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1369

11-27-2009, 02:46 PM

From this mornings NWS forecast discussion...

BOTH THE 00Z GFS AND ECMWF SOLUTIONS BRING A 550-555DAM 500MB LOW
INTO WEST TEXAS ON TUESDAY AND ACROSS OUR AREA TUESDAY NIGHT. THE
ECMWF IS A TAD SLOWER AND DEEPER WITH THE LOW...WHICH WOULD BE
MORE SNOW FAVORABLE...AND FOR A GREATER PORTION OF OUR AREA.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS FROM THE 00Z GFS40 SHOW A CLASSIC "SNOW
SOUNDING" FOR POINTS IN THE NORTHERN HILL COUNTRY AND EDWARDS
PLATEAU LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER LOW MOVES OVERHEAD. THE
THEME HERE IS INCREASING CONFIDENCE IN OUR FORECAST OF FROZEN
PRECIP TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY FOR PORTIONS OF OUR AREA.

exstatic

11-27-2009, 04:09 PM

Shaolin-Style

11-27-2009, 04:20 PM

I wish.

But then again, people can barely drive right when it rains here, all hell will break loose if it snows.

MavTalker

11-27-2009, 06:05 PM

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p55/RackTheMouse/77777.gif

mardigan

11-27-2009, 06:06 PM

I hope, I miss the snow.

MannyIsGod

11-27-2009, 11:08 PM

Far more likely up in the Hill Country than here. Just gotta wait to see how the models shape up over the weekend. The upper air dynamics do look fairly promising though.

JudynTX

11-28-2009, 03:22 PM

I can only wish. :(

phyzik

11-28-2009, 07:44 PM

I wish.

But then again, people can barely drive right when it rains here, all hell will break loose if it snows.

I remember back in 85/86 when it Snowed, I would sit at the bottom of my street and watch cars slide down into the ditch. :lol

Spursmania

11-28-2009, 11:50 PM

Wouldn't it be nice if it really snowed? I know I'm dreaming:lol

marini martini

11-29-2009, 12:53 AM

It's not so cute when it freezes in da Hill Country, and you have no electricity and can't shower or flush. Also can't leave your road to go to da store to get da groceries.:(

BlackSwordsMan

11-29-2009, 02:45 AM

never seen snow in my life

sabar

11-29-2009, 03:09 AM

Hopefully don't see any frozen precipitation. Ice sucks. Everything is wet, its too cold to do anything outdoors other than mess around, everything gets canceled, power goes out, there's a bunch of tree bark and junk to clean, so on and so forth.

Evil Angel

11-29-2009, 06:34 AM

No snow next week. And that's a great thing! If you want snow don't hope for it here, MOVE! :lol

Seriously, pretty when falling and after first on the ground, but all downhill after that.

CubanMustGo

11-29-2009, 09:46 AM

It's not so cute when it freezes in da Hill Country, and you have no electricity and can't shower or flush. Also can't leave your road to go to da store to get da groceries.:(

Wait six hours and it will all melt.

exstatic

11-29-2009, 09:59 AM

Wait six hours and it will all melt.

Actually, the last ice storm we had closed my work for two days, and that was in the city. It was probably worse and longer in the HC.

Wild Cobra

11-29-2009, 11:42 AM

Doubtful, although sleet wouldn't be out of the question. It takes just the right conditions for actual snow here, and those conditions usually happen in Jan or Feb.

I've lived here 25+ years, and it's snowed on three days, and two of those three were in 1985, so don't get your hopes up. All three of those days were also in Jan or Feb. We get crappy winter weather sometimes, but it's usually sleety shit or frozen rain as a precursor to an ice storm.
Last winter, everyone freaked out [it seems] as if they never saw snow before. I guess they got so used to global warming, they forgot what snow was. This year, I expect it to be worse than last year, and I will really be pissed if the city libtards running the place aren't ready like last year for it. How hard is it to stick fine crushed grave, street deicer, and to keep the vehicles serviceable? Last years snow should have been plowed, deiced, streets graveled etc. to make it only a 2 day hardship on drivers. Because of lack of preparedness, in an area that historically has such weather, we had weeks of troubling commutes.

I would like to think they learned from last year, but we are talking about the liberals who run Portland...

balli

11-29-2009, 11:47 AM

Cobra, you're so fucking stupid.

Oh and quit depending on the government.

Wild Cobra

11-29-2009, 12:51 PM

Cobra, you're so fucking stupid.

Oh and quit depending on the government.
LOL...

There are certain things we do expect our tax dollars to wisely be spent on.

However... Since government primarily fucks things up, I sure am glad I don't get as much government as I pay for!

MavTalker

11-29-2009, 01:50 PM

Last winter, everyone freaked out [it seems] as if they never saw snow before. .

Are you sure that was real snow? What does Myth Busters have to say?

JudynTX

11-30-2009, 02:33 PM

So is it going to snow or what?

Evil Angel

11-30-2009, 02:53 PM

So is it going to snow or what?

