I started growing a beard on Monday to keep my face warm when the snow hits on Friday. I wanted to be prepared.
the snow last year was awesome and it wasn't even that cold. two years in a row. lets debate global warming
From Tim Hellers blog (Channel 13) Our confidence is growing that a rain/snow mix will fall on Friday. Cold air will be in place and a disturbance will track overhead. The question now is how much will fall, and will any flakes stick? If moisture is lacking, a light morning rain will turn into a few afternoon flurries. If moisture is abundant, a steady morning rain will eventually turn into a steady snowfall with up to 3” accumulating on the ground. Early Saturday morning the disturbance will push east and clear out the clouds. If snow is on the ground, a hard freeze is likely with temperatures staying in the 30s all day long. If snow is not on the ground, a light morning freeze will give way to a chilly afternoon in the 40s. Either way, it’s going to be a cold and most likely wet Share Your Holiday this time around.
I know Jeff is a tropical storm expert, sort of. But I think he should make an appearance to give us his thoughts on this possible snow storm on friday. I went to the national weather service website and read the forcast discussion, but it was too complex to understand. I trust Jeff more than the local weather people, except for maybe Khambrel Marshall, and he hasn't responded to my emails.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6750042.html More than a snowball's chance in Houston By PEGGY O'HARE Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle Dec. 3, 2009, 7:58AM forecasters are more confident Houston will see snowfall beginning Friday afternoon, but whether that snow sticks to the ground and accumulates remains a big question. “I would say right now it could be anywhere from snow flurries to some accumulation,” said Robert Van Hoven, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, on Wednesday afternoon. “We might get some accumulation, there's no doubt about that — but how much, it's hard to say.” Before then, officials are planning for possible freezing conditions that may arrive within 24 hours. Expect to see state highway crews begin spraying down heavily traveled roads today. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for Friday beginning at 6 a.m. and extending through Saturday morning for some areas north, northwest and east of Houston, including Waller and Montgomery counties, Bryan, Huntsville and Beaumont. Today will be the calm before the storm with mostly sunny skies, a projected high of 56 degrees and winds at minimal levels of 5 mph. Clouds will begin rolling in tonight, with a 20 percent chance of rain after midnight and a low dipping to 42 degrees. Friday will bring temperatures in the low 40s and a 50 percent chance of mixed precipitation between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., according to National Weather Service projections. The chances of snow will increase later Friday afternoon. “It will start off as rain in the morning, then it will just gradually transition to all snow by late afternoon — that's what we're expecting,” National Weather Service meteorologist Matt Moreland said Wednesday. Should snow arrive, it would be the earliest snowfall ever recorded here. Temperatures will drop into the 30s, then fall below freezing level to a low in the upper 20s Friday night. The weather service this morning issued a freeze warning starting Friday evening and lasting into Saturday morning. Some areas to the north could stay below 32 degrees for 10 to 12 hours, and only the immediate coastline is expected to escape a freeze. Expect to see a 50 percent chance of snow Friday night before midnight, forecasters say. This morning, state highway department crews are spraying a magnesium chloride solution on bridges and overpasses to prevent water accumulation from freezing, which could cause hazardous conditions for drivers. Crews will spray down the Texas 6-U.S. 290 overpass in Waller County; the north end of Interstate 45 in Harris County continuing into Montgomery County; Texas 105 West, FM 1097, the Woodlands Parkway connector at Interstate 45 and U.S. 59 North in Montgomery County; the far west end of U.S. 290 in Harris County and the 610 East overpass at Interstate 10 East in Harris County. If roads become icy Friday night, state highway crews will also roll out their sand trucks that night and Saturday morning. However, Mother Nature will likely melt away any snow because Saturday will bring sunny skies and a high near 50 degrees. Less than an inch of snow fell in Dallas and Fort Worth Wednesday morning, but quickly melted away. That area also faces a chance of more snow tonight and Friday morning as temperatures there plummet, the Dallas Morning News reported. El Paso had its first heavy snow of the year Tuesday. More than 5 inches of snow fell, but only half that amount stuck to the ground, while the other half melted away, the El Paso Times reported.
Recent forecast models are pushing the snow more to the south side of Houston and Galveston...similar to the last 2 snows. Weather Underground is predicting 1-2 inches in the Houston area and around and inch in Austin/San Antonio.
Hells yes. Gonna sit on the porch, watch the steam rise from the pool, drink some beers and enjoy the falling white.
