southern plains freezing rain/sleet thread

#141 Postby **Portastorm** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:26 pm

aggiecutter wrote:portastorm, the dewpoint in Round Rock is 25. What part of Austin do you live.

RR link...
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ifps/MapClick.p ... X&site=EWX

North Austin. Close enough to Round Rock. Temple has a dewpint of 21.

aggiecutter · #142 Postby **aggiecutter** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:39 pm

My temp continues to drop as the intensity of the preci increases. I'm down to 36.2 on my digital thermometer. It's dropped close to 3 degrees the past hour.

aggiecutter · #143 Postby **aggiecutter** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:44 pm

Looks like I'm going to be in the moisture axis. As you can see from the loop, I'm getting Pacific moisture coming from the west, and if you'll notice at the end of the loop, gulf moisture is starting to surge northward...

Radar Loop...
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/radar.php ... V&loop=yes

#144 Postby **Portastorm** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 8:32 am

Saturday morning. Nothing much to report from the state capital. Temps stayed above freezing although they are still slowly falling at 7:30 a.m. Periodic drizzle falling. Thankfully looks like a non-event for us.

#145 Postby **gboudx** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:16 am

So far, it doesn't even look like it's rained a drop outside my house. No ice, no sleet, nothing. And the rain chances have been dropped by the NWS. Hopefully, it never materializes and we get no freezing rain.

aggiecutter · #146 Postby **aggiecutter** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:47 am

I've been getting light freezing rain for the past couple hours. It's supposed to continue for the rest of the day. Temps should fall into the upper 20's by mid-day. There also forcasting another round of precip for sunday night, but we'll just have to wait and see how that pans out...

Link...
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ifps/MapClick.p ... 3&map.y=89

#147 Postby **gboudx** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 9:51 am

NAM still wants to show precip pick up in DFW this afternoon, but so far radar returns in the surrounding areas don't support it. We'll see how this progresses, if any, as the day wears on.

http://www.wunderground.com/modelmaps/m ... &domain=US

cheezyWXguy · #148 Postby **cheezyWXguy** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:00 am

well, well, well, we just got our 1st round of freezing rain and it looks like another is on the way shortly...everything is frozen except the ground which is starting to become slick...radar sows precip starting to redevelop around the CWA

-cheezy-

cheezyWXguy · #149 Postby **cheezyWXguy** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:30 am

it looks like if we get enuf of this over the next day and half or so...with a forcasted high dropped 10 degrees on monday(and that high is 38) we may get school off if the trend continues...also they raised our precip chcanes today to 80%

cheezyWXguy · #150 Postby **cheezyWXguy** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:32 am

also it looks like another band may come off of the stuff in west texas...look at the map

http://www.weather.com/weather/map/7509 ... ated&day=1

Extremeweatherguy · #151 Postby **Extremeweatherguy** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:32 am

^^Cool TX radar from weather.com^^

cheezyWXguy · #152 Postby **cheezyWXguy** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:34 am

Extremeweatherguy wrote:
^^Cool TX radar from weather.com^^

notice that blob of mix rite around the dallas area...that maybe our next round

#153 Postby **gboudx** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:34 am

cheezy, where are you seeing the precip chances increased to 80%? NWS still shows 40% for me and you. Here's the latest update:

FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1005 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2006

.UPDATE...
TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN SLOWLY FALLING THIS MORNING. HIGHS HAVE
ALREADY BEEN REACHED IN MOST AREAS...WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO
HOLD NEARLY STEADY FOR THE REST OF TODAY. THE FREEZING LINE AS OF
16Z EXTENDED FROM NORTH OF SULPHUR SPRINGS...TO JUST SOUTH OF
TERRELL... TO JUST NORTH OF WACO...TO BURNET. PRECIPITATION TODAY IS
EXPECTED TO REMAIN VERY LIGHT ACROSS NORTH TEXAS. THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS BORDERLINE AT BEST...BUT AM RELUCTANT TO CANCEL IT AS
THERE COULD STILL BE A FEW ICY SPOTS IF MORE PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS.
INITIAL LOOKS AT THE 12Z MODEL RUNS...INDICATE BEST PRECIPITATION
CHANCES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE RED
RIVER.

