Texas Winter 2013-2014

[AggieSpirit]

My house was rattling, and I figured out -- my condenser outside was rattling badly ---- because it was completely covered in about 1 inch thick of ice. I beat the ice off of it with a hammer! That was a new experience.

[newtotex]

We have a lot of the soft sleet on top of the ice. Now my whole neighboorhood looks like an ice rink. There are even some 3ft drifts.

I'm only a few miles north of you in argyle and it's about the same here

[gboudx]

We still have power here in Rockwall but a friend up in Wolf City said its out all over there.

Pics from our house:

[newtotex]

Y'all must have gotten more ice than we did. Our trees aren't looking like that

[iorange55]

:uarrow:

Y'all must have gotten more ice than we did. Our trees aren't looking like that

Yeah, our trees have ice on them, but it looks like we got mostly sleet. That's probably why our power is still on over here.

I'll post some pictures in a bit.

[katheria]

gonna get some pics in a few gonna brave running under the tree out front....



nevermind, Pics are going to have to wait.......

just tooo dangerous another limb just bit the dust........

[gboudx]

The one tree leaning over the trampoline was always leaning. It's just leaning more. I couldn't reach the top limbs to trim it but I can now.

[Kelarie]

Starting to sleet, coating cars in Texarkana.

[Longhornmaniac8]

So if I can direct our attention briefly to next week, the latest meteograms seem to not be nearly as bad as they were predicting 3-4 days ago. Austin's temperatures seem to have a lot of diurnal heating/cooling, which isn't particularly characteristic of strong arctic fronts. What's the latest on this event?

Cheers,
Cameron

[cycloneye]

Here are the sleet/freezing rain totals so far by HPC:

...TEXAS...
LITTLE ELM 3.50
HURST 2.50
LINDSAY 2.50
DECATUR 3 SSW 2.25
DENISON 2.00
EDEN 2.00
KELLER 2 E 2.00
BLUFF DALE 1.75
FORT WORTH 1.50
GAINESVILLE 1.50
OAK TRAIL SHORES 1.50
DALLAS 5 E 1.00

http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/discussions/nfdscc3.html

[joshskeety]

My work has been on and off power in Downtown Ft. Worth.. Our Generator messages are on/off quite a bit.. Glad its working or it would be a busy day as a Network Engineer..

[natlib]

I know we are still in this event......but Larry Cosgrove eluded to a BIGGER BADDER storm for the 13th-16th......

[Tireman4]

My best friend in Rowlett states he is out of power. He has cell service. This was at 7:30 am this morning.

[Tireman4]

I know we are still in this event......but Larry Cosgrove eluded to a BIGGER BADDER storm for the 13th-16th......

Yep. He also stated Houston would be under the gun for wintry stuff from December 24-February 1. Hummmm

[Ntxw]

Well miraculously our power has come back on. My thoughts to all those having to venture in this and work so hard to restore power and the emergency crews.

I did venture out a little this morning and here are some more pictures









And of course can't go without this. Hope it's not too hard to see, not easy on the fingers when it's compacted ice and sleet.

[iorange55]

I thought Santa would be handling this situation a little better...



If you squint, you can see the lovely Cedar Hill towers...

[Texas Snowman]

Thank goodness there was so much sleet. If it had all been freezing rain, well I can't even imagine how bad it would have been.

[gboudx]

Santa is laying down on the job. Tsk, tsk.

[Ntxw]

Thank goodness there was so much sleet. If it had all been freezing rain, well I can't even imagine how bad it would have been.

The wind is blowing every now and then and you can hear the trees crackle when a gust picks up. It's very eerie.

[DonWrk]

So much sleet up here in Grayson county! Talk about some sleet drifts! Never seen so much sleet in my life so far.