Do you watch the news or look at weather sites?

Weather link for pandas... (http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=San+Antonio&state=TX&site=EWX&textField1=29.4577&textField2=-98.5054)

Hell no it will not snow. :nope

JudynTX

11-30-2009, 02:56 PM

Do you watch the news or look at weather sites?

Weather link for pandas... (http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=San+Antonio&state=TX&site=EWX&textField1=29.4577&textField2=-98.5054)

Hell no it will not snow. :nope

:depressed I hate getting teased like this.

Shelly

12-01-2009, 06:34 PM

They are predicting it for Friday! The high is only going to be 35. Nothing is supposed to stick, though.

And FYI, Mountain Cedar has crept back in :(

Frenzy

12-01-2009, 07:44 PM

My son has yet to play in snow...much less seen it up close. This is san antonio.

The devils ear wax...weather wise.

MannyIsGod

12-01-2009, 08:17 PM

AS THE LOW MOVES OFF TO THE EAST...IT WILL OPEN THE GATE (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=GATE) FOR
ANOTHER WAVE OF COLD AIR TO COME FROM THE NORTHWEST THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT. FORECAST SOLUTIONS SHOW INCREASING CHANCES OF
COLD RAIN DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY...LIMITING ANY TYPE OF DAYTIME
WARMING FOR FRIDAY. THE NORTHERN PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...
MAINLY THE HILL COUNTRY TO ADJACENT PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS COULD
HAVE SOME SNOW AND SLEET MIXED WITH THE COLD RAIN ON
FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLD RAIN MAKING WEATHER SYSTEM FRIDAY
WILL BE MOVING AT A QUICKER PACE...SO EXPECT COLD RAIN OR
PRECIPITATION TO END FROM THE WEST LATE FRIDAY THROUGHDepends on how cold the air is. The upper level low passing us right now is really big so it could possibly pull down a lot of cold air. We'll see.

The Red Hood

12-01-2009, 09:14 PM

They are predicting it for Friday! The high is only going to be 35. Nothing is supposed to stick, though.

And FYI, Mountain Cedar has crept back in :(
35 for a high is just crazy. :wow 27 for a low on Saturday.

CubanMustGo

12-01-2009, 11:07 PM

Nothing in the current forecast for snow in SA/Austin ... but in Houston! 40% chance Friday during the day, 30% at night w/lows in the upper 20s.

MannyIsGod

12-01-2009, 11:29 PM

Nothing in the current forecast for snow in SA/Austin ... but in Houston! 40% chance Friday during the day, 30% at night w/lows in the upper 20s.

It is in the forecast discussion - at least the mention of the possibility. Just gotta watch and see how things develop but there is a chance for some right now (don't expect anything to stick).

MannyIsGod

12-01-2009, 11:36 PM

I'm looking at the GFS temp plots and basically I doubt it gets cold enough Friday morning for San Antonio, but Friday night if there is enough moisture around then we might see something.

The timing is really really close and 3 days out there is a lot that can change. Something fun for people like me to watch though.

MannyIsGod

12-01-2009, 11:40 PM

http://www.rap.ucar.edu/weather/model/gfs072hr_sfc_ptyp.gif

For what its worth, thats the latest rough GFS breakdown of precipitation type and it shows SA in the snow sector Friday evening.

MannyIsGod

12-02-2009, 05:53 AM

THE SHORT-WAVE WILL ROTATE AROUND THE BASE OF THE
TROUGH (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=TROUGH) LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. MOISTURE (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=MOISTURE) WILL COME BACK INTO THE
AREA ON SOUTHERLY MID LEVEL WINDS. STRONG UPPER LEVEL (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=UPPER%20LEVEL) DYNAMICS (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=DYNAMICS)
ASSOCIATED WITH A JET STREAK (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=JET%20STREAK) AND THE SHORT-WAVE IS INDICATED.
EXPECT PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT,
BECOME WIDESPREAD DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY, AND THEN END FRIDAY
EVENING. DUE TO ONGOING COLD ADVECTION (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=ADVECTION), FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW A
MIX OF RAIN/SNOW EARLY, THEN ALL SNOW AS THE EVENT DEVELOPS.
CONFIDENCE IS BUILDING THAT THERE WILL BE SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION
ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS DUE TO
DEVELOPING CONSENSUS AMONG THE MODELS AND ENSEMBLES (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=ENSEMBLES). FOR NOW, WILL
GO WITH UP TO 2 INCHES. HOWEVER, SOME MODELS/ENSEMBLES (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=ENSEMBLES) ARE SHOWING
UP TO 4 INCHES AND HPC (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=HPC) IS INDICATING A SLIGHT RISK (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=SLIGHT%20RISK) OF GREATER THAN
4 INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY TO NEAR THE AUSTIN AREA.
LATER FORECASTS MAY HAVE TO INCREASE THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ANDWow!!! Thats from the discussion this morning. Should be fun to watch the models over the next day but we're only 48 hours out and from them to be that bullish on the forcast has to make you think there's a really good chance to see this happen.

bigzak25

12-02-2009, 05:58 AM

this would be really cool!

