Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 10:53 pm
might just dry up as it heads into Texas....I havent had really time to look at dewpoints out there....
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Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:14 am
20.8F here this morning. If these clouds do not break, those forecasted high temps may be in trouble. We will see.
Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 7:48 am
Yep, all-time OK state record was tied (not set) in Bartlesville, OK this morning when the thermometer hit -27F.Ed Mahmoud wrote:All time Oklahoma record? JB mention last hour's -22ºF as the all time February record.
Current Weather Conditions:
BARTLESVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT , OK, United States
(KBVO) 36-46N 96-01W 210M
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Conditions at Feb 10, 2011 - 06:53 AM ESTFeb 10, 2011 - 05:53 AM CSTFeb 10, 2011 - 04:53 AM MSTFeb 10, 2011 - 03:53 AM PSTFeb 10, 2011 - 02:53 AM ASTFeb 10, 2011 - 01:53 AM HST
2011.02.10 1153 UTC
Wind Calm
Visibility 10 mile(s)
Sky conditions clear
Temperature -27.0 F (-32.8 C)
Dew Point -32.1 F (-35.6 C)
Relative Humidity 75%
Pressure (altimeter) 30.4 in. Hg (1029 hPa)
Pressure tendency 0.01 inches (0.2 hPa) higher than three hours ago
ob KBVO 101153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M33/M36 A3040 RMK AO2 SLP310 70009 T13281356 11244 21328 53002
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http://www.kjrh.com/dpp/news/local_news ... ity-record
Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:20 am
Models indicate no further cold fronts reaching southeast Texas for at least the next 10 days. 70s coming next week, possibly very close to 80 degrees here!
Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 8:55 am
Check out the snow cover from the Panhandle and points E. That soon will be a distant memory...
Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:00 am
Very light snow flurries happening all over the Beaumont area this morning!
Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:01 am
"LIKE" button needs to be inserted here!wxman57 wrote:Models indicate no further cold fronts reaching southeast Texas for at least the next 10 days. 70s coming next week, possibly very close to 80 degrees here!
Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:28 am
Do you think we will see some more cold fronts after this 10 day thaw-out?wxman57 wrote:Models indicate no further cold fronts reaching southeast Texas for at least the next 10 days. 70s coming next week, possibly very close to 80 degrees here!
Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:49 am
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
548 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1229 PM FREEZING RAIN RICHMOND 29.58N 95.76W
02/09/2011 U0.00 INCH FORT BEND TX EMERGENCY MNGR
GLAZE ON VEHICLES AND TREES.
1233 PM FREEZING RAIN TOMBALL 30.10N 95.62W
02/09/2011 U0.00 INCH HARRIS TX EMERGENCY MNGR
GLAZE ON VEHICLES AT BARKER CYPRESS AND WEST ROAD.
1235 PM SLEET ADDICKS 29.78N 95.64W
02/09/2011 U0.00 INCH HARRIS TX EMERGENCY MNGR
AT I-10 AND HIGHWAY 6
0115 PM FREEZING RAIN JERSEY VILLAGE 29.89N 95.57W
02/09/2011 E0.12 INCH HARRIS TX EMERGENCY MNGR
GLAZE ON VEHICLES AT STATE HIGHWAY 6 AND US 290.
0121 PM FREEZING RAIN BROOKSHIRE 29.78N 95.95W
02/09/2011 U0.00 INCH WALLER TX EMERGENCY MNGR
ICING REPORTED ON MANY BRIDGES ACROSS WALLER COUNTY.
Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:39 am
I think I can easily handle that!! 22.1F this am at the house. I haven't kept real records, but if memory serves we have had more and colder freezes than we have had in a long time. I've been in this house since 1987. Personally I would say this Winter has rivaled, but not beat, 1973, 1983, and 1989. Even with the sun out and it warming up, we have been below freezing for almost 24 hours here at the house. Currently at 31F.wxman57 wrote:Models indicate no further cold fronts reaching southeast Texas for at least the next 10 days. 70s coming next week, possibly very close to 80 degrees here!
Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:56 am
One of my coworkers pointed out how poorly GFS MOS did with the forecast for Bartlesville, OK this morning. Remember, they hit -27F for the low today. The forecast was for a low of 7 degrees - 34 degrees too warm!
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BARTLESVILLE
KBVO GFS MOS GUIDANCE 2/10/2011 0600 UTC
DT /FEB 10 /FEB 11 /FEB 12 /
HR 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 00 06
X/N 29 7 35 18 42
TMP -15 -4 19 29 16 10 11 11 10 17 28 35 32 26 23 21 19 25 35 39 34
DPT -15 -4 4 5 7 6 7 6 6 12 19 23 24 21 17 16 15 21 26 27 25
CLD FW BK CL FW SC FW FW FW SC BK CL CL CL CL FW CL CL CL CL FW SC
WDR 00 23 21 21 20 23 25 23 00 22 23 23 25 27 00 00 00 19 20 20 22
WSP 00 02 08 07 05 01 02 01 00 03 06 06 06 01 00 00 00 05 05 09 03
Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:11 am
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1021 AM CST THU FEB 10 2011
...FEBRUARY BEGINS ON A FRIGID NOTE...
...FEBRUARY 2011 LOW TEMPERATURE AVERAGE
IS THE COLDEST ON RECORD...
FEBRUARY 2011 HAS BEGUN ON A RATHER FRIGID NOTE. AT HOUSTON...
