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Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 5:43 pm
by Cromagnum
Texaspirate11 wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 5:39 pm According to Mayor Turner - there will be rolling black outs throughout Texas. From 15 minutes to an hour - ERCOT is trying to keep from turning off electricity in key infrastructures like hospitals, police/fire stations, etc. Tonight/tomorrow morning/tuesday morning will be the key times.......JUST AN FYI
I've got some incandescent bulbs under frost guards to try to save my two small citrus trees. Similar under a covering for my exposed water softening system. Short power outages, no big deal, so hopefully it doesn't lead to long ones.

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 5:45 pm
by djmike
33 now in Beaumont. Few sleet pellets and light rain in the last quick band. Been at or around 38 all day. The last 2 hours it’s dropping temps quick. Im off work tomorrow and Tuesday so Im sure Ill be up all night.. too exciting. .....well till my pipes burst. Lol. But have done all i can to prevent. Prep is done!

Snowman65...trust me, you will see something other than rain. Its not time yet for the main event in Beaumont/Orange.

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 5:51 pm
by JDsGN
Heavy sleet and snow mixture in cypress still 30.4 degrees. Sleet is slowly starting to build up along the base of the trees and plant coverings.

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 5:51 pm
by Rip76
Texaspirate11 wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 5:39 pm According to Mayor Turner - there will be rolling black outs throughout Texas. From 15 minutes to an hour - ERCOT is trying to keep from turning off electricity in key infrastructures like hospitals, police/fire stations, etc. Tonight/tomorrow morning/tuesday morning will be the key times.......JUST AN FYI
And how will we know if it’s the rolling blackouts or power lines snapped?

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 5:53 pm
by Belmer
Been raining off and on for the last few hours and now lightly sleeting. All the trees and vegetation are becoming very stiff with a thin glaze of ice forming on them. You can hear the icy noise in the wind when the branches are hitting one another. I'm right off of I-10 & 99 in Katy and right around 30°.

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 5:54 pm
by MontgomeryCoWx
Just flakes now... flurries

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 5:56 pm
by megsy
Belmer wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 5:53 pm Been raining off and on for the last few hours and now lightly sleeting. All the trees and vegetation are becoming very stiff with a thin glaze of ice forming on them. You can hear the icy noise in the wind when the branches are hitting one another. I'm right off of I-10 & 99 in Katy and right around 30°.
Same here — a little south of you it sounds like (near Fry and Peek).

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:06 pm
by jasons2k
Starting to get some graupel here now. 31.3F.

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:11 pm
by Ace
Moderate freezing rain in Spring. Ice on magnolia tree

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:11 pm
by MontgomeryCoWx
Moderate sleet and snow ...

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:12 pm
by Cromagnum
David Paul just showed where there will be snow all the way down to Galveston beach.

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:18 pm
by christinac2016
It’s sleeting in the woodlands @ Budde rd. Temp says it’s around 29-30.

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:20 pm
by Kingwood36
33.8 in Angleton..finally it's dropping

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:21 pm
by biggerbyte
Okay, the NWS has either lost their minds or they are now casting. It's "going to hit the fan" is back again.

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:22 pm
by jasons2k
Sleeting pretty good now. 30.9F.

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:31 pm
by Stratton20
Im starting to think the transition to snow is occuring way sooner than what the models were originally showing

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:31 pm
by srainhoutx
EWX reports the transition to all snow has occurred across the Hill Country including Austin.

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:34 pm
by Belmer
Reports that the Grand Parkway is closed at Katy Freeway because of ice on the road. I can see 99 & I-10 out from my balcony and there are emergency lights along 99. It looks like they have the flyovers closed and not the freeway itself since I can still see cars traveling both north and southbound.

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:35 pm
by jasons2k
Snow flurries now. 30.4F

Re: February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Winter Storm Warning ⚠️

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2021 6:38 pm
by srainhoutx
Shel Winkley
@KBTXShel
Roads went downhill real quick.

Solid white on all paved surfaces in #bcstx here at dusk (6:15pm)