January: Calmer Pattern To End The Month

[Paul]

you guys need to wait for it.....it is moving south slowly....Humble will be in it soon enough. the CAA has not stalled, as wet bulbing occurs Humble will drop down to dew point temp...

[WX201]

First post...over here to the East north of Beaumont by about 30 miles...light mix temp right at 32 degrees. Wind still cranking out of the North to Northeast. WEATHER CHANNEL NAMES THIS STORM KRONOS...STORM CONDITION FOR HOUSTON EAST A 7/10. Now The Weather Channel does not name a bust! LOL. Local Met / Greg Bostwick isat 90% thru tomorrow morning. Says a transition to all snow likely after midnight north of I-10 and 3:00am south...he is pretty conservative so I will give him credence.

[Portastorm]

Any reports from Austin if the stuff on the radar is hitting the ground?

We've had on and off sleet for several hours. Elevated roadways and bridges here in the metro are all pretty much iced over and dangerous. Numerous roadways closed in the north part of town due to their elevated structure. The closest snow reports have been in Lampasas. No snow in Austin yet. But the sleet has already made traffic a nightmare and the APD and Travis County Sheriffs are begging people to stay off the roads.

[HouTXmetro]

[quote="Paul"]you guys need to wait for it.....it is moving south slowly....Humble will be in it soon enough. the CAA has not stalled, as wet bulbing occurs Humble will drop down to dew point temp...[/quote]

Hmmm Dew Point at IAH is 33 and the temp is 35. Will the dew point drop as well?

[Paul]

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/? ... &wmo=99999

see real time tep data with radar overlay

[Paul]

you guys need to wait for it.....it is moving south slowly....Humble will be in it soon enough. the CAA has not stalled, as wet bulbing occurs Humble will drop down to dew point temp...

Hmmm Dew Point at IAH is 33 and the temp is 35. Will the dew point drop as well?

well couple that with some CAA then things will fall into place. nothing was supposed to happen here in Houston area until after midnight anyway.

[WX201]

WEATHER CHANNEL NAMES THE STORM. "KRONOS"

[djmike]

SNOW reports coming in now all over the Jasper area.

[Andrew]

Getting some very light snow up here in College Station

[Kingwood31]

The evening update from Hou/Galv has me a little less optimistic for those folks north of I-10.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
951 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

.DISCUSSION...
MID EVENING TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 NORTHWEST
(AROUND THE CLL AND CALDWELL AREA) TO THE MID 30S IN THE HOUSTON
AREA TO THE MID TO UPPER 30S AT THE COAST. WINDS ARE HOWLING AND
GUSTY...GENERALLY 15 TO 20 MPH WELL INLAND...20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS
THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND AT THE BEACHES. WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 59. GALE WARNINGS
REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS. AS FOR PRECIP...THERE HAS
BEEN A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH AN OCCASIONAL SHOW
FLURRY REPORTED ON SURFACE OBS AND VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. EXPECT
TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE TO FALL AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES...AND
THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR MORE FROZEN PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP. WHILE
RADAR IS TRENDING A SLIGHT DECREASE IN COVERAGE...MODELS INDICATE
MORE DEVELOPMENT FROM ROUGHLY I-10 SOUTHWARD AND OFF THE COAST
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BASED ON THIS EXPECTATION...WILL NOT
MAKE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST. STAY SAFE! 42

[msp]

yep, like Andrew mentioned, seeing some light snow and some frz rain here in CLL

[nuby3]

The evening update from Hou/Galv has me a little less optimistic for those folks north of I-10.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
951 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

