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PTrackerLA wrote:00z NAM does indeed look colder and implies a changeover to all snow for all but extreme SE LA, could even be heavy near New Orleans given the QPF. Looks like snow could begin before 5pm in the Lafayette area and continue for much of the night, amazing for December 4th!
PTrackerLA wrote:00z NAM does indeed look colder and implies a changeover to all snow for all but extreme SE LA, could even be heavy near New Orleans given the QPF. Looks like snow could begin before 5pm in the Lafayette area and continue for much of the night, amazing for December 4th!
NWS has issued a Winter Storm Warning for excessive snowfall for areas along and SE of US 59 including metro Houston.
Unprecedented snow event likely on Friday.
Models have come in slightly more moist this evening and this places much of the area into warning criteria accumulations of 2 inches or more.
Expect very hazardous to near impossible travel by afternoon hours most of the area under moderate to heavy snowfall will visibilities falling to 1/4 or 1/8th mile in heavy snow bands.
PTrackerLA wrote:00z GFS indicates less precip over LA, in fact it looks like the heaviest precip/snow would be in the Leesville area of western LA, SE LA and even New Orleans. NAM paints a more evenly spread picture for south Louisiana. Time to just wait and see what happens tomorrow. Still feel confident Lafayette area will see at least see a dusting, lets get this earliest snow record broken again!
crazycajuncane wrote:PTrackerLA wrote:00z GFS indicates less precip over LA, in fact it looks like the heaviest precip/snow would be in the Leesville area of western LA, SE LA and even New Orleans. NAM paints a more evenly spread picture for south Louisiana. Time to just wait and see what happens tomorrow. Still feel confident Lafayette area will see at least see a dusting, lets get this earliest snow record broken again!
It's been an interesting week with the models back and forth. I have a good feeling we are going to see snow, but the real question is how much. Last year they predicting just a light snow... nothing major and we had quite a snowfall. 1 inch in Laffy and 6-8 inches not much farther north.
TV-10 David Paul seems to think moisture is going to feed into the area late tomorrow afternoon through midnight. Rob's even calling for 1-2 inches. They all did say several times through the week that forecasting snow is best 4-6 hours out in South Louisiana.
We'll wait and see, but I definitely think we'll see snow flurries tomorrow late afternoon... colder above 1000 feet. Tomorrow evening could get real interesting. I hope we break the record. Heck 1/2 inch of snow is always welcome! I hope we see more!
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
932 PM CST THU DEC 3 2009
...AN UNUSUAL EARLY WINTER SNOWFALL EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM OFF THE LOWER TEXAS COAST ON
FRIDAY THEN MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE
LOW WILL WORK IN CONCERT WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER-LEVEL STORM
SYSTEM TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING...
SPREADING EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAY. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TURN
TO SNOW BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON OVER SOUTHEAST TEXAS....AND LATE
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
LOUISIANA. ALL THE PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST
BEFORE SUNRISE SATURDAY.
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TYLER-JASPER-NEWTON-HARDIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WOODVILLE...JASPER...NEWTON...LUMBERTON
932 PM CST THU DEC 3 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAKE CHARLES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR EXCESSIVE SNOWFALL...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
FRIDAY TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A RAIN/SNOW MIXTURE BY EARLY AFTERNOON
FRIDAY...CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
INTERIOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS. THE SNOW WILL BE ENDING FROM WEST TO
EAST ACROSS THE REGION BY MIDNIGHT.
TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO TAKE CAUTION FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW
FREEZING AFTER MIDNIGHT THROUGH SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE SATURDAY.
THUS...ANY REMAINING SNOW OR MOISTURE REMAINING ACROSS BRIDGES AND
ELEVATED ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY FREEZE DURING THIS TIME AND CREATE
AREAS OF BLACK ICE...WHICH IS VERY HAZARDOUS TO TRAVEL ACROSS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OVER 2
INCHES WITHIN 12 HOURS IS EXPECTED...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
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SCMedic wrote:A WSW for 1.5-2" of snow that won't even stick to the road? C'mon.
Having lived in Charleston, SC for a few years, I do know how the South freaks out when there is even a thought of snow. People stock up on food and are afraid to drive. C'mon South! Act like you've done this before.
(Hope you guys do get some white stuff!)
CajunMama wrote:SCMedic wrote:A WSW for 1.5-2" of snow that won't even stick to the road? C'mon.
Having lived in Charleston, SC for a few years, I do know how the South freaks out when there is even a thought of snow. People stock up on food and are afraid to drive. C'mon South! Act like you've done this before.
(Hope you guys do get some white stuff!)
People here can't drive on dry pavement!
PS...send us lots of that white stuff!
JSDS wrote:I only wish that they had told state workers to stay home! That's why I was driving in it - we had to go to work, then when it was just about over, they decided we needed to go home.
Advisory wrote:A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW OVER 2
INCHES WITHIN 12 HOURS IS EXPECTED...WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
Bulletins on deep south US snow events are always fun to read.Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 8 guests
