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Just heard on TV no snow for us only rain, can anyone confirm that??

wxman57 wrote:

houstongirl wrote:Our flurries are starting!!!

I see they started at 5:27pm. When I said 6:28pm, that was Eastern Time.

CLASSIC!

rnmm wrote:Just heard on TV no snow for us only rain, can anyone confirm that??

yeah prolly...we got screwed this time!

weatherguy425 wrote:wxman- whats the ETA on flurries for the kingwood area, and do you think that it could come down at a decent clip before it ends?

Should see a change over in the next 30 minutes

brazoria_county22 wrote:

rnmm wrote:Just heard on TV no snow for us only rain, can anyone confirm that??

yeah prolly...we got screwed this time!

We prolly did brazoria and I didn't get none last time either, guess next time I better tip the snowmaker

Radar shows a nice moisture feed continuing to move from the southwest to the north east just need that snow line to sag further south....

Huge flakes in Waller County and things are beginning to stick to the ground. It is a beautiful day out there.

Lots of sleet bouncing off of me at the HEB at 2920....otherwise.....cold, cold rain. *Sigh*

FINALLY! Moderate sleet has started coming down here. Looking forward to that magic 7-8 p.m. time slot!

Snowing in Katy.

I will soon traverse the roadways from SE Houston to Humble. I will file a report when I get home.

Getting sleet here on the far west side around the west oaks area.

Snow in NW Harris County (started around 5 PM). I see James has joined the snow party.

HGX: Crockett [Houston Co, TX] law enforcement reports SNOW of E3.0 INCH at 04:55 PM CST -- 3 inches of snow accumulation reported across parts of houston county

sleeting in spring branch and spring valley area

It appears that the models performed very well with this event (GFS not NAM). The heavier precip will end across Houston in the next few hours. GFS had predicted by around 9pm. About right. But the main upper-level impulse will pass through late tonight/early tomorrow. Could be a few light flurries with it.

Any accumulating snow has so far been confined to the northern part of the county, ant temps remain above freezing there. Elsewhere, high temps and high dew points (well above freezing) resulted in a mostly rain event. We really needed to have dew points starting out in the mid to upper 20s to have had a shot at widespread accumulations across Houston. The warm layer at the surface was just too much for the snow to overcome as it fell. The temperature can't drop if the dew point is in the 34-37 degree range. The airmass to our north just wasn't cold enough for advection alone to get us below freezing.

But I still think most of us (except near the coast) will see at least some snow fall in the next 5-8 hours. The later it falls, the lighter it'll be, though. Down to 38 at my house now, a sign that maybe I'll see some sleet soon. Maybe a bit of snow by 7pm to 8pm.

Now snowing in the Spring Branch area.BIG flakes!! Transitioned quickly from rain to sleet to sleet/snow to snow.

Wxman so we will see no snow here or only occasional flurries? We are just trying to catch a couple of pics Thanks

wxman57 wrote:It appears that the models performed very well with this event (GFS not NAM). The heavier precip will end across Houston in the next few hours. GFS had predicted by around 9pm. About right. But the main upper-level impulse will pass through late tonight/early tomorrow. Could be a few light flurries with it.

Any accumulating snow has so far been confined to the northern part of the county, ant temps remain above freezing there. Elsewhere, high temps and high dew points (well above freezing) resulted in a mostly rain event. We really needed to have dew points starting out in the mid to upper 20s to have had a shot at widespread accumulations across Houston. The warm layer at the surface was just too much for the snow to overcome as it fell. The temperature can't drop if the dew point is in the 34-37 degree range. The airmass to our north just wasn't cold enough for advection alone to get us below freezing.

But I still think most of us (except near the coast) will see at least some snow fall in the next 5-8 hours. The later it falls, the lighter it'll be, though. Down to 38 at my house now, a sign that maybe I'll see some sleet soon. Maybe a bit of snow by 7pm to 8pm.

well that pretty much seals my faith...no snw for me