Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:45 am
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TBF, wind turbines in the Dakotas don’t go offline. This is a walk in the park for those in Fargo or Minneapolis. They’re laughing at uss and how we’ll need Federal assistance for snow and cold. I had to explain last night to my post-doc from Europe that he did not have to show up for work. In Chicago this is just another Monday. Texans are I’ll prepared for real winter weather.MontgomeryCoWx wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:11 amMore than half of America is an emotion over logic crowd so don’t hold your breath.txsnowmaker wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:02 am We’ve got a bigger problem. ERCOT said 15 minutes to an hour for rolling blackouts, but Center Point is apparently saying that due to excessive demand they’re having to cut power during rolling blackouts for longer than expected. Many including me have been out for hours so they owe a bit more of an explanation as to how long we’ll be out for and how frequently they’ll be shutting off. Apparently 12,000 megawatts of power is offline due to frozen wind turbines. Those who want us completely off reliable natural gas should take a cue and learn an important lesson in logic and reason from this event.
well said, Dr - it reached -38 in the land of my birth last night & all is well there (over -50 in the last week or so) They could improve building codes here, it would help if water lines run down an uninsulated, exterior wall are required to be insulated, etc... improved insulation would help when power use surges in summer as wellDoctorMu wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 8:06 am TBF, wind turbines in the Dakotas don’t go offline. This is a walk in the park for those in Fargo or Minneapolis. They’re laughing at uss and how we’ll need Federal assistance for snow and cold. I had to explain last night to my post-doc from Europe that he did not have to show up for work. In Chicago this is just another Monday. Texans are I’ll prepared for real winter weather.
Looks like the NAM may have been closest to reality across SE Texas for the overnight storm. Today into the 12Z runs tomorrow should provide some ground truth to the possibilities for storm #2.weatherguy425 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:44 am Not to jump ahead, but overnight trended towards starting (at least) our next storm system as freezing rain across a large portion of the area. We'll have to see if models continue to trend colder with a longer duration of freezing rain Tuesday night and Wednesday.
I would be in line with the lake conroe band but just off to its nnw and I am still getting a steady light snow hereweatherguy425 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 8:31 am Noticing some minor, but certainly noticeable northwest-southeast oriented snow bands... Lakes Conroe and Houston may explain the eastern-two.
First test may come today; has afternoon MAX temperatures in the mid to upper 20s.srainhoutx wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 8:34 amLooks like the NAM may have been closest to reality across SE Texas for the overnight storm. Today into the 12Z runs tomorrow should provide some ground truth to the possibilities for storm #2.weatherguy425 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 15, 2021 6:44 am Not to jump ahead, but overnight trended towards starting (at least) our next storm system as freezing rain across a large portion of the area. We'll have to see if models continue to trend colder with a longer duration of freezing rain Tuesday night and Wednesday.