Fromt the NWS Corpus Christi in a 406 am Winter Weather Statement...
THIS HISTORIC CHRISTMAS WINTER STORM FOR SOUTH TEXAS HAS PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE REGION. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED FROM
FROM TILDEN AND SAN DIEGO NORTHEAST TO VICTORIA WHILE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAVE FALLEN OVER THE COASTAL BEND.
ALL ROADWAYS ARE SNOW AND ICE COVERED ACROSS THE REGION.
SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS THE AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED MANY ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE REGION. TRAVEL ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ONCE THE SUN APPEARS AS THE CLOUDS DIMINISH LATER THIS ORNING...THE ROADWAYS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE AS INSOLATION HEATS THE ROAD SURFACES.
A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for the Texas Coastal Bend area.
From the NWS Houston at 446am...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS EXTENDED THE WINTER WEATHER WARNING FOR AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF AN EDNA TO BAY CITY TO TEXAS CITY TO WINNIE LINE THROUGH 8 AM CHRISTMAS MORNING.
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE COASTAL BEND AREA WILL TRACK EAST-NORTHEAST INTO THE NORTHWEST GULF THIS MORNING. AS THIS FEATURE MOVES EAST THE SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END. THE TEMPERATURES AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING SHOULD BEGIN TO SLOWLY RISE AND END THE THREAT OF SNOW ACCUMULATING...THOUGH FLURRIES MAY CONTINUE THROUGH 9 OR 10 AM. WITH THE TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND FREEZING THE POSSIBILITY OF ICE ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS EXISTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ICY CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 OR LESS OF SNOW MAY BE
POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN JACKSON...MATAGORDA AND SOUTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTIES.
This Winter Weather Warning is something new for me...it doesn't even show up on the NWS Watch/Warning/Advisory Map. Guess it makes sense though.
From the NWS Austin/San Antonio...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
SNOW FLURRIES WILL END OVER THE AREA BETWEEN 5 AND 7 AM CST.
SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...OVER PARTS OF WILSON...GONZALES...LAVACA...DEWITT...KARNES AND ATASCOSA
COUNTIES.
EARLIER MEASURABLE SNOWFALL FELL ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
SOME AMOUNTS WERE FROM NEAR 1 TO 4 INCHES. THIS WILL REMAIN ON THE GROUND THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR AND BELOW FREEZING.
And in Louisiana...from the NWS Lake Charles...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF TODAY. MOISTURE FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL OVER-RIDE VERY COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL SLEET MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW... FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN TO MOVE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO ACADIANA THIS CHRISTMAS MORNING. WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...
ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL BE UP TO 1 INCH. ICE ACCUMULATION DUE TO MELTING SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 1/4 OF AN INCH.
MOST OF THE ICING WILL OCCUR ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE
LOUISIANA STATE POLICE TROOP I AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORT SOME BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES BEING CLOSED DUE TO ICING IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH LAFAYETTE ...NORTHERN VERMILION...WEST IBERIA AND
SAINT MARY PARISHES.
And in Southeast Louisiana...from NWS New Orleans...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.
COLD ARCTIC AIR IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING AS A DEEP
SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. THIS LOW WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING MOISTURE BACK OVER THE COLD DOME OF AIR NEAR
AT THE SURFACE RESULTING IN A WINTRY MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS ALONG THE TEXAS AND LOUISIANA COAST CONTINUE TO INDICATE LARGE AREAS OF RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET NEAR THE COAST CHANGING TO SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW INLAND. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH OF SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED AREAS UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE.
MODERATE SLEET MIXED WITH SOME RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING...EVENTUALLY CHANGING TO SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW AROUND DAYBREAK OR SHORTLY AFTER.
GENERAL ROAD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE INPACTED...BUT OVERPASSES AND BRIDGES MAY SEE SOME LIGHT ICEING CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY CLOSE TO FREEZING. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS OVER ELEVATED ROADWAYS MAY EXIST TODAY AND EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED WHEN TRAVELING.
Further east...interesting developments for southern Mississippi and Southwest Alabama....the SPC has issued a Winter Mesoscale Discussion this morning that indicates freezing rain may become a problem later this morning over those areas. We will monitor this breaking weather situation.
And even further east, as the low crosses Florida tonight and gets ready to swing upthe East Coast...a Winter Storm Watch has been issued for tonight and Sunday over a large part of the Carolinas and Georgia for up to two inches of snow in inland areas and a 1/10 to 2/10 inch of accumulation of ice/sleet/snow over coastal counties...
THIS HISTORIC CHRISTMAS WINTER STORM FOR SOUTH TEXAS HAS PRODUCED SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE REGION. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED FROM
FROM TILDEN AND SAN DIEGO NORTHEAST TO VICTORIA WHILE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAVE FALLEN OVER THE COASTAL BEND.
