February 2021: Arctic Outbreak/Warmup Begins

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Kingwood36 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 9:13 am I have a feeling this won't age well
Those temps are wacky wrong. Sadly
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Big Blue and Big Orange are gonna be wild on Friday once local news stations finally cave in and talk about how cold it's going to get. Get your supplies now if you haven't yet.
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Cromagnum wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 7:48 am Wondering how best to try to protect my water softening system outside. Tarp with a warm light underneath?
Wrap exposed pipes with insulation. Also let the water heavy drip in one of your sinks. It's a lot harder for moving water to freeze.
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walsean1 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 8:21 am There are so many overpasses in the Houston area alone that a prolonged ice storm would be devestating. Salting the roads ahead of time would prove to be useless
Exactly. Bring on some snow instead!
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Drain sprinkler system?? I have no idea how to do this! Any ideas anyone? I would appreciate the suggestions!!
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What's the chatter I hear about possibly Thursday for more winter weather?
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jabcwb2 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 9:53 am Drain sprinkler system?? I have no idea how to do this! Any ideas anyone? I would appreciate the suggestions!!
Pretty easy. Turn off main supply to it. Keep line into house open. Use a screwdriver to open the ports on the side to remove contained water. Wrap it up.
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Kingwood36 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 9:13 am I have a feeling this won't age well
Accuweather for Ch 13? :oops:
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Last looked at the forum last night and we were on Page 55. We're up to 64 as of this post. I must've missed the overnight/early morning runs and excitement?
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Icon shows a hell of a storm but nothing down by us...maybe I'm looking at it wrong
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Kingwood36 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 10:17 am Icon shows a hell of a storm but nothing down by us...maybe I'm looking at it wrong
No snow on the Icon, but definitely ice with temps in the 20s.
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Yep that is freezing rain written all over it, a bunch of it.
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12z GFS and ICON remaining consistent on a major ice storm on Presidents day.
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Consistent on the low teens and single digits temps too. Both models are incredible!
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The 12Z GFS continues to advertise near record breaking cold early Tuesday morning.
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The GFS should score major points if this happens. Its been VERY persistent.
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Imagine the pain it would cause if the gfs didn't verify and busted
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Whata this is hear about another storm on thursday?
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That Thursday system will need watched too. As a forecaster what do you do at this point in time seeing these lows and storms? Stay conservative and leave some wriggle room for adjustment? Maybe give some warning for prep work? Difficult to forecast such extremes!
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The 12z CMC is also more aggressive with Mondays storm.
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