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Brent wrote:Winter is back here apparently

Other than the weekend not much warm air

It got down to 11 in the Panhandle this morning

Well this is interesting. My insurance informed me that starting next year all policy holders will be bumped up to a 2% deductible and 1% will no longer be an option. I called another insurance company and they said as of now current 1% can stay but any new clients are going to be at 2%

In other words it sounds like the insurance industry is colluding and 2% will be the new norm in Texas.

My rates are going up again second major increase. Phew.

I’m maybe going to need a new roof with hail in a year so trying to keep my 1 percent….

Fema's risk study has Dallas county being the top financial risk for damaging hail in the US. Tarrant county 3rd and Denton, Collin both top 20 (moving upward). The region is one of the most costly annually for that. Just one factor, but an important one along with rising costs of repairs and labor. As growth continues the insurance rates will probably remain high here.

The San Antonio area has been creeping upward too with billion dollar hail storms of the past decade.

Freeze warning here tonight this weekend is typically Tulsa's last freeze

I am getting Graupel snow right now, 36°F

ODOT Camera at I-40 and I-44 in Oklahoma City


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What a way to end this joke of a winter here with snow elsewhere again. I can't even make it up at this point

Brent wrote:What a way to end this joke of a winter here with snow elsewhere again. I can't even make it up at this point

I’ve been done with winter since mid February. Give me lows in the 50’s with highs in the 70’s and 80’s.

Cpv17 wrote:

Brent wrote:What a way to end this joke of a winter here with snow elsewhere again. I can't even make it up at this point

I’ve been done with winter since mid February. Give me lows in the 50’s with highs in the 70’s and 80’s.

I mean I pretty much was to after Colorado last month but I guess it's flaring back up today because one of the mets here made a post about driving to OKC to see snow

High of 63 here, now thays the only acceptable kind of weather around here! Heres to hoping for a cool summer, and heres to hoping that we dont get clobbered by a hurricane this season, im preparing my anti-hurricane deflection shield for texas, it will work

I saw a Facebook post from Reed Timmer with a cloud cover forecast for the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8th. Still too far out... but I'll definitely be paying attention to the models next week for that day. We've been planning to go to Waco. I'll be super disappointed if all of Texas is socked in with clouds.

cstrunk wrote:I saw a Facebook post from Reed Timmer with a cloud cover forecast for the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8th. Still too far out... but I'll definitely be paying attention to the models next week for that day. We've been planning to go to Waco. I'll be super disappointed if all of Texas is socked in with clouds.

I mean hopefully it goes as well as the long range predictions did all winter(were golden if that's true ) but I'm gonna be concerned til proven otherwise given the history of April unfortunately

cstrunk wrote:I saw a Facebook post from Reed Timmer with a cloud cover forecast for the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8th. Still too far out... but I'll definitely be paying attention to the models next week for that day. We've been planning to go to Waco. I'll be super disappointed if all of Texas is socked in with clouds.

Eh, it's still a long ways out. Not worried about it. More likely than not, I think it will be fine. If not, it will suck, but can't worry about it now.

rwfromkansas wrote:

cstrunk wrote:I saw a Facebook post from Reed Timmer with a cloud cover forecast for the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8th. Still too far out... but I'll definitely be paying attention to the models next week for that day. We've been planning to go to Waco. I'll be super disappointed if all of Texas is socked in with clouds.

Eh, it's still a long ways out. Not worried about it. More likely than not, I think it will be fine. If not, it will suck, but can't worry about it now.

All this hype and we won't be able to see a thing and it won't get dark out midday. What a waste.

Third morning this week with a frost and freeze.

This happened yesterday, and I think it's very rare since snow and landspouts usually don't mix

 https://twitter.com/mikemorgankfor/status/1773123008049090888

Iceresistance wrote:This happened yesterday, and I think it's very rare since snow and landspouts usually don't mix

https://twitter.com/mikemorgankfor/status/1773123008049090888

I wonder if there is a lake back behind those trees. I remember a year or so ago when Twitter was flooded with snownado content when Buffalo, NY was getting hit with those blizzards. Comparatively warm lakes seem to be sufficient sources of localized instability to help trigger spouts even in cold temperatures like this.

Oh boy


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cheezyWXguy wrote:

Iceresistance wrote:This happened yesterday, and I think it's very rare since snow and landspouts usually don't mix

https://twitter.com/mikemorgankfor/status/1773123008049090888

I wonder if there is a lake back behind those trees. I remember a year or so ago when Twitter was flooded with snownado content when Buffalo, NY was getting hit with those blizzards. Comparatively warm lakes seem to be sufficient sources of localized instability to help trigger spouts even in cold temperatures like this.

I remember there was a snow swirl over one of the lakes in OKC in February 2021