ALL ROADWAYS ARE SNOW AND ICE COVERED ACROSS THE REGION.
SEVERAL ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS THE AREA. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED MANY ACCIDENTS ACROSS THE REGION. TRAVEL ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND RIO GRANDE PLAINS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. ONCE THE SUN APPEARS AS THE CLOUDS DIMINISH LATER THIS ORNING...THE ROADWAYS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE AS INSOLATION HEATS THE ROAD SURFACES.
A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for the Texas Coastal Bend area.
From the NWS Houston at 446am...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LEAGUE CITY HAS EXTENDED THE WINTER WEATHER WARNING FOR AREAS MAINLY SOUTH OF AN EDNA TO BAY CITY TO TEXAS CITY TO WINNIE LINE THROUGH 8 AM CHRISTMAS MORNING.
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE COASTAL BEND AREA WILL TRACK EAST-NORTHEAST INTO THE NORTHWEST GULF THIS MORNING. AS THIS FEATURE MOVES EAST THE SNOW SHOULD COME TO AN END. THE TEMPERATURES AT OR JUST BELOW FREEZING SHOULD BEGIN TO SLOWLY RISE AND END THE THREAT OF SNOW ACCUMULATING...THOUGH FLURRIES MAY CONTINUE THROUGH 9 OR 10 AM. WITH THE TEMPERATURES HOVERING AROUND FREEZING THE POSSIBILITY OF ICE ON ELEVATED ROADWAYS EXISTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ICY CONDITIONS. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 OR LESS OF SNOW MAY BE
POSSIBLE IN SOUTHERN JACKSON...MATAGORDA AND SOUTHERN BRAZORIA COUNTIES.
This Winter Weather Warning is something new for me...it doesn't even show up on the NWS Watch/Warning/Advisory Map. Guess it makes sense though.
From the NWS Austin/San Antonio...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TX HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
SNOW FLURRIES WILL END OVER THE AREA BETWEEN 5 AND 7 AM CST.
SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS MORNING...MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...OVER PARTS OF WILSON...GONZALES...LAVACA...DEWITT...KARNES AND ATASCOSA
COUNTIES.
EARLIER MEASURABLE SNOWFALL FELL ACROSS THESE COUNTIES.
SOME AMOUNTS WERE FROM NEAR 1 TO 4 INCHES. THIS WILL REMAIN ON THE GROUND THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR AND BELOW FREEZING.
And in Louisiana...from the NWS Lake Charles...
A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF TODAY. MOISTURE FROM THIS SYSTEM WILL OVER-RIDE VERY COLD AIR AT THE SURFACE. THIS WILL CAUSE OCCASIONAL SLEET MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW... FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN TO MOVE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO ACADIANA THIS CHRISTMAS MORNING. WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING...
ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL BE UP TO 1 INCH. ICE ACCUMULATION DUE TO MELTING SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 1/4 OF AN INCH.
MOST OF THE ICING WILL OCCUR ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE
LOUISIANA STATE POLICE TROOP I AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORT SOME BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES BEING CLOSED DUE TO ICING IN PORTIONS OF SOUTH LAFAYETTE ...NORTHERN VERMILION...WEST IBERIA AND
SAINT MARY PARISHES.
And in Southeast Louisiana...from NWS New Orleans...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA.
COLD ARCTIC AIR IS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING AS A DEEP
SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. THIS LOW WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR BRINGING MOISTURE BACK OVER THE COLD DOME OF AIR NEAR
AT THE SURFACE RESULTING IN A WINTRY MIXTURE OF RAIN...FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADARS ALONG THE TEXAS AND LOUISIANA COAST CONTINUE TO INDICATE LARGE AREAS OF RAIN MIXED WITH SLEET NEAR THE COAST CHANGING TO SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW INLAND. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH OF SLEET AND SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED AREAS UP TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE.
MODERATE SLEET MIXED WITH SOME RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING...EVENTUALLY CHANGING TO SLEET MIXED WITH SNOW AROUND DAYBREAK OR SHORTLY AFTER.
GENERAL ROAD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE INPACTED...BUT OVERPASSES AND BRIDGES MAY SEE SOME LIGHT ICEING CONDITIONS DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY CLOSE TO FREEZING. HAZARDOUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS OVER ELEVATED ROADWAYS MAY EXIST TODAY AND EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED WHEN TRAVELING.
Further east...interesting developments for southern Mississippi and Southwest Alabama....the SPC has issued a Winter Mesoscale Discussion this morning that indicates freezing rain may become a problem later this morning over those areas. We will monitor this breaking weather situation.
And even further east, as the low crosses Florida tonight and gets ready to swing upthe East Coast...a Winter Storm Watch has been issued for tonight and Sunday over a large part of the Carolinas and Georgia for up to two inches of snow in inland areas and a 1/10 to 2/10 inch of accumulation of ice/sleet/snow over coastal counties...