Texas Winter 2013-2014
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014
Would you look at that ... Wxman57 enjoying the white stuff! Will wonders never cease in this amazing world of ours?!
Hey cctxhurricanewatcher ... I love that idea. The procurement officer at the PWC is currently online looking for good snow machines for purchase.
Meanwhile gang, it won't be long now before we're salivating over longer-term GFS and Euro model runs and talking about things like the 0-degree isotherm, PNA/NAO/AO/QBO indices, Greenland blocks, and the latest Joe Bastardi tweets.
Hey cctxhurricanewatcher ... I love that idea. The procurement officer at the PWC is currently online looking for good snow machines for purchase.
Meanwhile gang, it won't be long now before we're salivating over longer-term GFS and Euro model runs and talking about things like the 0-degree isotherm, PNA/NAO/AO/QBO indices, Greenland blocks, and the latest Joe Bastardi tweets.
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014
Portastorm wrote:Would you look at that ... Wxman57 enjoying the white stuff! Will wonders never cease in this amazing world of ours?!
Hey cctxhurricanewatcher ... I love that idea. The procurement officer at the PWC is currently online looking for good snow machines for purchase.
Meanwhile gang, it won't be long now before we're salivating over longer-term GFS and Euro model runs and talking about things like the 0-degree isotherm, PNA/NAO/AO/QBO indices, Greenland blocks, and the latest Joe Bastardi tweets.
Much rather talk about those model runs that show 1899, 1983 or 1989 historic cold than the ones that show a Cat 5 monster targeting the Corpus Christi or Houston ship channels. I just want the cold to stop on or around March 1 which is the start of my boys baseball season. Nothing is more miserable than spending a cold evening watching baseball. Bring it on!
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014
Portastorm wrote:Would you look at that ... Wxman57 enjoying the white stuff! Will wonders never cease in this amazing world of ours?!
Hey cctxhurricanewatcher ... I love that idea. The procurement officer at the PWC is currently online looking for good snow machines for purchase.
Meanwhile gang, it won't be long now before we're salivating over longer-term GFS and Euro model runs and talking about things like the 0-degree isotherm, PNA/NAO/AO/QBO indices, Greenland blocks, and the latest Joe Bastardi tweets.
How about this ones? This forecast maps were back in 2011 when Texas got a full fledged Arctic invasion in February!
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014
No, thanks. I prefer THIS map, which is the current GFS projection of 500mb flow for October 12th. Big old ridge over Texas and no cold air in sight.
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014
wxman57 wrote:No, thanks. I prefer THIS map, which is the current GFS projection of 500mb flow for October 12th. Big old ridge over Texas and no cold air in sight.
http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/data/gfs/12/gf ... ort_ht.gif
Party pooper!!
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014
wxman57 wrote:No, thanks. I prefer THIS map, which is the current GFS projection of 500mb flow for October 12th. Big old ridge over Texas and no cold air in sight..
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Too hot. Just too hot...
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014
wxman57 wrote:No, thanks. I prefer THIS map, which is the current GFS projection of 500mb flow for October 12th. Big old ridge over Texas and no cold air in sight.
I call foul. Flag on the play. That map is penalized 15 yards for Unsportsmanlike Conduct.
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PSHHH can't let wxman57 have his way, if he's going to get his ridging we're going to stick a cutoff cold core low in it! This map is better, cool and damp bike rides.
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014
wxman57 wrote:No, thanks. I prefer THIS map, which is the current GFS projection of 500mb flow for October 12th. Big old ridge over Texas and no cold air in sight.
http://mag.ncep.noaa.gov/data/gfs/12/gf ... ort_ht.gif
I don't like that one bit. That means no rain and we do not need a drought.
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014
Forecast lows in San Angelo this Sunday morning are expected to drop in the 40's!!!!!!!!!! Fall is here my friends and winter is on the way!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014
natlib wrote:Forecast lows in San Angelo this Sunday morning are expected to drop in the 40's!!!!!!!!!! Fall is here my friends and winter is on the way!!!!!!!!!
Post of the day! Er, Post of the Week!
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Thought I'd put some quick updates from around the globe.
Current snow cover across the northern hemisphere is remarkably high, especially in Siberia for this time of year. Highest I believe in almost a decade. Sea ice this year has coped well given the dramatic downturns we have seen for 5+ years. It has been one of the colder melt seasons since 2009, and really we haven't seen that kind of persistent cold throughout the summer up there since 2006.
The increased snow cover only helps build strong Siberian highs. With good cross polar flow patterns it only helps. The key this month is to continue this growth of snow right through the mid latitudes. October is such a critical month to foresee what may arise DJF.
Is this a harbinger of things to come?
Current snow cover across the northern hemisphere is remarkably high, especially in Siberia for this time of year. Highest I believe in almost a decade. Sea ice this year has coped well given the dramatic downturns we have seen for 5+ years. It has been one of the colder melt seasons since 2009, and really we haven't seen that kind of persistent cold throughout the summer up there since 2006.
The increased snow cover only helps build strong Siberian highs. With good cross polar flow patterns it only helps. The key this month is to continue this growth of snow right through the mid latitudes. October is such a critical month to foresee what may arise DJF.
Is this a harbinger of things to come?
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Ntxw wrote:Thought I'd put some quick updates from around the globe.
Current snow cover across the northern hemisphere is remarkably high, especially in Siberia for this time of year. Highest I believe in almost a decade. Sea ice this year has coped well given the dramatic downturns we have seen for 5+ years. It has been one of the colder melt seasons since 2009, and really we haven't seen that kind of persistent cold throughout the summer up there since 2006.
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The increased snow cover only helps build strong Siberian highs. With good cross polar flow patterns it only helps. The key this month is to continue this growth of snow right through the mid latitudes. October is such a critical month to foresee what may arise DJF.
Is this a harbinger of things to come?
We can always hope!!
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vbhoutex wrote:We can always hope!!
No need for hope! 57's reign will soon end. Screamer has already taken the initiative to aim her fans at his defenses and blow her cold Canadian air our way! The PWC will have limitless resources this winter. The photo below was taken outside of the PWC and the line of trucks winded down the road as far as the eye could see. I've heard reports that the line of Grey Goose trucks stretched so far that I-35 was at a stand still from Austin to their storage facility in Arlington. Austin traffic was so backed up it would seem as if it were rush hour on a Friday with 5 ft of snow on the ground during a mandatory evacuation of the coast due to a tropical disturbance threat.
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014
Comanche wrote:A future shot of WXMAN out in Houston...
http://i.mol.im/i/pix/2012/12_04/SNOWPIC_308x385.jpg
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014
Accuweather has posted their winter forecast. Showing a chance for decent amounts of snow and ice in portions of the Southern Great Plains.
Since I live five miles from the Red River in Grayson County, I like the potential of this graphic!
Since I live five miles from the Red River in Grayson County, I like the potential of this graphic!
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Re: Texas Winter 2013-2014
Here's the link to the associated story detailing AW's winter forecast.
http://m.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/us-winter-2013-2014-snow/18574742
http://m.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/us-winter-2013-2014-snow/18574742
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