Texas Winter 2025-2026

[TomballEd]

Plain rain here and the back edge of the precip is approaching. Not far away DW Hooks is at 32F.

[Portastorm]

Just took the dogs out and their reaction was the same as mine upon encountering outside conditions … WTH?!

We ended up with somewhere between 1/2” and 1” of sleet with a layer of freezing rain on top. Extremely hazardous outside! Spectrum Internet is down but we do have power.

And it’s 17°

[orangeblood]

As usual with winter storms in this part of the country, 9 out of 10 times low level dense cold usually wins (faster than models forecast) and an upper level warm nose is not going to erode and cool down quicker than modeled. Overall, this was an enjoyable storm to track and really unique - teens and heavy sleet is extremely rare. Also, as far as modeling goes - Euro nailed the upper levels way in advance but was really poor with surface temps as the event got closer; GFS was almost the opposite. Both models have their own unique strengths and weaknesses. Now onto the next one......

[HockeyTx82]

It looks like the sun's about to come out, I guess there's a break in the clouds? Will that jeopardize the high temperature today?

Otherwise, whatever fell in my front yard, it's a solid sheet when I walk on it. It doesn't make a single footprint.

11F with a near or just below 0 windchill.

[TomballEd]

Rain just ended, must have hit freezing, small patches of ice on parts of the car. Most of the car is just wet. The freezing line got here right as the rain ended.

[BAY29]

Rain just ended, must have hit freezing, small patches of ice on parts of the car. Most of the car is just wet. The freezing line got here right as the rain ended.

Same here. I hope we get our chance soon.

[rwfromkansas]

Looking at radar overnight a great band of snow came through Abilene on the way to DFW….then evaporated.

Of course.

My grass is covered mostly so I will take it even though it’s almost all sleet. Still looks pretty.

Didn’t measure yet but will in a bit. Now some more is coming in from Midland. But I’m sure it will evaporate like the other final batch, so this is it.

[orangeblood]

It looks like the sun's about to come out, I guess there's a break in the clouds? Will that jeopardize the high temperature today?

Otherwise, whatever fell in my front yard, it's a solid sheet when I walk on it. It doesn't make a single footprint.

11F with a near or just below 0 windchill.

Just a temporary break in the clouds, should cloud back up the remainder of the day as a S/W moves across before clearing at sunset. Allowing for max radiational cooling under clear skies and a fresh Arctic HP overnight

[Tejas89]

Decent snow mass in west Texas moving toward Abilene, and El Paso radar is still alight this morning. Not sure if anything holds together for NTX today, just an observation.

[Portastorm]

As usual with winter storms in this part of the country, 9 out of 10 times low level dense cold usually wins (faster than models forecast) and an upper level warm nose is not going to erode and cool down quicker than modeled. Overall, this was an enjoyable storm to track and really unique - teens and heavy sleet is extremely rare. Also, as far as modeling goes - Euro nailed the upper levels way in advance but was really poor with surface temps as the event got closer; GFS was almost the opposite. Both models have their own unique strengths and weaknesses. Now onto the next one......

I talked to an NWS forecaster one time about forecasting wintry weather in the South. He said he had worked in several different areas in the country and trying to forecast wintry precipitation (types and amounts) in the South was the toughest job he experienced.

[GeauxTigers]

Sun is actually coming out here in Tioga (south Grayson county). Was not expecting to see sun so early today. Weather channel app shows cloudy all day. Are we expected to see sun all day today? Will that start the melting even though we are at 10 degrees here?

[rwfromkansas]

So some rules we seem to have:
1) Low-level cold air wins
2) Upper warmth is hard to erode
3) The back tends to come through faster than expected

[wxman22]

We got a lot of snow here on top of all the sleet it looks like a winter wonderland!

[wxman22]

[Brent]

As usual with winter storms in this part of the country, 9 out of 10 times low level dense cold usually wins (faster than models forecast) and an upper level warm nose is not going to erode and cool down quicker than modeled. Overall, this was an enjoyable storm to track and really unique - teens and heavy sleet is extremely rare. Also, as far as modeling goes - Euro nailed the upper levels way in advance but was really poor with surface temps as the event got closer; GFS was almost the opposite. Both models have their own unique strengths and weaknesses. Now onto the next one......

I talked to an NWS forecaster one time about forecasting wintry weather in the South. He said he had worked in several different areas in the country and trying to forecast wintry precipitation (types and amounts) in the South was the toughest job he experienced.

Oh I don't doubt that. It got to the point with Facebook I just stopped reading comments because everyone and their grandma had something to say about the fact we didn't get 2 feet of snow

We don't have that problem in any other season. It's definitely the worst part of winter threats here to me especially one like this that was hyped up as the coming apocalypse all week

[rwfromkansas]

Sun shining bright for a few hours, looks like clouds come back in later, hopefully with that last batch of snow if we are lucky.

[cstrunk]

So some rules we seem to have:
1) Low-level cold air wins
2) Upper warmth is hard to erode
3) The back tends to come through faster than expected

4) Modeled QPF is likely way too high.

I haven't ventured outside yet but it looks like in Longview we ended with less than 0.1" freezing rain and 1.5"-2" sleet. I think we had 0.1" or 0.2" of rain Friday. The NWS Longview reporting station shows 1.05" of rain equivalent.

That's about half what was modeled all week by global models and hi-res models. And I'm only looking at local observations but that sounds like a common theme from Oklahoma through Texas.

[snownado]

Sun is actually coming out here in Tioga (south Grayson county). Was not expecting to see sun so early today. Weather channel app shows cloudy all day. Are we expected to see sun all day today? Will that start the melting even though we are at 10 degrees here?

Dry slotting.

Wrap around moisture & clouds will move back in.

[Snowman67]

Temp still falling. 26.8 imby

[Ntxw]

The snow end was definitely disappointing, but overall plenty of sleet here. Think Im good on sleet for the next decade. Slippery and skate-able! Now lets see how low temps will go, singles?