December 2017: End Of The Year Weather

[stormlover]

what do yall think will happen, what is the gut telling yall?

[Heat Miser]

My brother says it's snowing pretty hard in Brenham.

[srainhoutx]

HGX will issue a Winter Weather Advisory shortly for the top two rows of Counties.

[sau27]

Correct me if I'm wrong but this activity to the NW is just a bonus. The event we have been talking about should be developing from the SW

[srainhoutx]

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
719 PM CST Thu Dec 7 2017


.UPDATE...

SNOW...snow and more snow. Band of snow has set up from around
Austin to College Station to Madisonville to Lufkin. T/TD spreads
narrowing across the north areas at or just above the freezing
mark with lots of snow reports.

Will issue a Winter Weather Advisory for the northern tier of 2
counties.

This band should continue for a couple more hours than wane all
while temperatures continue to fall and fall below freezing. Snow
should accumulate on grassy areas but a good deal of it may melt
on roads. But and this is an important but...elevated roadways may
well freeze with wet conditions even through precip has ended.
Snow totals right under the band of heaviest precip may reach 1-3
inches.

Still worried about the coastal areas to the southwest of
Houston/Galveston as much of the guidance favors this area getting
a shot of snow (temperatures above freezing) but not expecting
accumulations. Will be monitoring the obs and radar closely
overnight for a short fused advisory if it should be needed.

[TexasBreeze]

Correct me if I'm wrong but this activity to the NW is just a bonus. The event we have been talking about should be developing from the SW

That is what i thought too. It is already overachieving and at my brother's house in San Antonio too.

[jasons2k]

The dewpoint at my house has dropped from 40F down to 34F in the last hour.

[davidiowx]

Well seeing that disco it may mean FT Bend county and southward wouldn’t see much? The models and a lot of discussion had snow around 59 and south. Curious as to if it may be a much bigger event than models showed. Wait and see time now I guess!

[mckinne63]

My brother says it's snowing pretty hard in Brenham.

I have a friend in Brenham that is showing pics on her facebook page.

[mckinne63]

Just looked at the radar, can that line sag south? It looks like is trying to.

[jasons2k]

Now my dewpoint is 32...

[Heat Miser]

Just looked at the radar, can that line sag south? It looks like is trying to.

It will slowly sag south.

[mckinne63]

Just looked at the radar, can that line sag south? It looks like is trying to.

It will slowly sag south.

Awesome! Any idea of timing. I know it's hard to predict, but I don't want to go to bed and miss it!

[Heat Miser]

Just looked at the radar, can that line sag south? It looks like is trying to.

It will slowly sag south.

Awesome! Any idea of timing. I know it's hard to predict, but I don't want to go to bed and miss it!

Watch to the southwest. Timing, no I can't give you that. And, why didn't this happen on a Friday night, I have to get up early for work?

[MontgomeryCoWx]

SNOWING IN MAGNOLIA... IM SO HAPPY

[srainhoutx]

2 inches of snow in College Station and still snowing...

[redneckweather]

Light rain with flurries mixing in. I will crap if it transitions over to full snow.

[snowman65]

We may miss the boat here in Orange

[jasons2k]

Getting graupel here...

[srainhoutx]

Mesoscale Discussion 1784
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0807 PM CST Thu Dec 07 2017

Areas affected...South-central TX

Concerning...Heavy snow

Valid 080207Z - 080400Z

SUMMARY...Narrow band of moderate snow with rates near 1"/hr that
has affected areas from Austin to College Station should gradually
shift east and weaken by midnight.

DISCUSSION...Ongoing 10-20 mile wide band of moderate snow has
yielded snowfall accumulations of 1-2" from Austin to College
Station over the past 90-120 minutes. Latest RAP and HRRR guidance
suggest that substantial drying in the 850-700 mb layer, sampled
well by the 00Z Fort Worth sounding, should lead to the demise of
this band over the next 2-3 hours. Until that occurs, snowfall rates
of 0.5-1.0"/hr will probably be maintained for another tier of
counties east of the ongoing band, roughly from Gonzales to
Washington/Grimes counties.

..Grams.. 12/08/2017

...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

ATTN...WFO...HGX...EWX...