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srainhoutx wrote:The WPC Winter Weather Probabilities Graphics are updating. The chance of freezing precip now extends to 18Z Wednesday across portions of SE Texas including Brazoria and Galveston Counties with spotty potential into Metro Houston.

Link please?

I expect HGX to keep with the warning.

Wow,, so much different info on here
One says it's just an advisory event! Then some
Extends the freezing precip. So what's it going
To be anyone it's less than 24 hours away. Can someone
At least make a bold prediction, if have to cancel a job tomorrow it could
Cost.

im getting gas right now in The Woodlands and temps are diving now. getting cild here

mcheer23 wrote:

srainhoutx wrote:The WPC Winter Weather Probabilities Graphics are updating. The chance of freezing precip now extends to 18Z Wednesday across portions of SE Texas including Brazoria and Galveston Counties with spotty potential into Metro Houston.

Link please?

I expect HGX to keep with the warning.

http://preview.weather.gov/graphical/?z ... ts=english

Candy Cane wrote:im getting gas right now in The Woodlands and temps are diving now. getting cild here

I'm outside of Conroe and the temp has actually gone up from 55 degrees to 58 degrees as of now. I would think it would start to drop soon.

NWS New Orleans issues Winter Storm Warning. Also, TXDOT has began de-icing roadways in Metro Houston.

Wonder why it's taking HGX so long for whatever there going to issue..I'd hate to be them

redneckweather wrote:

Candy Cane wrote:im getting gas right now in The Woodlands and temps are diving now. getting cild here

I'm outside of Conroe and the temp has actually gone up from 55 degrees to 58 degrees as of now. I would think it would start to drop soon.

I'm in southern Walker County, and it is definitely colder, and much cloudier, than about an hour ago.

Kingwood31 wrote:Wonder why it's taking HGX so long for whatever there going to issue..I'd hate to be them

You should never overlook the most obvious signs in life sometimes. Like it was posted before, take a step outside and look up when doing a forecast. In this case, it does seem to be taking a long time to issue a warning. That is likely do to the complexity of the forecast. However, other offices haven't done much either. We just now saw MSY issue a Winter Storm Warning for their area. I suspect LCH and HGX will follow suit when their AFD's are issued.

Candy Cane wrote:

Kingwood31 wrote:Wonder why it's taking HGX so long for whatever there going to issue..I'd hate to be them

You should never overlook the most obvious signs in life sometimes. Like it was posted before, take a step outside and look up when doing a forecast. In this case, it does seem to be taking a long time to issue a warning. That is likely do to the complexity of the forecast. However, other offices haven't done much either. We just now saw MSY issue a Winter Storm Warning for their area. I suspect LCH and HGX will follow suit when their AFD's are issued.

Looks like the Macon, GA office just upgraded theirs to a warning. So I suspect all watches will either be turned into advisories or warnings shortly---including Houston.

Candy Cane wrote:

Kingwood31 wrote:Wonder why it's taking HGX so long for whatever there going to issue..I'd hate to be them

You should never overlook the most obvious signs in life sometimes. Like it was posted before, take a step outside and look up when doing a forecast. In this case, it does seem to be taking a long time to issue a warning. That is likely do to the complexity of the forecast. However, other offices haven't done much either. We just now saw MSY issue a Winter Storm Warning for their area. I suspect LCH and HGX will follow suit when their AFD's are issued.

Wasn't trying to be a a**..sorry

Kingwood31 wrote:

Candy Cane wrote:

Kingwood31 wrote:Wonder why it's taking HGX so long for whatever there going to issue..I'd hate to be them

You should never overlook the most obvious signs in life sometimes. Like it was posted before, take a step outside and look up when doing a forecast. In this case, it does seem to be taking a long time to issue a warning. That is likely do to the complexity of the forecast. However, other offices haven't done much either. We just now saw MSY issue a Winter Storm Warning for their area. I suspect LCH and HGX will follow suit when their AFD's are issued.

Wasn't trying to be a a**..sorry

And I wasn't trying to correct you I'm just saying it is helpful sometimes to look at the obvious and in this case you made a great observation.

So so far we've had the following offices transition to a Winter Storm Warning this afternoon:

Jacksonville, FL: turned few counties in their northern CWA to a warning
Macon, GA: watch to warning (entire CWA)
Columbia, SC: watch to warning (entire CWA)
Raleigh, NC: watch to a warning (most of CWA)
New Orleans, LA: watch to warning (entire CWA)

Which will be the next to fall?

I suspect it'll be the Mobile office followed by Houston then Lake Charles. Anybody?

Updated surface analysis charts have been issued by the WPC. Notice the area along the pink line suggests light snow.

