February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Warmup Begins

[jasons2k]

Pretty amazing..steep temp gradient already

[tsb2107]

Been holding steady at 34 for the last couple of hours.

[Andrew]

Hey everyone, been a busy couple of days. How is everyone doing? I hope those without power have found ways to stay warm! We just need to get through Thursday and we should be in the clear.

Doing good. Making al pastor tacos in the backyard. Electricity is on, but I'll take no chances to miss a warm meal once the power goes out again

Glad you are doing well Sloth. Get your grub on haha. Hopefully, we will be closer to normal this weekend.

[Andrew]

Sitting at 33/32 here NW of the loop. Dewpoints have risen several degrees. Looks like I will be right on the line of freezing rain versus cold rain.

[DoctorMu]

25 degrees. Freezing rain, sleet, snow mix. Hello black ice!

Rolling blackouts continue.

[jasons2k]

25 degrees. Freezing rain, sleet, snow mix. Help black one!

Rolling blackouts continue.

And so it begins - good luck. 32.2 here, dew point 25. The gap is closing...

[jasons2k]

Power out

[snowman65]

I don't know about everyone else but I'm ready to close the books on this past 4 days.

[BlueJay]

I don't know about everyone else but I'm ready to close the books on this past 4 days.

Me Too!

[Kingwood36]

I thought I'd NEVER say this...but...is it summer yet?

[don]

Ice is starting to accumulate here in the Heights.

[BlueJay]

I thought I'd NEVER say this...but...is it summer yet?

Texas summer sounds good.

This is a reminder though that all extreme weather can be/is dangerous and deadly.

[DoctorMu]

Half inch of ice everywhere. What a mess!

[Snakeswx]

Solid layer of ice on cars, icicles forming on everything.. pine trees are starting to turn white... Limbs are starting to droop.. 242 and gosling north of the woodlands

[Kingwood36]

Man I'm soooooo glad it's just all rain here and not ice again

[DoctorMu]

Ice storms like this are common on NC, GA. Texans are I’ll prepared. NC has more underground electric lines. Our neighborhood lines are underground. But so mane lines above ground.

Some good news. Temp has inched above freezing . Have hope the above ice melts.

[MontgomeryCoWx]

29 here and moderate to heavy freezing rain. Changeover to snow coming it looks like.

May finish with .4 plus of ice overnight.

[Scott747]

I know there are a few from the Angleton area here... There is a boil water notice and with continuing issues with the 911 service the usual emergency message wasn't sent via the phone.

Virtually no water pressure anyways...

[snowman65]

Through this entire event all we ever got was ice pellets. We had ice up to 3" think on our vehicles and at least 1/2" on our neighborhood streets. Not what I had in mind for an epic winter storm.

[don]

Through this entire event all we ever got was ice pellets. We had ice up to 3" think on our vehicles and at least 1/2" on our neighborhood streets. Not what I had in mind for an epic winter storm.

Sorry but some people's expectations were maybe too much as most models showed mainly a sleet storm around the I-10 corridor. With snow well off to the north across Northern portions of southeast Texas. While there was a possibility the air would be colder and support snow,most models never showed that for the central and coastal counties. And I'm not sure about your area but I know here in Houston we received about a 50/50 mix of sleet and small snowflakes.