.DISCUSSION...
MID EVENING TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 NORTHWEST
(AROUND THE CLL AND CALDWELL AREA) TO THE MID 30S IN THE HOUSTON
AREA TO THE MID TO UPPER 30S AT THE COAST. WINDS ARE HOWLING AND
GUSTY...GENERALLY 15 TO 20 MPH WELL INLAND...20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS
THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND AT THE BEACHES. WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 59. GALE WARNINGS
REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS. AS FOR PRECIP...THERE HAS
BEEN A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH AN OCCASIONAL SHOW
FLURRY REPORTED ON SURFACE OBS AND VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. EXPECT
TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE TO FALL AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES...AND
THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR MORE FROZEN PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP. WHILE
RADAR IS TRENDING A SLIGHT DECREASE IN COVERAGE...MODELS INDICATE
MORE DEVELOPMENT FROM ROUGHLY I-10 SOUTHWARD AND OFF THE COAST
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BASED ON THIS EXPECTATION...WILL NOT
MAKE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST. STAY SAFE! 42

my interpretation is that the development will occur south of I-10 but then what develops will work northward

[TxJohn]

Just watched KHOU's 10pm forecast...doesn't show any wintry weather in NW Harris County till 3am and then around 6-8am is when most of this is gonna happen....

Also

FXUS64 KHGX 240351
AFDHGX

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
951 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014

.DISCUSSION...
MID EVENING TEMPERATURES RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30 NORTHWEST
(AROUND THE CLL AND CALDWELL AREA) TO THE MID 30S IN THE HOUSTON
AREA TO THE MID TO UPPER 30S AT THE COAST. WINDS ARE HOWLING AND
GUSTY...GENERALLY 15 TO 20 MPH WELL INLAND...20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS
THE COASTAL COUNTIES AND AT THE BEACHES. WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM ROUGHLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 59. GALE WARNINGS
REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS. AS FOR PRECIP...THERE HAS
BEEN A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WITH AN OCCASIONAL SHOW
FLURRY REPORTED ON SURFACE OBS AND VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. EXPECT
TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE TO FALL AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES...AND
THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR MORE FROZEN PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP. WHILE
RADAR IS TRENDING A SLIGHT DECREASE IN COVERAGE...MODELS INDICATE
MORE DEVELOPMENT FROM ROUGHLY I-10 SOUTHWARD AND OFF THE COAST
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BASED ON THIS EXPECTATION...WILL NOT
MAKE ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST. STAY SAFE!

I was gonna stay up to see some sleet/snow since I live north of I-10 a bit....but now I think I'll skip this event because it won't be anything to see (for me that is).

Had a feeling this was gonna happen.

Jealous of those that got snow! lol

[MontgomeryCoWx]

Some of y'all have the battered wife syndrome. The main precip isn't even here, lol

[jasons2k]

Classic sleet banding on radar from Eastern Montgomery County extending into Liberty County...

[Kingwood31]

<========= just learning here so I'm asking stupid questions so here goes ???how do we know that the freeze line passed us and if it did will whatever precip that comes over said area will be frozen correct?

[jasons2k]

Well, sleet or snow can occur if the surface temperature is either above or below freezing. So in a situation like this, when the freezing line passes, nothing will magically happen to the precipitation falling from the sky at exactly 32 degrees per se.

The main difference is that once the air temperature hits 32, ice will begin to form on exposed surfaces. That's the biggest change that will occur once the freezing line passes, but it's not instantaneous either.

The best way to know if the freezing line has passed is a thermometer.

[nuby3]

Some of y'all have the battered wife syndrome. The main precip isn't even here, lol

EXACTLY!! I think some people are gonna wake up shocked

[HouTXmetro]

[quote="nuby3"][quote="MontgomeryCoWx"]Some of y'all have the battered wife syndrome. The main precip isn't even here, lol[/quote]

EXACTLY!! I think some people are gonna wake up shocked[/quote]

Can you blame us? How many times has Lucy pulled the football. lol

[Kludge]

Light snow...that sounds so nice, I think I'll say it again...snow...here now in northern Grimes County. Temp down to 31, with dew point at 30... so seemingly ideal conditions assuming the column is totally subfreezing.

Thankful to have gotten any at all... but I won't complain if it continues all night.