Southern Plains winter wx thread (2008-2009)

iorange55 · #641 Postby **iorange55** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:37 pm

Temps finally falling here down to about 37. I guess it was just taking it's sweet time.

#642 Postby **vbhoutex** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:00 pm

Still 69ºf here in Houston, but we aren't expecting temps to fall till well after midnight. Based on PTPatricks post and others I am wondering if this cold shot is shunting more off to the East than originally thought? We are still being forecast to have our high at midnight with temps falling into the 40's by wake up time. HHHMMM?????

LaBreeze · #643 Postby **LaBreeze** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:48 am

Forecast low here Monday morning is 29 degrees. Hmm, we'll see.

southerngale · #644 Postby **southerngale** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:26 am

It's 61° here - not sure we'll make it the forecast low of 45° but it could happen. I don't know where the front is at the moment. The high tomorrow is supposed to reach 50° followed by a low of 27° - BRRR. I guess we'll see how it plays out. They usually forecast too warm in the winter. Maybe it's just the opposite this time.

#645 Postby **vbhoutex** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 8:12 am

vbhoutex wrote:Still 69ºf here in Houston, but we aren't expecting temps to fall till well after midnight. Based on PTPatricks post and others I am wondering if this cold shot is shunting more off to the East than originally thought? We are still being forecast to have our high at midnight with temps falling into the 40's by wake up time. HHHMMM?????

Front came through Houston just before midnight. Temp started a steady but not dramatic drop immediately. Now at 44.6º and still dropping, but I expect it to steady out near this temp for the day. The am is what may be interesting if the temps forecast verify and the moisture progged develops.

#646 Postby **Dave** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 8:22 am

The arctic express hit us here in southern Indiana around 4:30 am, went from 33 down to 14 and still dropping. Can I move to Texas? At least it's a little warmer down there. :cold:

#647 Postby **amawea** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 11:22 am

We were at 14 when I got up at 8 o'clock this a.m. It is 17.8 now at 10:25 here on the ar/Mo. border. Supposed to be down to 7 degrees tonight. :froze:

weatherrabbit_tx · #648 Postby **weatherrabbit_tx** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:07 pm

ai9d wrote:The arctic express hit us here in southern Indiana around 4:30 am, went from 33 down to 14 and still dropping. Can I move to Texas? At least it's a little warmer down there.

isnt much warmer sitting at 45, come on down, it will be in the 70s at some point :lol:

#649 Postby **jasons2k** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 2:54 pm

It's currently 47 here, kinda nice for the Holiday week. I just hope we don't have a hard freeze tonight. It will be nice to burn the fireplace though.

CajunMama · #650 Postby **CajunMama** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:12 pm

This crazy weather! I wonder how many people are going to end up being sick for the holidays. Hot, cold, hot, cold, hot, cold, hot.

Just a bit ot here...here's a little snippet from the lake charles nws from todays discussion which reminded me that today is the first day of winter. Now the total sentence structure doesn't make sense.....

THE SUN ANGLE IS NOT OUR FRIEND TODAY THE WINTER SOLSTICE.

jinftl · #651 Postby **jinftl** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:14 pm

Looks like one night with temps near freezing in Houston....NWS forecast is for 31 deg tonight and staying in the 40s on Monday. But as has been the case lately....huge warmup after that. Highs in the 70s and lows in the 60s forecast for Christmas in Houston.

southerngale · #652 Postby **southerngale** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:50 pm

southerngale wrote:It's 61° here - not sure we'll make it the forecast low of 45° but it could happen. I don't know where the front is at the moment. The high tomorrow is supposed to reach 50° followed by a low of 27° - BRRR. I guess we'll see how it plays out. They usually forecast too warm in the winter. Maybe it's just the opposite this time.

Well, it made it... to 43° actually. Currently 47° (the forecast high) and dang windy!! We have a Wind Advisory in effect and a Hard Freeze Warning for tonight. It's only expected to reach 39° tomorrow.

No precip to go with the cold, though. What a waste of cold air.

Website · #653 Postby **Brent** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 4:13 pm

Headed to around 20 tonight and may not see 40 tomorrow, but it's not gonna last. Pushing 70 by Christmas Eve. :roll:

and the pattern through next weekend looks very similar to what we JUST got rid of, which I despise. :grr:

If I wanted 70's for Christmas I'd live in Miami.

God I hope the pattern changes in January.

Miss Mary · #654 Postby **Miss Mary** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 5:15 pm

Currently 14 above at my house. Wind Chill Advisory (didn't even know there was such a thing!)......going down to 5 to 10 above tonight, with wind chills well below 0......

The birds are going crazy outside! We even took pictures. They seem frantic.

#655 Postby **amawea** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 10:09 pm

15.7 degrees at 9:05. I don't like the cold with no SNOW!!!!! Well, let me re-phrase that. I don't like it this cold without snow, but I do like cold for Christmas.

#656 Postby **Dave** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 11:46 pm

Just came in from outside, it's a balmy +1 degree with a windchill of -19 degrees and it's still dropping. Looks like a 3 cat night....!

#657 Postby **amawea** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:13 pm

This thread will not die!!!! This is THE winter weather artic outbreak thread! Winter has just begun!!!!!!!!!! :cheesy:

#658 Postby **Dionne** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 8:43 am

65.5F here and that's our low for the day. Crazy weather here. We've been in the deep south since '95, the has been the coldest winter yet with numerous freezes. And now the lowest forecast temp for the next 7 days is 59F. Go figure?

jinftl · #659 Postby **jinftl** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 4:05 pm

The area that hit the jackpot for December cold is the Pacific NW....

Month to Date Avg. Temp
(Departure from Normal)

Seattle 36.6 (-4.4)
Spokane 20.7 (-6.9)
Portland (OR) 36.6 (-4.0)
Missoula 19.7 (-4.0)
Kallispell 16.9 (-6.6)
Mt. Shasta 31.8 (-3.3)

Extremeweatherguy · #660 Postby **Extremeweatherguy** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:53 am

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