JANUARY 2018 - Seasonal WX Week/Pacific Front Saturday

[ticka1]

aall this weather since the eclpise. stay warm - stay dry and stay at home!

[sambucol]

aall this weather since the eclpise. stay warm - stay dry and stay at home!

Yep!!!! Since the eclipse we have had some interesting weather.

[nlosrgr8]

Gosh, I feel like I need to thank the Pro Mets and contributors for all the info posted! It is truly appreciated by folks like me. Thanks All!

[mckinne63]

Gosh, I feel like I need to thank the Pro Mets and contributors for all the info posted! It is truly appreciated by folks like me. Thanks All!

Reading this forum is why I stayed home today! I had a coworker that went into work because she said it didn't look that bad. I urged her to go home later this morning. She finally headed my warnings.

[srainhoutx]

Jeff Lindner
@JeffLindner1
Another heavier batch of sleet and snow moving in from the west. Road conditions are already bad. Do not travel #houwx #hounews

[BigNorthSide]

For Ike, for Rita, for Mr. Harvey...I have always looked to this forum for the best possible information. Thanks to everyone involved!

[srainhoutx]

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
345 PM CST Tue Jan 16 2018

.DISCUSSION...
You know you have had a busy day when you completely forget to
write a morning update AFD. Sorry but on the bright side we did
get all the other products updated and put information in NWSChat
for EMs and media to know our plans for the forecast.

Today we saw a mix of precipitation but mainly sleet. There was
some freezing rain to start but the accumulations remained low.
However accumulations were not low enough to not cause problems
and then there was sleet/snow falling on top of that ice and
frozen structures to make for a mess on area highways, bridges and
overpasses. Radar still shows a batch of precipitation coming from
the west which should reach Houston over the next hour or two in
time for rush hour. Hopefully people stay home or left work early
because any precipitation that falls will be sleet/snow making
travel conditions worse than they are already. Temperatures are
solidly in the mid/upper 20s so we will continue the winter storm
warning for a portion of the area. This area is basically south of
Brenham to Huntsville. North of that line a winter weather
advisory is in effect mainly for hazardous travel conditions.

Tonight temperatures drop more into the teens and low 20s so a
hard freeze warning is in effect for the whole area through
Wednesday morning. Winds are still blowing quite strong which
lowers wind chill values below 13F so we have a wind chill
advisory in effect for the same time frame as the hard freeze
warning. It is just best not to be outside tonight or travel. If
stuck outside frost bite and hypothermia will be issues.

The plan for the winter weather advisory and winter storm warning
will be to cancel as needed this evening with precipitation ending
from north to south. Look for updates to these products through
the evening tonight.

Extended Forecast...cold continues Wednesday. The record low
maximum temperature for IAH is 36F. We have a high of 37F so we
will be flirting with that record. That should let you know how
cold it will be tomorrow. From there conditions do warm up with
warm air advection occurring Friday through Sunday. Low
temperatures will be back in the 50s for the weekend. Another
front and storm system moves across on Sunday so will keep some
solid rain chances going for Sunday. High pressure builds in early
next week but temperatures will be back near normal or slightly
above Monday and Tuesday next week.

Overpeck

[don]

Snowing in the Heights big flakes!

[srainhoutx]

Nice fat dendrites falling across NW Harris County as well

[snowman65]

For my area, this event was almost as underacheiving as 3 weeks ago....almost....not complaining about the lack of freezing rain or sleet..but snowfall was just about non existent.

[don]

The heavier precip moving in from the west could possibly put down a nice dusting of snow.

[Cromagnum]

The south side of town dodged most of this event. We only got some freezing rain but very little sleet and no snow.

[ronyan]

Our forecast low for tonight is 22F, the same temperature we hit during the February 2011 cold wave.

[jasons2k]

Dry air must be taking hold. I still have radar returns but not seeing much at all.

[cperk]

We are getting small snow flakes here now.

[davidiowx]

We are getting small snow flakes here now.

Looks like a nice band will move through here shortly. Let’s see if it brings us the big snow flakes. Mostly sleet all day mixing with flurries as of the last 20-30 min or so.

[srainhoutx]

Dry air must be taking hold. I still have radar returns but not seeing much at all.

Could be Jason. DP 18 in Conroe, 21 IAH and 20 at Hooks. Was talking to Blake as he's driving ...or should I say sliding home towards Spring and he stated big flakes where coming down at I-45 and the North Belt.

[sau27]

Fluffy flakes mixed with sleet starting to float down in Bellaire.

[wxman57]

Snowflakes getting bigger now in Westbury (a few miles south of Bellaire). 26 degrees.

[AtascocitaWX]

I hope Humble/Atascocita gets a few flurries before it moves on. Kids have been looking for it.