 3.3 ESE                     11.4                     
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS 1.9 NE          11.3                     

THE SNOW WHICH FELL IN DALLAS TEXAS ESTABLISHED AN ALL-TIME 24
HOUR AND DAILY SNOWFALL RECORD FOR FEBRUARY 11.  WICHITA FALLS
TEXAS HAS ESTABLISHED A NEW ALL-TIME SEASONAL SNOWFALL RECORD OF
15.0 INCHES...BREAKING THE RECORD PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED DURING
THE WINTER OF 1957-1958.

THIS SURFACE LOW WILL PROGRESS EAST-NORTHEAST THROUGH THE FLORIDA
PENINSULA THIS EVENING AND OFFSHORE THE CAROLINAS DURING THE DAY
SATURDAY. ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST...A POLAR AIR MASS IN PLACE
WILL ALLOW WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO FALL. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...ARE
POSSIBLE IN AN AREA EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN GEORGIA EAST
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE EASTERN CAROLINAS.

THE NEXT STORM SUMMARY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER AT 1000 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS
EVENT.

ROTH

[kayci]

Texas City: 45 degrees on the north side of my house right now and a constant steady rain since 6:00 a.m. I don't expect ice of any kind today or tonite, and will pray that it stays that way. Summer cannot come soon enough for me.

New European run has cross-Polar flow developing in 8 days with a 1055+MB high coming across the Pole and south through Canada by 10 days. Ready to book that flight to Tahiti with me?

How soon you forget wxman57!

[wxman57]

How soon you forget wxman57!

I know, but I originally asked ticka1 because I've known her for many years (online). Got confused as to who I was talking to on a reply to your post last week and invited you, too. I can arrange for another chair on the beach for you, though. By the way, send me just about $3500 to cover the air fare alone. It's about $3100 round-trip from LAX.

On a weather-related note - it sure doesn't "feel" snowy outside now. I'm wondering if the models are too cold with the airmass projected to be overhead tomorrow evening... I'd feel more comfortable about snow if it was overcast and in the low-mid 40s today.