Ed Lizard Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Snow event in HOU looks to disappoint, but freezing drizzle may be biggest human effects weather story since Ike. 2009 snow didn't affect roads much at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Snow event in HOU looks to disappoint, but freezing drizzle may be biggest human effects weather story since Ike. 2009 snow didn't affect roads much at all. Freezing drizzle / rain is the worst! People just don't know how to drive in it and I am sure it is worse than normal down that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Some heavier echos about to move out of Dallas county and up this way and maybe some signs of backfilling on the radar..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Jeff is a pro-met with Harris County OEM... From KHOU forum Re: February Weather. Snow/Sleet/Ice/Winter Storm Warning by jeff » Fri Feb 04, 2011 1:12 am US 290 at SH 6-15 vehicle accident with cars continuing to impact vehicles with people on the freeway. Law enforcement attmepting to close the freeway. Major ice on the freeway... 5-18 wheelers jacked knifed at US 290 and Barker Cypress People are going to die on these freeways...watching them slam into each other on the transtar cameras with law enforcment putting their lives at risk. Stop driving...pull over aand stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Weather Today Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Freezing drizzle / rain is the worst! People just don't know how to drive in it and I am sure it is worse than normal down that way. And you would be correct. Traveling down I-10 westbound between Barker Cypress Blvd. and Fry Rd. there were several vehicles who lost control and crashed up against the guard rail. In their defense however, I have now learned just how easy it is to lose control of a vehicle once you hit a patch of ice. I skidded twice on two back-to-back overpasses even though I was not traveling very fast at all. Fortunately, I was able to maintain control both times and did not spin out of control. After that, I quickly exited the freeway since I had two more overpasses to pass over. If you check out this link right now, you can see what I am talking about... Houston Transtar Traffic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Really coming down nicely again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Weather Today Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Jeff is a pro-met with Harris County OEM... From KHOU forum Being out on the road tonight I can tell you first hand what is happening is people are being lulled into a false sense of security because the roads appear 'normal'. I got on I-10 at I-45 and traveled westbound. Everything was smooth sailing for everyone all the way until we reached Park Ten and Barker Cypress. (I think the same thing is happening on Highway 290 as well.) That's the area I think a lot of people got caught of guard and began to slide and lose control. That's why you see more accidents on the west side of town as compared to the east side. Obviously, the west side road overpasses are beginning to ice over due to incoming drizzle from the west/southwest. As in most cases, I think people need to realize that you have to really slow down in these conditions even though the road appears 'safe' at that point of the highway. There were quite a few people not necessarily speeding, but simply driving too fast for these type of road conditions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 We've gone over, to use the technical term, to pouring arse snow! Edit: Pushing past 2" here - no snowboard or anything, just an unofficial top of the garbage can measurement Edit 2: People around here and down into Dallas are going to be shocked when they get up in the morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Dallas and Collin counties have been getting it good for a while now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Not too bad considering the official forecast just 24 hours ago was for less than 1" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Waiting for this last batch to pull through before putting this one in the books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witness Protection Program Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Measured 2.5" on the trunk of the car an hour ago in Ft. Worth, but has been snowing steady since, so probably will end up with 3-3.5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 First flakes of this last batch are starting to fly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gil888 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Radar continues to look good and just for kicks the 00z NAM clown map: Clown map pretty darn good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Clown map pretty darn good. The NAM was constantly one of the driest models for us up this way but really trended hard towards the final solution during the day yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXWXCHX Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 It snowed on my horse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 It snowed on my horse... He looks like he is thinking, "Freezing cold all week and now this... just great" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 He looks like he is thinking, "Freezing cold all week and now this... just great" And we are going to have to endure this again next week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 looks like my old hometown on the rockwall/collin cty line did well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 looks like my old hometown on the rockwall/collin cty line did well Really? Just moved to the area from Alexandria, VA and we did get a very nice hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chapelhillwx Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 We now have central/southern TX getting wintry weather. Three weeks ago the Outer Banks of NC got 10". Snow was reported in Mexico. What a winter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Official temps for MMMY had 37 continous hours of temps not going above freezing. That marks the coldest air mass since Dec 1989. Also, many cities in the North and northeast broke their all time records from at least Dec 1989 (or like Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua, ever). Tampico had a low of 2C (36 F), coldest since Dec 1989 too. Around 98%+ of the homes in MX doesn't have house heating, other than portables. We had a blackout tonight, so this happened in my house (temps hovered around 22F and 24F for more than 10 hours): Also, as sun reappeared and things began to defrost, lots of water began to fall from the roof of my house and some neighbor's houses . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Canadian suggests light snow ending before just before SB XLV begins. GFS similar, but not as bullish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portastorm Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 For the record, Austin had about a quarter inch of ice followed by snow grains followed by light snow. Probably about 3/4 inch accumulation of snow here in southwest Austin. The mixture was enough to shutdown the city this morning with many businesses and most schools closed. Will it happen again next week? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Lizard Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 GFS suggests lighter icing event Wednesday for Houston, but 5 days out, and ice, not snow, no new miracle threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gil888 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Official temps for MMMY had 37 continous hours of temps not going above freezing. That marks the coldest air mass since Dec 1989. Also, many cities in the North and northeast broke their all time records from at least Dec 1989 (or like Ciudad Juarez and Chihuahua, ever). Tampico had a low of 2C (36 F), coldest since Dec 1989 too. Around 98%+ of the homes in MX doesn't have house heating, other than portables. We had a blackout tonight, so this happened in my house (temps hovered around 22F and 24F for more than 10 hours): Also, as sun reappeared and things began to defrost, lots of water began to fall from the roof of my house and some neighbor's houses . What's the coldest temperature ever observed in Mexico? What were the specific records broken? I'd love to see a list if you have one, or point me to the right place. I was particularly impressed by the 1F at MMCU this morning -- you know if it got colder between the hour? Also station 76220-- Temosachic-- at 6100 ft, reported -4F. Even in the southern Baja station 76402 reported 35. brrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 What's the coldest temperature ever observed in Mexico? What were the specific records broken? I'd love to see a list if you have one, or point me to the right place. I was particularly impressed by the 1F at MMCU this morning -- you know if it got colder between the hour? Also station 76220-- Temosachic-- at 6100 ft, reported -4F. Even in the southern Baja station 76402 reported 35. brrrr It's not easy to get info from MX records... but I use this http://smn.cna.gob.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=42&Itemid=75. Saltillo, Chihuahua and Ciudad Juarez are some of the cities that broke their all time records. Chihuahua and Saltillo completely smashed their previous records. Saltillo is just 50 miles from here, but at 4500 ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srain Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 Just grand. More Arctic cold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Couple of pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Just grand. More Arctic cold... After that, it looks like winter is over for the Deep South. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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