Evil Angel

12-02-2009, 08:19 AM

:rolleyes The forecast seems to have changed a bit. Hopefully it will change yet again.
I hate snow! And the area is not prepared to deal with it at all. Throw a little sand/dirt on bridges and call it a day.
If it does, I'm staying home and getting wrecked. Better then doing so on the road...

JudynTX

12-02-2009, 08:49 AM

Wow!!! Thats from the discussion this morning. Should be fun to watch the models over the next day but we're only 48 hours out and from them to be that bullish on the forcast has to make you think there's a really good chance to see this happen.

So are you saying there's a slight chance? :D

CubanMustGo

12-02-2009, 09:21 AM

Soul_Patch

12-02-2009, 03:16 PM

According to weather underground. They are putting the chance of snow on friday at 70% temps in the 20s and 30s all day.

Could get interesting. Makes me glad i work from home.

MannyIsGod

12-02-2009, 03:16 PM

Yeah, the guidance really changed overnight.

Of course, I'm in Houston this week and scheduled to drive back Friday afternoon. Could make for a very interesting trip - at least there aren't too many overpasses on 290 once you get outside of Houston.

It actually didn't change that much. They just don't like to forecast snow here for obvious reasons, so when they do you know its very likely.

Slomo

12-02-2009, 04:37 PM

Wow, good call!

I just arrived in Zurich, and yes there's snow!

Good job 1369!

:D

MannyIsGod

12-02-2009, 05:31 PM

THE LARGE TROUGH (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=TROUGH) TAKING SHAPE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL LIFT
NE OVER THE NEXT 48-72H. AT THE SAME TIME...SHORTWAVE (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=SHORTWAVE) ENERGY WILL
MOVE AROUND THE BASE...ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES THURSDAY AND
ACROSS OUR AREA FRIDAY. A COASTAL TROUGH (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=TROUGH) IS FORECAST TO DEEPEN
THURSDAY NIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THE APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=UPPER%20LEVEL) SHORT
WAVE TROUGH (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=TROUGH). THE FORECAST POSITION AND MAGNITUDE OF THE COASTAL
TROUGH (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=TROUGH) WILL BE A BIG PLAYER IN THE SNOW FORECAST. THERE ARE SOME
DIFFERENCES AMONG THE 12Z MODEL SUITE WITH REGARD TO THE COASTAL
TROUGH (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=TROUGH)...WITH THE 12Z GFS (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=GFS) MORE BULLISH ON THE QPF (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=QPF)...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS OUR SE COUNTIES. THE 12Z GFS (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=GFS) FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR OUR SE
COUNTIES SHOW CLASSIC SNOW TRACES FRIDAY...SO PRECIP WILL LIKELY (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=LIKELY)
BE ALL SNOW. OUR FORECAST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE GENERALLY A BLEND
OF THE 12Z NAM12 AND GFS40 SNOWFALL AMOUNT OUTPUT...MINUS A
QUARTER TO HALF INCH FOR ANTICIPATED MELTING. WILL PASS ON A
WINTER STORM WATCH (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=WATCH) FOR NOW GIVEN OUR FORECAST AMOUNTS AND
UNCERTAINTY WITH FORECAST COASTAL TROUGH (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=TROUGH) EVOLUTION...BUT A WATCH (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=WATCH)
MAY BE NECESSARY WITH LATER MODEL RUNS. FOR NOW...HAVE UPDATED THE
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND CREATED WEB GRAPHICS TO HIGHLIGHT
THE SNOW FORECAST. IN ADDITION...A HARD FREEZE (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=FREEZE) IS FORECAST FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING AND A FREEZE (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=FREEZE) WARNING (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=WARNING) WILL LIKELY (http://forecast.weather.gov/glossary.php?word=LIKELY) BE
REQUIRED.

Soundings are the temperature profiles of the atmosphere. We get ice because a lot of the time there is cold air at the suface but overrunning warm air. There is cold air all the way up so anything that falls will start as snow and either melt on the way down or stay as snow until it hits the ground. It doesn't take much moisture at all to make a few inches of snow (1 inch of rain can make about a foot of snow if I remember correctly) so any moisture we get can make this happen.

tw05baller

12-02-2009, 11:25 PM

wow, crazy

desflood

12-02-2009, 11:50 PM

Chance of snow on Friday at 70%

This. Is. Awesome.

Das Texan

12-03-2009, 01:27 AM

Guess I'm driving my ass into town tomorrow instead of Friday.

Aint gonna miss the first real snow in San Antonio for the first time in what? 23 years?

exstatic

12-03-2009, 08:13 AM

Guess I'm driving my ass into town tomorrow instead of Friday.

Aint gonna miss the first real snow in San Antonio for the first time in what? 23 years?

Naw, the streak was broken in 2003. We got snow over Valentine's day weekend and it stuck for 24+ hours.

