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Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:25 am
by srainhoutx
Report of wet snow in Huntsville.

Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:28 am
by srainhoutx
Report of light snow in Travis County (Mopac @ 360). No accumulation.

Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:35 am
by srainhoutx
Report of light snow in Bertram (Travis County). No accumulation.

Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:46 am
by srainhoutx
I hope everyone is ready for some sunshine. I know I am... ;)
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Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:56 am
by Heat Miser
Northern northern portions. :lol:
This weather stinks. Haven't seen any flakes, pellets, or whatever you want call it. Bring forth Spring and let the far northern northern portions of southeast Texas enjoy the wet snow mixing with rain with no accumulation.

Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:08 am
by BlueJay
Thank you, srain, for all of the Travis County road/weather conditions reporting!

I'm ready for some sun!

Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:41 am
by BlueJay
Sun sighting a few moments ago at FM 1488 and FM 2978!

Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:01 pm
by Portastorm
BlueJay wrote:Thank you, srain, for all of the Travis County road/weather conditions reporting!

I'm ready for some sun!
Speaking of Travis County ... I experienced two separate sleet/rain mix periods this morning: 5:40 am and 8:35 am in different parts of Austin. They were brief. And now, Ol Sol is out and our temps are in the upper 50s. Trees are starting to bud. As much as I love a winter weather event (or two), I'm ready for spring too. Sunshine, regular storms with needed rainfall, and warmer temps!

Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 3:14 pm
by jasons2k
I saw some brief snow from a 4th floor office a few hours ago @ Woodlands Waterway/Town Center....

Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:26 pm
by Ptarmigan
Portastorm wrote:
Speaking of Travis County ... I experienced two separate sleet/rain mix periods this morning: 5:40 am and 8:35 am in different parts of Austin. They were brief. And now, Ol Sol is out and our temps are in the upper 50s. Trees are starting to bud. As much as I love a winter weather event (or two), I'm ready for spring too. Sunshine, regular storms with needed rainfall, and warmer temps!
I like to see some spring thunderstorms. :twisted:

Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 5:41 am
by Katdaddy
A cold morning across SE TX with a light freezing across many areas. Mostly sunny skies with some increasing high clouds later today. Another cold night with increasing clouds. No Winter precip for SE TX the next several days however its a different story for NTX. The potential exists for 2 rounds of snow followed by sleet and freezing rain Saturday morning. Round 1 is approaching NTX currently.

Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 6:56 am
by jasons2k
What the heck?!?!? I had a low of 30. It wasn't supposed to freeze! Geez, they just can't get it right.

Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 7:13 am
by srainhoutx
jasons wrote:What the heck?!?!? I had a low of 30. It wasn't supposed to freeze! Geez, they just can't get it right.
It was very obvious to me last evening that we would freeze again as temperatures dropped like a rock from the upper 40's yesterday afternoon into the 30's before I went to bed. Ideal radiational cooling conditions were very obvious to me. Sometimes I believe we have to use our own weather knowledge and take precautionary measures ourselves. That said I do feel for the gardening folks that may not be so weather wise. We have a heavy frost again this morning all the way to the ground here in NW Harris County. A strong shortwave associated with the next surge of Arctic Air is bringing a round of light snow this morning for our neighbors in the Dallas/Ft Worth area.

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Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 8:55 am
by jasons2k
Even the NWS late evening update said maybe down to Conroe and points north. Missed the boat on that one.

Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 9:20 am
by srainhoutx
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
915 AM CST THU FEB 26 2015

YOUNG-JACK-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-
SOMERVELL-COMANCHE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAHAM...OLNEY...JACKSBORO...
BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...CISCO...
EASTLAND...RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...
OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...COMANCHE...DE LEON
915 AM CST THU FEB 26 2015

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CST
THIS AFTERNOON.

* LOCATION...THIS ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES OF
YOUNG...JACK...STEPHENS...PALO PINTO...PARKER...EASTLAND...
ERATH...HOOD...SOMERVELL AND COMANCHE.

* TIMING...NOW THROUGH 1 PM.

* ACCUMULATION...SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL AVERAGE A HALF INCH TO 1
INCH OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY SEE UP TO 2
INCHES.

* MAIN IMPACT...TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING AND ACCUMULATING
SNOW WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES
AND OVERPASSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF WINTER
PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND PLAN ON SOME TRAVEL DELAYS.

SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON
ELEVATED SURFACES. BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES WILL BE THE FIRST
LOCATIONS WHERE ICY SPOTS MAY DEVELOP. PLEASE TRAVEL WITH CAUTION.

Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 10:02 am
by Heat Miser
Wow, just ready for Spring now. Cold with miserable rain and our neighbors to the north getting any semblance of something somewhat exciting. Always to our north. ;)

Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 4:02 pm
by srainhoutx
I'm a little concerned that we could see another round of freezing to near freezing temperatures tonight as this next Arctic front passes. The latest visible imagery shows that advancing front very well and there is some thinning of the clouds that have been forecast to keep most of SE Texas above the freezing mark. Also, another round of wintry weather is expected tomorrow afternoon into Saturday from the Hill Country on N into the Dallas Ft Worth area. For ticka1, heavy snow is expect over the weekend across the Northern Mountains of New Mexico. Current webcams at Taos are showing light to moderate snow is falling today and Red River, Taos and Angle Fire as well as the ski areas of Colorado could be measuring snowfall by the foot in this active weather pattern across the Southern Rockies.
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Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Thu Feb 26, 2015 6:07 pm
by jasons2k
I am standing outside in a line right now in the wind and it is effing cold!!! Come on spring!!!

Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:00 am
by BlueJay
I guess the cloud cover did the trick. Our temperature was a low of 35F this morning!

Re: February: Tracking Rain/Wintry Mix & Arctic Front

Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 3:22 pm
by wxman57
Another strong cold front next Wednesday. Highs in the 40s behind it Wed/Thu afternoons. Don't think we'll have to worry about any freezing/frozen precip in Houston. Maybe some very cold rain...again