Upgraded: Winter Storm Warning for portions of SE Texas

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
230 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE FAR NORTH AND SOUTHWEST AREAS...

.AN ARCTIC AIRMASS OVER NORTH TEXAS WILL PUSH SOUTH TONIGHT
DRIVING TEMPERATURES DOWN BELOW FREEZING BY 4 AM ACROSS ALL OF
THE INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS EXCEPT FOR THE IMMEDIATE
COAST. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE OUT OF NEW MEXICO AND
NORTHERN MEXICO TO HELP DEVELOP PRECIPITATION OVER THE REGION.
WARMER TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN BEGINNING AROUND COLLEGE STATION AND EXPANDING EAST
THEN SOUTH THROUGH THE MORNING. BRIDGES SHOULD ICE UP WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 0.10 INCHES. LIGHTER AMOUNTS OF ICING LESS
THAN 0.05 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ADVISORY AREAS.
THIS WINTER PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF FROM NORTHWEST TO
SOUTHEAST BY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH
WITH SOME ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY ALONG AND
NORTH OF A CALDWELL TO HUNTSVILLE TO LIVINGSTON LINE. FURTHER
SOUTH...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET...SOME SNOW FLURRIES MAY BE POSSIBLE TOWARD EVENING.

TXZ177>179-195>200-212>214-227-237-238-280430-
/O.UPG.KHGX.WS.A.0002.140128T0900Z-140129T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KHGX.WS.W.0002.140128T0900Z-140129T0000Z/
WALKER-SAN JACINTO-POLK-BURLESON-BRAZOS-WASHINGTON-GRIMES-
MONTGOMERY-LIBERTY-WALLER-HARRIS-CHAMBERS-FORT BEND-BRAZORIA-
GALVESTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTSVILLE...SHEPHERD...COLDSPRING...
LIVINGSTON...CORRIGAN...ONALASKA...CALDWELL...LAKE SOMERVILLE...
COLLEGE STATION...BRYAN...BRENHAM...NAVASOTA...THE WOODLANDS...
CONROE...WILLIS...LIBERTY...CLEVELAND...DAYTON...HEMPSTEAD...
PRAIRIE VIEW...BROOKSHIRE...HOUSTON...PASADENA...KATY...TOMBALL...
HUMBLE...WINNIE...MONT BELVIEU...ANAHUAC...SUGAR LAND...
MISSOURI CITY...RICHMOND...ROSENBERG...PEARLAND...LAKE JACKSON...
ALVIN...ANGLETON...FREEPORT...LEAGUE CITY...TEXAS CITY...
FRIENDSWOOD...GALVESTON
230 PM CST MON JAN 27 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SLEET MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME SNOW
WILL DEVELOP AROUND COLLEGE STATION EARLY TUESDAY AROUND 5 AM
THEN EXPAND EAST AND SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD THE HUNTSVILLE AND
CONROE AREAS TRANSITIONING TO SLEET AND SNOW THROUGH THE WARNING
AREA. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR AN INCH OR
LESS FOR THE CORRIDOR FROM NORTH FROM CALDWELL TO GROVETON.
AREAS TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LINE WILL SEE MORE SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN AND LESS SNOW IF ANY SNOW. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE
FROM 0.05 TO 0.10 INCHES WITH THIS DEVELOPING BETWEEN 6 AM AND
NOON AS IT SHIFTS SOUTHWARD. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER OFF
FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD HOLD WITHIN A DEGREE OR TWO OF THE FREEZING
MARK THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON THEN FALL TOWARD THE 30 DEGREE
MAR. AREAS ALONG THE COAST SHOULD BE THE LATEST TO RECIEVE
PRECIPITATION. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD OVER BY 6 PM.

* IMPACTS...VERY COLD ROAD SURFACES WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO FREEZING
RAIN AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SOME SURFACE ROADS MAY BE IMPACTED
IN AREAS NORTH OF COLLEGE STATION TO LAKE LIVINGSTON AREA. ELEVATED
ROADWAYS MAY BE ENTIRELY IMPASSABLE. TRAVEL MAY BE SEVERELY
LIMITED.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SLEET MEANS THAT A WINTER STORM SYSTEM
IS IMPACTING THE AREA WITH SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN. TRAVEL IS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY IMPACTED.

&&

$$

I knew it was coming. Someone knows more than other!!

NWS Lake Charles to issue Winter Storm Warning shortly.

Our HGX NWS does a yeoman's job.

Via TWC twitter: The Weather Channel ‏@weatherchannel 1m
NEW: Winter weather advisory begins at midnight for Austin, San Antonio. Icy bridges/overpasses main problem: http://wxch.nl/1hFGvnS #Leon