cheezyWXguy · #154 Postby **cheezyWXguy** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:39 am

nvm, gboudx...I was looking at the old forecast...they sure are updating a lot

plainsman · #155 Postby **plainsman** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:47 pm

guys im in fort worth right now and a good amount of freezing rain/drizzle sleet has fallen for 2 hours straight its been going on and off since like 5 am but just started picking up

... checking sites at DFW and all sites are showing freezing drizzle freezing rain/sleet/ or snow.. arlington is reporting light snow.. the radars for some reason arnt picking this up... but things are starting to ice over temps are in the mid 20s its going to be a mess for rush hour! im pretty pleased with how things are going so far!... san angelo is showin 25 with moderate freezing rain.. thats good! all that is coming DFW's way

.. its just getting started guys , in DFW

cheezyWXguy · #156 Postby **cheezyWXguy** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:08 pm

man I hope ur rite...Ive been so bored today...i have nothing to do since it didnt sleet or ice...any chance...ill wake up tomorrow morning to atleast a half inch of ice

#157 Postby **gboudx** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:12 pm

plainsman, we've got almost nothing over in Rockwall. I have no idea what it is your seeing, but I sure would like to know what websites you are getting your info from, because the official DFW NWS site shows nothing like what you are reporting. I'm not saying it's not occurring as you say, I just don't see evidence of it from the official NWS website.

My wife is wanting to drive out to Frisco from Rockwall, and I have no clue what to tell her as to the road conditions. Things look fine if you follow the NWS website and radar.

plainsman · #158 Postby **plainsman** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:17 pm

the wintry precip is spotty cheezy, once again i think the cities of Dallas and fort worth will get it worse... im in fort worth and ive seen some good freezing rain and sleet for the past couple hours hrs.. its starting to taper off ya know.... so has the city of Dallas.. my mom lives in Dallas and she said bridges are becoming icy and freezing drizzle has been falling on and off all morning.. drier air is working in from the north and sherman denton will not see much........ from Dallas Fort worth south to Waco there should be 2 or 3 more waves of light wintry precip ya know till monday morning... all the way in west texas sanangelo, freezing rain is falling and it hould come to Dallas next.. u said at 9am u had a bout of freezing rain fall right? on a previous post..... you will get some more wintry precip from this...

plainsman · #159 Postby **plainsman** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:17 pm

the wintry precip is spotty cheezy, once again i think the cities of Dallas and fort worth will get it worse... im in fort worth and ive seen some good freezing rain and sleet for the past couple hours hrs.. its starting to taper off ya know.... so has the city of Dallas.. my mom lives in Dallas and she said bridges are becoming icy and freezing drizzle has been falling on and off all morning.. drier air is working in from the north and sherman denton will not see much........ from Dallas Fort worth south to Waco there should be 2 or 3 more waves of light wintry precip ya know till monday morning... all the way in west texas sanangelo, freezing rain is falling and it hould come to Dallas next.. u said at 9am u had a bout of freezing rain fall right? on a previous post..... you will get some more wintry precip from this...

JenyEliza · #160 Postby **JenyEliza** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:19 pm

gboudx wrote:plainsman, we've got almost nothing over in Rockwall. I have no idea what it is your seeing, but I sure would like to know what websites you are getting your info from, because the official DFW NWS site shows nothing like what you are reporting. I'm not saying it's not occurring as you say, I just don't see evidence of it from the official NWS website.

My wife is wanting to drive out to Frisco from Rockwall, and I have no clue what to tell her as to the road conditions. Things look fine if you follow the NWS website and radar.

Try this site for Texas Road conditions:

http://www.dot.state.tx.us/hcr/main.htm

Nevermind...map doesn't show up.

But, if you use the site above, you can get to a map that will show you the roads that have icing/winter conditions.

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