TX Winter WX Thread #7 - An Icy and Rough Weekend Ahead

[aggiecutter]

My mistake. That was Austin, California. The Santa Anna winds are howling through the canyons out there.

[southerngale]

The winds in Oklahoma City have picked up over the last hour. They are currently 18mph out of the north. For most of the morning, they have been less than 10mph. I also just checked the current conditions in Austin. They are up to 90 with a south wind of 40mph.

Current Conditions In Oklahoma City:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapCli ... K&site=OUN

Austin is at 90 with a south wind of 40mph? where are you seeing that?

Whoa...break out the bikinis...let's head to Lake Travis.

[double D]

The winds have really started to pick up in Amarillo too, they are now gusting out of the north at 18-20 mph and has a temp. of 16. In lubbock the wind is still east so maybe the leading edge is near Amarillo.

[wxman57]

Well I dont know what they are talking about over there around Hobby Airport, but its still chilly here... I am sitting at 60...I guess the question of the hour is is there still a significant threat of that ice storm tomorrow night and into next week? I swear you would never know it by looking outside right now!!

It's almost always like this the day before an ice storm, it seems. I remember many storms of the past with unseasonably warm temps the day before.

[southerngale]

Well I dont know what they are talking about over there around Hobby Airport, but its still chilly here... I am sitting at 60...I guess the question of the hour is is there still a significant threat of that ice storm tomorrow night and into next week? I swear you would never know it by looking outside right now!!

Tell me about it. I've been sunbathing in my backyard, while sipping a mango punch mélange, admiring my humidityman I built earlier.

[JenBayles]

southerngale, would love to seem some pics of HumidityMan!

[Yankeegirl]

Whoa...break out the bikinis...let's head to Lake Travis.


Polar bear club???

[wxman57]

Take a look here:

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wwd/impactgraphics/

In the "Probability for Other Impacts" box click "Accum on Roads" and watch the java loop showing the ice moving south across Texas tonight/tomorrow with the 2nd surge of Arctic air. That orange color over Houston is 1/2 to 3/4" accumulations on roadways. It reaches northern Harris County tomorrow evening. Will be quite nasty across most of central and SE TX Monday night through Wednesday morning.

[Extremeweatherguy]

Take a look at these current AFTERNOON temperatures: http://www.weatherimages.org/data/imag226.html

Not often that it looks that cold to our north at 2pm! That's for sure.

[PTrackerLA]

Looks like the cold air won't reach us until tomorrow during the day. It doesn't appear that we'll even go below freezing so I'm not concerned about icing. Stay safe Texas residents!

[Yankeegirl]

Take a look here:

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/wwd/impactgraphics/

In the "Probability for Other Impacts" box click "Accum on Roads" and watch the java loop showing the ice moving south across Texas tonight/tomorrow with the 2nd surge of Arctic air. That orange color over Houston is 1/2 to 3/4" accumulations on roadways. It reaches northern Harris County tomorrow evening. Will be quite nasty across most of central and SE TX Monday night through Wednesday morning.

Yeah, that looks bad... I think I am in the area of the orange color for just a slpit second.... Yuck...I am glad that I bought plenty of firewood and such....

[JenBayles]

How weird! Temp up to 62 here under the BC Dome with sun peeking out.

[ROCK]

How weird! Temp up to 62 here under the BC Dome with sun peeking out.

yep ,I am at 75F now after starting the am at 56.....good idea to take advantage of the warm weather to cover your plants or any last minute outside details. Word of caution- its really hard to cover plants with high winds. Dang sheets just blow off....

[Extremeweatherguy]

Waco currently reporting "unknown precip". I wonder if this is really sleet or if it is an error.

[WhiteShirt]

Any update from Jeff?

[Extremeweatherguy]

Here are a few more pics from north TX:

http://forms.belointeractive.com/shared ... atherf.jpg

http://forms.belointeractive.com/shared ... L_ICE1.jpg
^^Both from Weatherford, TX^^

http://forms.belointeractive.com/shared ... 030096.jpg
^^keller, TX^^

Many more pics: http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/pix/weather/

[Portastorm]

My mistake. That was Austin, California. The Santa Anna winds are howling through the canyons out there.

No comment!

[jasons2k]

I just came back home to finish some preps b-4 the storm. This is one of the last posts I read from the NWS earlier: "12Z RUNS IN SO FAR STILL HAVE THE FRONT
MOVING BACK TO THE NORTH TODAY WITH IAH WARMING INTO THE LOWER 60S ON
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN! "

Crazy stuff. I see they have already backpeddeled from that! It's now 69F here in The Woodlands and I'm NW of the airport....

In other news, baby Caleb is doing well. Utterly amazingly, he was extubated today (breathing tube taken out). Almost unheard of for a 26-week preemie after only ~36hours from birth. He's doing extremely well. Prayers do work and miracles do happen. More later......

[Air Force Met]

I just came back home to finish some preps b-4 the storm. This is one of the last posts I read from the NWS earlier: "12Z RUNS IN SO FAR STILL HAVE THE FRONT
MOVING BACK TO THE NORTH TODAY WITH IAH WARMING INTO THE LOWER 60S ON
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN! "

Crazy stuff. I see they have already backpeddeled from that! It's now 69F here in The Woodlands and I'm NW of the airport....

In other news, baby Caleb is doing well. Utterly amazingly, he was extubated today (breathing tube taken out). Almost unheard of for a 26-week preemie after only ~36hours from birth. He's doing extremely well. Prayers do work and miracles do happen. More later......

That's excellent news...your certainly in our prayers...

[TexasStooge]

My hometown might've been lucky all day today as temperatures were barely hovering over the freezing line, but it was best that we didn't chance it.