jhamps10 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 What about in dfw though bubba? Oh well we should enjoy what we get... Still stoked over the thundersleet we had yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwgrrc Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 12z Euro says to not worry if you miss out on snow tomorrow and live north of DFW The Friday morning event? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Waterboy Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 The Friday morning event? Yes, please explain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Interesting factoid and hell of an inversion, and a tidbit on how forecasting can get very tough here...Saltillo, a city less than 50mi WSW, at around 1500m ASL (I stand at around 500-600m), is currently at 85F, while I'm at 41F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixotic1 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Interesting factoid and hell of an inversion, and a tidbit on how forecasting can get very tough here...Saltillo, a city less than 50mi WSW, at around 1500m ASL (I stand at around 500-600m), is currently at 85F, while I'm at 41F. What's causing that? A downsloping wind like a Chinook? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixotic1 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 He did one a couple of summers ago that was off the charts, it was for a low probability dry line event. Most AFD would have simple been "dry and hot" blah blah. He went way out in the deep water to describe how storms could fire and then mentioned that it was like a 5 - 10% event. It ended up just being dry and hot I remember that one. It was a great way to take our mind off of the crummy set up. Late to the party so trying to compensate with a keg stand? Ha. A rather apt analogy. Sounds like an A&M made one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxmx Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 What's causing that? A downsloping wind like a Chinook? Nope, CAD from a very shallow arctic dome, plus the surface low associated to the Upper low causing WAA for them (the same one that may drop snow over DFW), but overrunning the cold dome on top of me. It will eventually sweep it off completely, but not until tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1900hurricane Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Interesting factoid and hell of an inversion, and a tidbit on how forecasting can get very tough here...Saltillo, a city less than 50mi WSW, at around 1500m ASL (I stand at around 500-600m), is currently at 85F, while I'm at 41F.Dang, that really is one crazy inversion. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixotic1 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Nope, CAD from a very shallow arctic dome, plus the surface low associated to the Upper low causing WAA for them (the same one that may drop snow over DFW), but overrunning the cold dome on top of me. It will eventually sweep it off completely, but not until tomorrow. Screen Shot 2015-02-24 at 12.49.00.png Very cool (or not,for those that live in Saltillo). An interesting example of cold air damming with a twist. Thanks for sharing that. Living in North Texas, it's easy to forget geographical features and how they play a role in weather. DFW is probably the only big city in the country that has absolutely no reason to exist. No ocean, mountains or rivers. Flat as a pancake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 What about in dfw though bubba? Oh well we should enjoy what we get... Still stoked over the thundersleet we had yesterday Looks like 3"+ area wide with more as you head north and NW. However, that is just glancing at the "clown maps" and not looking at the column or setup in more detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Looks like WPC is going with more of a Euro/GFS blend for Texas and Louisiana: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheese007 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Ice is melting in Richardson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Ice is melting in Richardson We've still got most of our ice in the front yard and that is shaded now, so it will be snow on sleet (if we get snow). Roads and sidewalks are clear. This is the garden, safely in the shade now and waiting on snow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhamps10 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Looks like 3"+ area wide with more as you head north and NW. However, that is just glancing at the "clown maps" and not looking at the column or setup in more detail. For Friday's system??? wow hope the euro is right on that if true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhamps10 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Ice is melting in Richardson Same in SW FTW... I've mostly gone, falling like crazy from our shopping center roof, hulen street is dry as a bone now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixotic1 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Looks like WPC is going with more of a Euro/GFS blend for Texas and Louisiana: Gonna roll with FWD. They did well with Sunday Night/Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Gonna roll with FWD. They did well with Sunday Night/Monday. I was thinking we might get an update from them but nothing at 10:00 am, so it looks like they are going straight into the afternoon AFD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggiegeog Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Once again clouds and this time ice also are keeping temps much cooler than modeled and forecasted. Here I have yet to hit freezing. This could have significant effects on tomorrow morning's snow ratios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 18z NAM 4k drags 2-3" across DFW before unloading on the NE burbs and up towards Oklahoma. Collin County is wide spread 5"+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixotic1 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 It's really windy here..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams30721us Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 AREA FORECAST DISCUSSIONNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA 241 PM CST TUE FEB 24 2015 .DISCUSSION... NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE FORECAST REASONING FOR THE UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER EVENT EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. MAIN THREAT WILL BE UP TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT WITH SNOW AND SLEET BEING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WEATHER THREATS. TOUGH FORECAST TO SAY THE LEAST. ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS IS THAT WHATEVER ICE REMAINS ON THE GROUND OVERNIGHT WILL PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY. IF HIGH TEMPS STAY AROUND FREEZING...THE CHANCE OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS RUN HIGHER. FOR THIS FORECAST...WENT WITH MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES THAN GUIDANCE WITH MOST OF THE REGION STAYING AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING FOR HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY. PRECIPITATION TO BEGIN AS SLEET LATE TONIGHT. AS UPPER-LOW TRANSLATES EASTWARD OVER THE REGION...COOLER TEMPERATURES ALOFT TO TRANSITION SLEET INTO SNOW. NAM AND GFS BOTH SUGGEST THAT THE AXIS OF HIGHEST PRECIPITATION WILL BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. NAM MODEL SUPPORTS HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS WHILE THE GFS IS SIGNALING HIGHERS ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST TEXAS. BASED ON PERFORMANCE OF NAM DURING THE PREVIOUS EVENT ON MONDAY...LEANED HEAVIER ON THE NAM IN DECISION MAKING FOR THIS FORECAST. PRECIPITATION TO END ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH DRY CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 windy.png It's really windy here..... I'm guessing they won't be getting accurate snow measurements if that keeps up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixotic1 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Warnings all across south and southeast now. Everybody jumping on board. FWD still fence sitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quixotic1 Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I'm guessing they won't be getting accurate snow measurements if that keeps up! Or picking snowflakes out of their teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwgrrc Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Temps may end up well below forecasted today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFWWeather Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 FWD will be downgrading the WS Watch to an Advisory. Going with 1 to 2 inches of wet snow possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Did a new forecaster take over for the afternoon? The tone of the AFD seemed to change almost immediately with the 11 a.m. update to probably less than 2-4. Nothing had really changed in three hours. Now the latest SREF does shift south right over the metroplex, while before it was a bit more north over the core cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Once again clouds and this time ice also are keeping temps much cooler than modeled and forecasted. Here I have yet to hit freezing. This could have significant effects on tomorrow morning's snow ratios. We are sitting at 33, not sure how much higher we will go. Clouds have thickened up a good bit over the past hour, lots of sleet still on the ground and north winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba hotep Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 FWD will be downgrading the WS Watch to an Advisory. Going with 1 to 2 inches of wet snow possible. Not a bad call for DFW and they can always upgrade if the Hi-Res models make any shifts this evening. North and east may go 4"+ but that is still tricky looking. You have the NAM vs GFS/Euro/Euro EPS ETA: A bit surprised they didn't go Warning for the Greenville, Paris, Sulphur Springs area heading into the SHV Warning area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwgrrc Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 FWD will be downgrading the WS Watch to an Advisory. Going with 1 to 2 inches of wet snow possible. I think watch to advisory is upgrading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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