JudynTX

12-03-2009, 09:00 AM

:D

Get ready for some of the white stuff — followed by a blast of chilly Canadian air.

Up to an inch of snow is expected to fall on San Antonio on Friday.

The National Weather Service on Wednesday predicted that an upper-level disturbance will begin moving across the Hill Country and South Central Texas tonight. Snow is expected to begin Friday morning, followed by an unusually early hard freeze, in the mid-20s, by Saturday morning.

Officials with the city, the Texas Department of Transportation and area school districts are bracing for the wintry weather. Decisions about schedule changes and closures are pending, based on an evolving forecast.

“A rather vigorous weather system is coming at us from the north, bringing some pretty cool, almost cold Canadian temperatures and weather,” NWS forecaster Joe Baskin said. “There's a lot that can change between now and then.”

The weather service predicts that Bexar County has a 60 percent to 70 percent chance of receiving a half-inch to an inch of snowfall Friday.

The record for earliest measurable snowfall is Nov. 23, 1957, when 0.3 inches fell, according to the weather service.

In the past, trace amounts of snow have been detected as early as Nov. 8.

Light flurries might begin during Friday's morning commute and accumulate through the evening. Most of the snow was expected to fall between noon and 6 p.m.

In the San Antonio area, temperatures are expected to peak at 38 degrees before 7 a.m. Friday, drop to the low 30s by the evening and hit freezing or below by midnight.

Baskin said ground temperatures would initially be warm enough to melt any snow. The weather service expects only limited ice in the form of sleet or freezing rain.

“Even though the snowfall is a significant thing, it's not going to be nearly as significant as the cold temperatures on Saturday morning,” Baskin said. He said temperatures will drop to about 25 degrees between 4 a.m. and 7 a.m. Saturday, making the season's first freeze an unusually hard one.

“We don't generally get a hard freeze as our initial freeze,” Baskin said. “Usually, we don't get the hard freezes until the end of January.”

Baskin recommended that residents bring in their pets and cover or move plants indoors. They also should prepare their pipes for cold weather or allow water to drip from outdoor faucets.

City and TxDOT officials said they are prepared to spray a liquid de-icing chemical on roads, especially ramps and bridges, if ice is predicted. TxDOT spokeswoman Laura Lopez said sand and crushed rock also could be used in worst-case scenarios to keep roadways from becoming slick.

The de-icing chemical that would be used, magnesium chloride, is the same one used to prevent slick roads last December, Lopez said. Nearly 400 accidents occurred after the de-icer was used, but Lopez said there is nothing wrong with the chemical.

“What happened last year is we were expecting temperatures to drop below 32 with precipitation,” she said. “The temperatures did not drop, and there was no precipitation. It was a judgment call because if we didn't put anything down, ice would have formed and there would have been accidents.”

School districts also will keep an eye on the weather and likely would make decisions on delays or cancellations early Friday, officials said. And while students might be longing for a snow day, Pascual Gonzalez, spokesman for Northside Independent School District, said that if school is canceled, the day will have to be made up later.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/Up_to_two_inches_of_snowfall_predicted_Friday.html

Evil Angel

12-03-2009, 09:21 AM

[/URL][url]http://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=TXZ205&warncounty=TXC029&firewxzone=TXZ205&local_place1=San+Antonio+TX&product1=Special+Weather+Statement (http://spurstalk.com/forums/NOAA%20weather%20statement)

We can only hope that this is going to change. This is from 544 this morning and will change later today.

544 AM CST THU DEC 3 2009

...SNOW AND COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS FRIDAY...

...HARD FREEZE EXPECTED ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND SOUTH CENTRAL
TEXAS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE HILL COUNTRY AND
SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS ON FRIDAY. ENOUGH COLD AIR WILL BE PRESENT
THAT PRECIPITATION WILL BE SNOW...EXCEPT BRIEFLY RAIN ACROSS
SOUTHERN AREAS EARLY FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT OVER THE EDWARDS PLATEAU INTO THE WESTERN HILL COUNTRY. IT
WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. THE SNOW WILL END FRIDAY EVENING
AS THE DISTURBANCE MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. CLOUDY SKIES AND SNOW
WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S ALL DAY.

MODELS SHOW LIMITED ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE MAKING SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
UNCERTAIN. HOWEVER...CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL
RANGE FROM LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH ALONG THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS TO
UP TO TWO INCHES ACROSS THE EASTERN HILL COUNTRY AND EASTERN PARTS
OF SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL LIKELY BE
ISSUED LATER TODAY FOR FRIDAY.

CubanMustGo

12-03-2009, 10:49 AM

since last night they have shifted the heavier snowfall to the east ... if that trend continues (e.g. the low pressure system travels further east than originally thought) we may get very little.

Drachen

12-03-2009, 12:19 PM

td4mvp21

12-03-2009, 12:57 PM

That is exciting for San Antonio. I'm hoping we get some down here in Corpus but they are saying it's pretty unlikely for any sort of accumulation. Then again, they said the same thing before it snowed 6 inches on Christmas in '04, if I remember correctly.

