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That storm last weekend was pretty good (by Portland standards), we ended up with about 4” here. That makes it an incredible 9 straight winters I have seen at least 1” of snow, quite the run for the Pacific Northwest.

Round two of this mini storm tonight in Portland. After this morning’s dry snow, the evening brought light freezing rain, and now moderate sleet mixed with snow. Roads are ice rinks!

We finally are getting our first (and probably only) snowstorm of the winter here in Portland, Oregon. It’s a dry snow and we already have a bit over 1” since it started snowing an hour and a half ago. This is the first time I’ve seen proper snow since moving here last winter! Snowfall averages only about 4” per winter here. So anything we get is special, but particularly so when we get one of these cold dry snows that immediately start sticking to the road!

Tropical cyclone Elvis is south of Madagascar, all lonely and heading for the Heartbreak Hotel.

Back in the 90s, I was witness to a famous southern snow…

So is this an all-time record for NOLA?

Sounds like snow pellets or graupel, aka sleet that was coated with rime crystals. Congrats on the frozen precip! You’ve now outdone both Seattle and Portland for the winter. (Very sad achievement for the Pacific Northwest, one of only two or three truly snowless winters I have experienced here).

Looks like Jacksonville will be on the edge of the wintry precip. I would issue a WSW if I were the NWS just to be safe, after all Gainesville is under one…

And seems pretty certain Houston will also get historic snowfall, at least the eastern half of the city.

NWS has issued winter storm watches for the Big Bend and even Gainesville!

Panama City goes from nothing to 4-5”…

Still seems like a go for SE Texas and Louisiana, right? NOLA and Houston are both under winter storm warnings/watches now. Actually so is most of South Texas, even Austin and San Antonio, just because the criteria is so low there.

Dang. I’m hoping they get at least 1-2” down there.

Thoughts on New Orleans snow chances?

Winter storm watch was just added by the NWS for Houston. They’re saying up to 3” of snow and sleet.