SW LA/SE TX Winter 2013-2014

[PTrackerLA]

Winter Storm Warning issued:

ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10
CORRIDOR...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES FORECAST ALONG
AND SOUTH OF THIS CORRIDOR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER-
INCH ARE FORECAST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10
CORRIDOR...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. NORTH OF THIS
CORRIDOR...LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

Up to 2" snow for me on top of at least .25" of ice. Bring it!

[ravyrn]

Requested meteogram. Per 12Z GFS looks like mostly cold rain for Houma. Surface temps are pretty close to freezing, so this could end up being freezing rain or sleet. It does show a trace of snow w/ flurries starting around tuesday night just after midnight.

[BigB0882]

Great to read 2-3 inches. Hopefully the same for BTR.

[ravyrn]

Winter Storm Warning issued:

ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10
CORRIDOR...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES FORECAST ALONG
AND SOUTH OF THIS CORRIDOR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER-
INCH ARE FORECAST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10
CORRIDOR...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. NORTH OF THIS
CORRIDOR...LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

Up to 2" snow for me on top of at least .25" of ice. Bring it!

Which NWSFO is that out of?

[HurriGuy]

I just wonder. Models didn't want any part of the southern winter storm Friday. I wonder if the will underestimate this one too.

[crazycajuncane]

Winter Storm Warning issued:

ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10
CORRIDOR...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES FORECAST ALONG
AND SOUTH OF THIS CORRIDOR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER-
INCH ARE FORECAST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10
CORRIDOR...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. NORTH OF THIS
CORRIDOR...LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

Up to 2" snow for me on top of at least .25" of ice. Bring it!

I assume you didn't get enough ice Friday? We had over 200 wrecks in the area!!! .25 of ice we can cancel that and just keep the sneaux!!!

[LaBreeze]

Where is the cold air? As of 1pm it's 57 here and Shreveport is still only 52. Not exactly what I would call a sharp arctic front. Makes me wonder if we'll even reach freezing tonight.

PTrackerLA, what do you think is the outlook for Lafayette and Vermilion Parishes? Ice for sure - but any snow? How much ice are you thinking we'll get? I respect your opinion and thank you in advance.

Latest NAM still pegging our area for .25"-.50" of liquid precip. I'm hopefully only a quarter inch tops of ice and the rest snow. I think we'll all see at least some flakes but at this point we almost have to wait for the precip to start falling tomorrow morning to get a good idea. I stocked up on food (and booze) at lunch so I'm ready for whatever !

I'm ready as well, except that I don't like the idea of being out of power. I had a generator for the hurricanes and I loaned it to a family member who took it north for the winter. Hmmm, not a smart idea, I suppose. I'm hearing that outages may last from 3 to 5 days.

[Jag95]

Winter Storm Warning issued:


Which NWSFO is that out of?

Lake Charles

[HurriGuy]

Really hoping the overall band of moisture can hold off and start so early. Get it overlapping more into the night hours for some snow. A repeat of 2008 would be awesome.

[HurriGuy]

GFS and NAM are starting to differ on the warm nose. GFS looking more in favor of snow than NAM. NAM wants to produce a massive ice storm.

[PTrackerLA]

Winter Storm Warning issued:

ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10
CORRIDOR...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES FORECAST ALONG
AND SOUTH OF THIS CORRIDOR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER-
INCH ARE FORECAST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10
CORRIDOR...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. NORTH OF THIS
CORRIDOR...LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

Up to 2" snow for me on top of at least .25" of ice. Bring it!

I assume you didn't get enough ice Friday? We had over 200 wrecks in the area!!! .25 of ice we can cancel that and just keep the sneaux!!!

I was actually skiing in Colorado, it was beautiful and sunny!

[HurriGuy]

Goodness…lost under all the talk about precip, I keep forgetting about cold and wind.

Winds looking brutal tomorrow too. Wind Chill in teens all day, maybe?

[crazycajuncane]

Winter Storm Warning issued:

ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10
CORRIDOR...WITH AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES FORECAST ALONG
AND SOUTH OF THIS CORRIDOR. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER-
INCH ARE FORECAST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 10
CORRIDOR...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. NORTH OF THIS
CORRIDOR...LESSER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED.

Up to 2" snow for me on top of at least .25" of ice. Bring it!

I assume you didn't get enough ice Friday? We had over 200 wrecks in the area!!! .25 of ice we can cancel that and just keep the sneaux!!!

I was actually skiing in Colorado, it was beautiful and sunny!

I was ice skating in my driveway I bet Colorado was nice!

[PTrackerLA]

18z GFS shows .25"-.50" of precip with 2" of snow right over Lafayette.

[BigB0882]

GFS output for Baton Rouge is .23 and all over within 9 hours. Much quicker which is why the amounts are smaller. However, not a bad total and it does give us more snow. NAM shows almost no snow for Baton Rouge and Lafayette, presumably because of the warm nose. I assume it would be all ice. Not sure what QPF totals it is showing. Anyone know?

[PTrackerLA]

GFS output for Baton Rouge is .23 and all over within 9 hours. Much quicker which is why the amounts are smaller. However, not a bad total and it does give us more snow. NAM shows almost no snow for Baton Rouge and Lafayette, presumably because of the warm nose. I assume it would be all ice. Not sure what QPF totals it is showing. Anyone know?

GFS output gives us .31" of precip. Of course I can't tell you how much precip fell Friday because the sensor at LFT failed (AGAIN) but I'm pretty sure it was over .25". I don't remember seeing a model show anything over .10" for us with that event. I'm happy with .31" right now .

[HurriGuy]

I still NAM overdoing the warm nose air layer.

This is going to be fun.

[BigB0882]

00z NAM is beautiful. Hopefully someone can post pics. I hope it is right. I know NAM often overdoes the QPF so don't forget that but maybe it will be right this time! More importantly, maybe the GFS will follow suit? The 00z GFS will be the last model to really follow and then the event has begun.

[Stormnut]

Love it! Lets gooooooooooooo

[PTrackerLA]

Wow widespread 3"-4" across all of South Louisiana on the 00z NAM. Temps look colder too! This is a great direction you wanna see models trend if we are to get appreciable snow.