MannyIsGod

12-03-2009, 04:18 PM

Each model run is getting drier. At this rate we may end up with nothing but flurries if that.

spursfan09

12-03-2009, 04:34 PM

Dang that sucks. I was looking forward to snow!

JudynTX

12-03-2009, 04:34 PM

Each model run is getting drier. At this rate we may end up with nothing but flurries if that.

:bang :bang :bang

MannyIsGod

12-03-2009, 04:36 PM

the Oz and 6z runs were dries, 12z was slightly wetter. 18z run is being output right now so we'll see what that says.

Shelly

12-03-2009, 04:39 PM

Each model run is getting drier. At this rate we may end up with nothing but flurries if that.

you just disappointed me, Manny *sniff* :cry

jcrod

12-03-2009, 04:40 PM

Sucks.

RGMCSE

12-03-2009, 04:42 PM

You just broke my fucking heart! I was looking forward to having off tomorrow. SHIT!!! DAMM!!!

Rob

MannyIsGod

12-03-2009, 11:10 PM

Latest NAM looks pretty dry in SA but has a band of heavier snow between Austin and Fredricksburg. GFS is showing pretty much the same. Doesn't take much to make it snow in the form of moisture, but everything looks very dry.

Cross your fingers, but really flurries is about all you should expect.

mouse

12-03-2009, 11:18 PM

There will be some pissed off Mexicans in the morning!

http://s.ecrater.com/stores/46457/4840308c857a8_46457n.jpg

phyzik

12-04-2009, 12:16 AM

I'm still hoping I can use this as an excuse to miss work tomorrow....

high-powered V8 + RWD + almost bald tires + Ice/snow = perfect excuse :lol

kbrury

12-04-2009, 12:39 AM

just need some rain to freeze and hopefully class will be canceled.

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 07:38 AM

Snow falling right now north of Del Rio and just west of Junction. Band is moving south east at a decent clip. If this makes it to SA then most of you will be happy.

On the coast its already raining so if you live near Mookie you might see a good amount of snow later today too. Easjer and Houstonians will make off the best I think though.

JudynTX

12-04-2009, 09:03 AM

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 09:28 AM

the area of snowfall looks like its breaking up as it moves east. Air is pretty dry out there so there's not much to squeeze out. Should be in SA before in 3-4 hours if it holds together but man the radar looks weak.

Its around the Junction area right now.

On the other hand towards the coast looks like there's a good amount of moisture and as the air gets colder it should start to turn from rain to snow later today.

Build a snowman, Mookie.

Dex

12-04-2009, 09:35 AM

Motherfuckers. It's gonna snow today and I'm going to be stuck watching it from my GD office.

Thunder Dan

12-04-2009, 10:10 AM

it hasn't even snowed here in Ohio yet this year

katyon6th

12-04-2009, 10:12 AM

I wore my Uggs today just in case!!

:elephant

desflood

12-04-2009, 10:12 AM

If it doesn't snow I am going to cry.

easjer

12-04-2009, 10:14 AM

It is in fact snowing right now.

Still melting on the ground, but they are saying on the weather that it will likely stick and to expect 1-3 inches in the city.

Crazy, no? I walked through the falling snow to get to my office. I wish they'd shut us down, but apparently not. A lot of schools are closing early; the worst is supposed to be here around noon.

Big, fat flakes. Even me, who didn't want it, is sort of enchanted by it.

DisgruntledLionFan#54,927

12-04-2009, 10:16 AM

No snow here in MI, either. It's actually pretty disappointing.

I cut my grass this week. I don't remember ever having to cut my grass later than Halloween.

katyon6th

12-04-2009, 10:19 AM

Thunder Dan

12-04-2009, 10:19 AM

If it doesn't snow I am going to cry.

it's funny how different people react to snow because of where they live. People who aren't used to it want it to snow, yet they normally live in that region where it doesn't because it doesn't snow regularly there. Like they wouldn't move North so they could see snow. Conversely, the people who normally choose to live in the areas where it snows hate snow. Like I hate snow, but I don't think I would ever move somewhere where it doesn't snow because I like all the seasons. Yet if it snows here today I'm pissed off. Like my girlfriend in college grew up in Miami and loved it when it snowed here and couldn't get enough of it. She moved to California a couple years ago because "It doesn't snow there"

No snow here in MI, either. It's actually pretty disappointing.

I cut my grass this week. I don't remember ever having to cut my grass later than Halloween.

it was like 65 degree here a couple weeks ago. I think it was 60 last weekend

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 10:25 AM

That snow band coming in from the west just look weaker and weaker with each new frame from the radar. They just switched the New Braunfels radar to snow mode and its showing something just south of SA in Atascosa county though and that seems to be spreading up into South San Antonio (near the Police Academy - Palo Alto area) but who knows if thats really falling and hitting the ground.

