March: Comfortable Weekend Weather & Warming Trend

[skidog40]

37 in katy at 5:45

[srainhoutx]

Thin layer of ice developing on cars NW of Austin. Submitted your report to HGX, Andrew.

[srainhoutx]

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
530 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>199-030400-
HOUSTON-TRINITY-MADISON-WALKER-SAN JACINTO-POLK-BURLESON-BRAZOS-
WASHINGTON-GRIMES-MONTGOMERY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROCKETT...TRINITY...GROVETON...
MADISONVILLE...HUNTSVILLE...SHEPHERD...COLDSPRING...LIVINGSTON...
CORRIGAN...ONALASKA...CALDWELL...LAKE SOMERVILLE...
COLLEGE STATION...BRYAN...BRENHAM...NAVASOTA...THE WOODLANDS...
CONROE...WILLIS
530 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2014

LIGHT SLEET OR SMALL ICY PELLETS MAY MIX IN WITH TONIGHT'S LIGHT
RAIN AS A NORTHEASTERN TEXAS UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SKIRTS THE
AREA. BEHIND THIS AFTERNOON'S STRONG COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE...
TEMPERATURES HAVE QUICKLY FALLEN TO NEAR FREEZING AND ANY POST-
FRONTAL PRECIPITATION THAT DOES CONTINUE TO FALL WILL FALL THROUGH
A NEAR SURFACE SUB-FREEZING LAYER.

IF THE VERY COLD NORTH WIND AND SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR DOESN'T SUCCEED
IN DRYING OFF ROAD SURFACES...THEN PATCHES OF ICE MAY FORM EARLY
MONDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S. NO ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE MOMENT WITH PRIMARILY ELEVATED
ROADWAYS...OR BRIDGES...BEING AT THE GREATEST RISK FOR HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS.

IF PRECIPITATION BEGINS TO INCREASE LATTER TONIGHT FROM THE
WEST...THEN A SHORT FUSE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED.

[Kludge]

LOL Kludge. Freezing line is advancing into College Station at this time and already freezing in Caldwell. Temp down to 47F in NW Harris County at this time and falling. I smell a Winter Weather Advisory coming before too long from HGX. Oh, and if the Euro is correct we may be doing this all over again next weekend as yet another powerful Winter Storm develops across Texas...

31 here now, with liquid still falling (that's the good news)

I WON'T be doing this again next weekend. I am now tuning my channel to the Spring thread, and will meet you all over there when you come to your senses and realize that the only way to kill this (overstayed its welcome) winter is to stop talking about it.

Back in a bit...I'm heading out to prune my azaleas....

[SusieinLP]

Wait until after azaleas bloom to prune. They are setting flower buds now.

Still a swirly mist and warm. No wind yet.

[skidog40]

when i go to accuweather and look up katy and its says wintery precip then things are not right

[mckinne63]

50 degrees and dropping rapidly in Stafford. Wind is howling out there. Temps dropped about 20 degrees in less than 30 minutes.

[Kingwood31]

Wind is starting to howl in Humble. Just got my 7 miler in so I am happy. Tonight will be interesting.

Think will see anything in our humble,kingwood,atascocita area tonight tireman?

[srainhoutx]

Down to 38F and still dropping in NW Harris County.

[Andrew]

Northern counties need to keep an eye on the thin line of showers SE of waco. Temps are below freezing in those areas.

[davidiowx]

Down to 38F and still dropping in NW Harris County.

You really think HGX will issue a winter advisory? It's down to 41 at my house in Sugar Land (about a mile west of the airport) and it drizzling. The wind is howling.

[mckinne63]

41 in Stafford now. Wow! Wind is really howling.

[SusieinLP]

Starting to get windy here temp has started to fall too. The wind kind of comes in waves. Few minutes ago it was windy and now it's calm.

[ronyan]

Wind shift to the N occured at 6:28pm. This frontal passage there was no doubt about.

[txflagwaver]

Wind has made it down here...a little cooler too

[srainhoutx]

Portastorm just sent a text stating light freezing drizzle in SW Austin.

[tireman4]

Wind is starting to howl in Humble. Just got my 7 miler in so I am happy. Tonight will be interesting.

Think will see anything in our humble,kingwood,atascocita area tonight tireman?

I see that Winter Weather Advisories are to the north of us. Not sure what to think. I would say no, but again, I am not a professional.

[davidiowx]

Portastorm just sent a text stating light freezing drizzle in SW Austin.

Excellent! Not sure if we will see that but I would love a surprise

[srainhoutx]

Down to 36F in NW Harris County and still falling. Worrisome to see additionalight rain developing to my SW and a SE moving sleet band approaching College Station where it is 28F.

[srainhoutx]

The 21Z SPC SREF continues to advertise freezing rain/sleet and possibly a snow flurry or two overnight before the precip ends. It is also noteworthy the the SREF is suggesting an expanded area freezing rain across all of Central Texas and Northern areas of SE Texas overnight tomorrow night into early Tuesday. Each run has expanded the aeral coverage of the potential event for tomorrow night. We will see if that trend continues.