NINE OF THE FIRST TEN MORNINGS FELL BELOW FREEZING. SEVEN OF THE
FIRST TEN MORNINGS WERE BELOW FREEZING AT HOUSTON HOBBY AIRPORT
AND AT COLLEGE STATION. THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE FOR THE
FIRST NINE DAYS OF FEBRUARY ARE EITHER THE THIRD OR FOURTH COLDEST
START TO FEBRUARY IN RECORDED HISTORY. THE AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE
OVER THE FIRST NINE DAYS OF THE MONTH WERE THE COLDEST ON RECORD
FOR ALL FOUR PRIMARY CLIMATE SITES. BELOW ARE THE ICY DETAILS:
DATA - FEBRUARY 1 THROUGH FEBRUARY 9
HOUSTON
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG DAILY
44.7 1895 27.0 2011 37.6 1895
45.1 1905 30.6 1985 38.2 1985
45.8 1985 30.6 1895 39.5 2011
47.4 1978 33.2 1972 39.9 1905
49.6 1982 34.4 1978 40.9 1978
8TH 52.0 2011
HOUSTON HOBBY
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG DAILY
47.2 1978 30.3 2011 41.5 1985
47.8 1985 33.8 1951 41.5 1978
49.7 1982 34.7 1947 41.7 2011
50.1 1989 35.2 1985 43.2 1989
51.9 1979 35.8 1978 43.5 1982
6TH 53.0 2011
COLLEGE STATION
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG DAILY
43.1 1905 26.6 2011 37.1 1985
44.4 1978 26.7 1951 37.3 1989
45.0 1985 28.6 1989 39.3 1978
46.0 1989 29.2 1985 39.6 2011
46.8 1979 29.6 1905 40.6 1979
7TH 52.6 2011
GALVESTON
AVG HIGH AVG LOW AVG DAILY
44.2 1985 33.1 2011 39.8 1985
45.0 1895 35.4 1985 40.2 1895
45.9 1905 35.4 1895 41.4 1905
46.7 1978 36.9 1905 41.5 2011
49.7 1989 38.8 1978 42.7 1978
6TH 49.9 2011
BELOW IS ANOTHER TABLE WITH DATA FOR THE MOST DAYS BELOW 32
DEGREES FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY:
HOUSTON HOU HOBBY GALVESTON
12 - 1895 7 - 2011 9 - 1895
9 - 2011 6 - 1989 6 - 2011
9 - 1978 6 - 1951 5 - 1899
8 - 1989 5 - 1960 4 - 1905
7 - 1905 4 - 1996 4 - 1989
7 - 1899
RELIEF FROM THE COLD IS ON THE WAY. A FEW MORE COLD MORNINGS ARE
EXPECTED AND THEN A WARM UP BEGINS OVER THE WEEKEND. IT LOOKS LIKE
THE COLD AIR WILL FINALLY RETREAT TO THE NORTH AND ALLOW WARMER
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH.
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Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:34 am
Is it just me or does it feel much colder than last weeks front????.. How come this one didn't get near the attention? Is it just because of the precip???
Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 12:33 pm
Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 2:30 pm
12Z GFS indicates no frontal passages for us through 16 days. I'd tend to believe we won't see any for 10-12 days, anyway.ticka1 wrote:Do you think we will see some more cold fronts after this 10 day thaw-out?wxman57 wrote:Models indicate no further cold fronts reaching southeast Texas for at least the next 10 days. 70s coming next week, possibly very close to 80 degrees here!
Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 2:48 pm
Last week was colder, but the main reason is that the ice storm partially shut down the city last Friday, not to mention the rolling brown-outs.snowman65 wrote:Is it just me or does it feel much colder than last weeks front????.. How come this one didn't get near the attention? Is it just because of the precip???
Re: February 5-11-11 Arctic Blast/Ice/Hard Freeze Warning
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:26 pm
The GFS and Euro in the longer range suggest a potential big convective Spring Storm taking shape around day 10 across the Southern/Central Plains. We know the routine, but it is interesting to see some agreement, even at this range. What follows that storm may be our next shot of some 'cooler air' after the warm up. It's getting near Trail Ride time in Houston. Surprises seem to happen around that event.wxman57 wrote:12Z GFS indicates no frontal passages for us through 16 days. I'd tend to believe we won't see any for 10-12 days, anyway.ticka1 wrote:Do you think we will see some more cold fronts after this 10 day thaw-out?wxman57 wrote:Models indicate no further cold fronts reaching southeast Texas for at least the next 10 days. 70s coming next week, possibly very close to 80 degrees here!
Re: February 5th-28th - Big Warm-up for S. Plains Feb 12-20
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:48 pm
I hope we have a active, or at least a "normal" spring storm season this time instead of another season of cap, cap, and more cap 
Re: February 5th-28th - Big Warm-up for S. Plains Feb 12-20
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:50 pm
After we get a few strong arctic cold fronts that deliver several days and nights worth of freezing or subfreezing weather we get a warm up which, needles to say, can easily perplex plants into thinking that the season of Spring has arrived only to have yet another good round or two of more freezing or subfreezing temperatures for x-number of days and nights and that can be devastating on them by setting them back anywhere from several days to a few weeks if not longer.
Re: February 5th-28th - Big Warm-up for S. Plains Feb 12-20
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 5:43 pm
I'll second that one!! Severe season wasn't last year. It wasn't even boring, it just wasn't.jasons wrote:I hope we have a active, or at least a "normal" spring storm season this time instead of another season of cap, cap, and more cap
