It is an amazing scene early this morning across the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana as light to moderate snow continues to fall. At 1 a.m. snow was being reported in the Houston/Galveston area. Snow was reported along the Texas coast as far south as Brownsville and McAllen. Moderate snow was reported at Port Isabel.
An amazing 6-10 inches of snow had fallen from Beeville to Goliad to Victoria, which is northwest of Corpus Christi. Three to five inches had fallen across coastal areas around Corpus. Three to five inch amounts were common west of Brownsville, with one inch amounts along the coast there.
Winter storm warnings are in effect for most of deep South Texas. Winter weather advisories extend along the coastal sections through Houson and into Southwest Louisiana.
A lot of lightning was identified in the Gulf about 100 miles offshore from Brownsville to Houston, indicating the strength of the intensifying low.
The heaviest snow on radar was moving into Cameron Parish, of Southwest Louisiana. Further east, radar returns were showing up over coastal sections of the state, but some of the precipitation was not yet reaching the ground. The precipitation was moistening the lower levels of the atmosphere and serving to cool the temperature through evaporative cooling. The combination of these two effects will allow snow, sleet and freezing rain to start reaching the ground in areas south of I-10.
If we can't have a White Christmas here in Alabama, we will live vicariously through the reports from Texas and Louisiana.
Merry Christmas everyone!
An amazing 6-10 inches of snow had fallen from Beeville to Goliad to Victoria, which is northwest of Corpus Christi. Three to five inches had fallen across coastal areas around Corpus. Three to five inch amounts were common west of Brownsville, with one inch amounts along the coast there.
Winter storm warnings are in effect for most of deep South Texas. Winter weather advisories extend along the coastal sections through Houson and into Southwest Louisiana.
A lot of lightning was identified in the Gulf about 100 miles offshore from Brownsville to Houston, indicating the strength of the intensifying low.
The heaviest snow on radar was moving into Cameron Parish, of Southwest Louisiana. Further east, radar returns were showing up over coastal sections of the state, but some of the precipitation was not yet reaching the ground. The precipitation was moistening the lower levels of the atmosphere and serving to cool the temperature through evaporative cooling. The combination of these two effects will allow snow, sleet and freezing rain to start reaching the ground in areas south of I-10.
If we can't have a White Christmas here in Alabama, we will live vicariously through the reports from Texas and Louisiana.
Merry Christmas everyone!