DisgruntledLionFan#54,927

12-04-2009, 10:25 AM

JudynTX

12-04-2009, 10:26 AM

Thunder Dan

12-04-2009, 10:29 AM

I don't mind the snow at all.

Blowing snow coupled with negative wind chills? Yeah, that sucks.

People who drive normally, 65-70 on the freeway while on their cell, when it's snowing? Yeah, they suck, too.

I remember last year in February there was a weekend when the high was -2 degrees. I remember havign to put on 4 layers just to take the dog out. That was the coldest I've ever been in my life. You remember that weekend? I'm sure Michigan had the same thing if not worse

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 10:32 AM

I remember last year in February there was a weekend when the high was -2 degrees. I remember havign to put on 4 layers just to take the dog out. That was the coldest I've ever been in my life. You remember that weekend? I'm sure Michigan had the same thing if not worse

Imagine taking off from San Antonio where it was 60 degrees last January, flying to Denver where it was 70 degrees - then boarding another plane to Michigan where it was -10 degrees. I lost 80 fucking degrees in 2 1/2 hours. It was brutal.

The first breath of that air that I took literally made me choke.

easjer

12-04-2009, 10:32 AM

I don't mind the snow at all.

Blowing snow coupled with negative wind chills? Yeah, that sucks.

People who drive normally, 65-70 on the freeway while on their cell, when it's snowing? Yeah, they suck, too.

That is what is making me most nervous (and why I want work to close - though my boss just announced that if it hits 32 - it is 35 right now - she is sending us home) - people here drive crazy in pouring rain and don't know how to drive in snow/winter conditions.

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 10:33 AM

http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=DFX&type=N0R

desflood

12-04-2009, 10:33 AM

it's funny how different people react to snow because of where they live. People who aren't used to it want it to snow, yet they normally live in that region where it doesn't because it doesn't snow regularly there. Like they wouldn't move North so they could see snow. Conversely, the people who normally choose to live in the areas where it snows hate snow. Like I hate snow, but I don't think I would ever move somewhere where it doesn't snow because I like all the seasons. Yet if it snows here today I'm pissed off. Like my girlfriend in college grew up in Miami and loved it when it snowed here and couldn't get enough of it. She moved to California a couple years ago because "It doesn't snow there"
I grew up in Michigan and always loved having a white Christmas, but the last one I got to have was in 1995 :( Now we have to move wherever the AF tells us to go, which so far has been San Antonio and southern California. Zero snow in both places.

That snow band coming in from the west just look weaker and weaker with each new frame from the radar. They just switched the New Braunfels radar to snow mode and its showing something just south of SA in Atascosa county though and that seems to be spreading up into South San Antonio (near the Police Academy - Palo Alto area) but who knows if thats really falling and hitting the ground.
You're like the Grinch, Manny - delivering bad news so close to Christmas.

The Red Hood

12-04-2009, 10:34 AM

DisgruntledLionFan#54,927

12-04-2009, 10:34 AM

Didn't you try to brave that weather in a leather jacket, Manny?

I have to admit, I did laugh at that.

A lot.

Jekka

12-04-2009, 10:37 AM

No snow here in MI, either. It's actually pretty disappointing.

I cut my grass this week. I don't remember ever having to cut my grass later than Halloween.

We had some snow in Ann Arbor last night - didn't stick, but we had a good hour of it. It's supposed to snow in Oklahoma while I'm there next week. Go figure.

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 10:37 AM

Jess made me buy a real coat. I'm using it today as a matter of fact. I probably would have died had I only taken that leather jacket of mine. Shit is perfect for San Antonio, not so much for that bullshit you call Winter up there.

desflood

12-04-2009, 10:38 AM

Smart girl.

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 10:40 AM

Des what side of town do you live on? I think its snowing on the south-east side right now. Depending on how bad you want to see it its jut a car ride away :lol

Jekka

12-04-2009, 10:40 AM

Imagine taking off from San Antonio where it was 60 degrees last January, flying to Denver where it was 70 degrees - then boarding another plane to Michigan where it was -10 degrees. I lost 80 fucking degrees in 2 1/2 hours. It was brutal.

The first breath of that air that I took literally made me choke.

Yes, but the look of sheer shock on your face was pretty priceless.

RGMCSE

12-04-2009, 10:40 AM

Cocksucker motherfucker!!!!! I'm so jealous right now. If we had snow here, I was going to go to the closest golf course to play a round in the snow. A stogie, spiced rum and my driver!

Rob

desflood

12-04-2009, 10:40 AM

DisgruntledLionFan#54,927

12-04-2009, 10:41 AM

I'm sure that was a Kodak moment.

desflood

12-04-2009, 10:42 AM

Des what side of town do you live on? I think its snowing on the south-east side right now. Depending on how bad you want to see it its jut a car ride away :lol
Yeah... I think maybe even to see snow it's not worth going anywhere near the south side :lol

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 10:43 AM

Des, its a picture from her stay in Yellowstone. But to keep in the spirit of the thread I hiked a peak there in June (or maybe May - can't remember - probably the end of May) and I had to wade through 2 feet of snow.

