Ed Mahmoud wrote:don wrote:shows temperatures in the mid to low 30's with a lot of moisture moving through. Of course it could just be a fluke run.
Near miss, verbatim, about 2ºF too warm, on the mother of all ice storms. Not just slippery highway and wreck ice storms, Paul Robison style trees crashing down on power line type ice storm.
Did I mention my wife and kids have lost President's Day and Memorial Day already?
At this point, just a one off, but not completely different from the 12Z GFS, cool off and rain, just more rain and a bigger cool off, so it falls into the watch and see category.
URGENT: Read this from ERCOT!
Media Advisory for the Rio Grande Valley area
Valley area consumers asked to conserve electricity due to extreme cold, system limitations
AUSTIN, TX, Feb. 6, 2014 – The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), grid operator for most of Texas, is asking electric consumers in the Rio Grande Valley region to reduce electric use from 5 p.m. today through noon on Friday, Feb. 7.
“In addition to the high demands associated with the cold weather, the transmission system’s ability to send power to the region is currently reduced due to a planned outage on a line that serves the Valley,” said Dan Woodfin, ERCOT director of System Operations. “That line, which is being rebuilt to increase capacity to serve the Valley region, cannot be returned to service in time to serve expected power demands tonight and tomorrow morning.”
Consumers can help ensure the system is able to continue serving current power needs by taking the following steps to reduce demand on the system tonight and tomorrow morning:
■Keep your thermostat as low as is comfortable, preferably no higher than 68 degrees.
■Turn off and unplug non-essential lights and appliances.
■Avoid running large appliances such as washers, dryers and electric ovens during peak energy demand hours (6-9 a.m. and 4-8 p.m.).
■Close shades and blinds at night to reduce the amount of heat lost through windows.
■Large consumers of electricity should consider shutting down or reducing non-essential production processes.
ERCOT peak demand this morning exceeded 57,000 megawatts (MW) and could reach or break its 57,277 MW record before the current winter weather leaves the region. The ERCOT grid is not experiencing any systemwide issues.
“This is a precautionary measure to help ensure we can maintain overall reliability in the Valley during this high-demand period,” said Woodfin.
Consumers asked to conserve electricity due to extreme cold, limited generation
AUSTIN, TX, Feb. 6, 2014 – The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), grid operator for most of Texas, is asking electric consumers to reduce electric use from 5 p.m. today through noon on Friday, Feb. 7.
“With the cold weather that began last night, we already saw electric demand close to our winter record this morning,” said Dan Woodfin, ERCOT director of System Operations. “We are expecting cold weather to continue through tomorrow morning’s high demand period, and some generation capacity has become unavailable due to limitations to natural gas supplies.”
Consumers can help ensure the system is able to continue serving current power needs by taking the following steps to reduce demand on the system tonight and tomorrow morning:
■Keep your thermostat as low as is comfortable, preferably no higher than 68 degrees.
■Turn off and unplug non-essential lights and appliances.
■Avoid running large appliances such as washers, dryers and electric ovens during peak energy demand hours (6-9 a.m. and 4-8 p.m.).
■Close shades and blinds at night to reduce the amount of heat lost through windows.
■Large consumers of electricity should consider shutting down or reducing non-essential production processes.
■Businesses should minimize the use of electric lighting and electricity-consuming equipment as much as possible.
ERCOT peak demand this morning exceeded 57,000 megawatts (MW) and could reach or break its 57,277 MW record before the current winter weather leaves the region.
“This is a precautionary measure to help ensure we can maintain overall reliability through this high-demand period,” said Woodfin.
No laughing matter, ya'll. We have a full blown energy crisis thanx to Old Man Winter. Everyone may wake up in the dark tomorrow morning.
Please Stand By.