I've seen more snow in the last year than I the rest of my life 10 fold.

Jekka

12-04-2009, 10:43 AM

Jekka, I have to ask about your avatar - is that something that you actually saw? In certain parts of MI, that's actually somewhat common. Just go a little further north and it's a moose instead of a bison.

Yup, I spent the summer interning at the Yellowstone Research Library, so bison jams were pretty frequent. It took FOREVER for me to see a freaking moose out there, and I was in the UP in late October and didn't see any moose up there either. Apparently I am moose repellent.

katyon6th

12-04-2009, 10:44 AM

Des what side of town do you live on? I think its snowing on the south-east side right now. Depending on how bad you want to see it its jut a car ride away :lol

Has it hit Floresville?

easjer

12-04-2009, 10:45 AM

You live in San Antonio?

Snow falling right now north of Del Rio and just west of Junction. Band is moving south east at a decent clip. If this makes it to SA then most of you will be happy.

On the coast its already raining so if you live near Mookie you might see a good amount of snow later today too. Easjer and Houstonians will make off the best I think though.

Nope. :lol

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 10:46 AM

Katy - maybe. Call your home and find out! The radar is really flaky for these things unless they're heavy because light snow barely shows up.

katyon6th

12-04-2009, 10:48 AM

It's my mom's aerobics hour. No way she's going to answer the phone right now.

Soul_Patch

12-04-2009, 10:49 AM

Looks like we are stuck in the middle of the dry area.

raining/snowing south east and north west of us...

http://i48.tinypic.com/2yodam8.jpg

spurs_2108

12-04-2009, 10:51 AM

Friend say they see flurries in Floresville.

DisgruntledLionFan#54,927

12-04-2009, 10:52 AM

Freezing rain? I'm sure that's a pleasure to navigate in TX.

katyon6th

12-04-2009, 10:53 AM

Yeah, spurs_2108, just got off the phone with my mom. Flurries galore in Floresville!

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 10:53 AM

Looks like we are stuck in the middle of the dry area.

raining/snowing south east and north west of us...

http://i48.tinypic.com/2yodam8.jpg

Definetly snowing in places that map doesn't show. Thats the problem with most of the regular radar products.

Check this

http://www.intellicast.com/National/Nexrad/BaseReflectivity.aspx?location=USTX0145&animate=true

Jekka

12-04-2009, 10:55 AM

Freezing rain? I'm sure that's a pleasure to navigate in TX.

Valentine's Day of 2004 we had freezing rain and an ice storm ... the roads were hell. HELL. People are crazy.

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 10:55 AM

I know SA will NOT see any freezing rain today. Its going to be either snow or bust. I think the coastal areas had rain earlier and they might still have rain but its not going to freeze. Its too warm at the ground that rain is starting off as snow but melting as it comes down into warmer air. There is no warm air aloft to cause freezing rain.

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 10:56 AM

Yeah, spurs_2108, just got off the phone with my mom. Flurries galore in Floresville!

Pretty neat. Might not be too bad as the system gets closer then. Hopefully we get flurries at the least even if nothing sticks.

If I'm going to freeze my ass off like this its the least that the weather can do.

Soul_Patch

12-04-2009, 10:59 AM

All i got is wind and cold in the NW side of town. Culebra and 1604 area.

katyon6th

12-04-2009, 10:59 AM

Yes, Manny, flurries at the very least would justify me wearing these fucking Uggs.

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 11:00 AM

Nothing will justify you wearing Uggs but thats another thread.

Soul_Patch

12-04-2009, 11:00 AM

I dated a girl for 7 years from Floresville...fuck that place... ;)

katyon6th

12-04-2009, 11:01 AM

Fuck you too!

JudynTX

12-04-2009, 11:01 AM

Flurries in Jourdanton.

ashbeeigh

12-04-2009, 11:07 AM

Nothing will justify you wearing Uggs but thats another thread.

fuck that. I've worn my UGGs 5 days straight. And where the hell is my snow?

easjer

12-04-2009, 11:12 AM

It's really coming down right now. It's melting when it hits something, but it's still big fluffy Hallmark movie style snow coming down.

JudynTX

12-04-2009, 11:13 AM

Take pics!!!!!!

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 11:14 AM

Yeah Houston has a ton of moisture to work with. We're not that far form the Gulf but we might as well be in New Mexico the way the winds are blowing.

lebomb

12-04-2009, 11:16 AM

Just took this pic with my cellphone............looking out my front window. Im at 1604 and Bandera area.

http://www.wsd1.org/pc_science/Weather/blizzardretouched.jpg

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 11:16 AM

New small band forming over the last few frames near Bandera. Don't want to get anyone's hopes too far up but if that band keeps growing its good for northern SA snow chances.

IF.

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 11:17 AM

Just took this pic with my cellphone............looking out my front window. Im at 1604 and Bandera area.

http://www.wsd1.org/pc_science/Weather/blizzardretouched.jpg

:lmao

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 11:24 AM

SW side might be getting flurries now (South Park Mall area).

JudynTX

12-04-2009, 11:26 AM

Just took this pic with my cellphone............looking out my front window. Im at 1604 and Bandera area.

http://www.wsd1.org/pc_science/Weather/blizzardretouched.jpg

I almost believed that shit. :lol

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 11:29 AM

If the band out to the west does make it - and it does look like it will - don't expect anything to stick.

easjer

12-04-2009, 11:30 AM

My bosses are releasing us, but I'm not leaving yet as I have stuff to finish first that I can't do at home. But I'm relieved to know I can leave if I want to. I don't think SFIE can though, which is problematic.

ashbeeigh

12-04-2009, 11:30 AM

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 11:31 AM

Hopefully you guys get home ok Easjer. I don't think the roads will be too bad but I know how you fuckers in Houston drive so who knows. Becareful.

katyon6th

12-04-2009, 11:32 AM

I just got off the phone with my mom who lives in Floresville. Our conversation went like this:

Mom: Tingting, I see flurries outside!!!!
Me: I'm so jealous!
Mom: I made homemade potato soup and homemade french bread.
Me: I'm so jealous!!
Mom: Oh goodness, more white stuff is falling outside I gotta go!!!!!!!!

Damnit, I want flurries!

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 11:34 AM

:lmao

easjer

12-04-2009, 11:36 AM

Hopefully you guys get home ok Easjer. I don't think the roads will be too bad but I know how you fuckers in Houston drive so who knows. Becareful.

:lmao

Right? Without moving to a window view, I can't tell, but I think it's still too warm to be anything but wet roads and I can drive safely enough.

As my friend A just pointed out though - it's not the wet roads, it's the people gawking out their windows at the falling snow that is the problem.

Besides, I'm not leaving for awhile yet (and longer if I keep typing, :lol).

boutons_deux

12-04-2009, 11:41 AM

extremely light snow in Ingram TX

ashbeeigh

12-04-2009, 11:45 AM

Word on the street is that it's snowing in Seguin. So jealous. I shouldn't have graduated. Well, I shouldn't have so I didn't have to find a job, but to see the snow too.

katyon6th

12-04-2009, 11:51 AM

I just got another call from my mom saying "It's snowing, it's snowing, it's snowing!!!!" I told her to take pictures because that's probably the only way I'll get to see it. :(

easjer

12-04-2009, 11:52 AM

The flakes are HUGE right now and starting to not melt on everything. Sticking to trees and not melting on impact with cars and ledges (though generally eventually melting). This is wild.

katyon6th

12-04-2009, 11:53 AM

easjer, get the fuck outta there and go home!

easjer

12-04-2009, 11:57 AM

Two work orders and a reconciliation to finish first - driving won't be any more dangerous for awhile yet and they may officially shut us down if it keeps up, and then SFIE can come home with me.

td4mvp21

12-04-2009, 11:58 AM

Just saw the pictures in Houston, it looked awesome, I'm really jealous

mrsmaalox

12-04-2009, 12:03 PM

People get jealous of snow?? Fuck that. I hate that shit. Which is why I live here and no longer in Maryland.

CubanMustGo

12-04-2009, 12:06 PM

So fucking unfair. I told my boss to let me come home a day early, so of course now Houston is getting pounded with snow and Austin isn't getting squat. Pics:

http://www.chron.com/news/photogallery/Snow_falls_across_Houston.html

td4mvp21

12-04-2009, 12:08 PM

People get jealous of snow?? Fuck that. I hate that shit. Which is why I live here and no longer in Maryland.

:lol I've lived in S. Texas all my life, I'm sure if I lived in a place where it snowed often I would hate it too

ashbeeigh

12-04-2009, 12:10 PM

Is this headed our way?

http://images.intellicast.com/WxImages/RegionalRadar/nir.gif

BlackSwordsMan

12-04-2009, 12:20 PM

my moms said it was snowing at her school on the souf side

easjer

12-04-2009, 12:32 PM

Starting to accumulate in patches on the ground and on rooftops and ledges. Squeeeee!

td4mvp21

12-04-2009, 12:45 PM

It's sleeting/snowing/raining at my house (in Corpus). Only a couple of snow flake lookng things every now and then but mostly rain and ice.

JudynTX

12-04-2009, 12:46 PM

About an hour ago, I got small snowflakes. I'm east of the Alamodome. :tu

baseline bum

12-04-2009, 12:55 PM

I grew up in Michigan and always loved having a white Christmas, but the last one I got to have was in 1995 :( Now we have to move wherever the AF tells us to go, which so far has been San Antonio and southern California. Zero snow in both places.

Huh?

http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles14246.jpg

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 01:23 PM

Bands moving into the far west side now. If its actually falling this is what you're going to get. Looking pretty skimpy on radar though.

desflood

12-04-2009, 01:39 PM

Huh?

http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles14246.jpg
Sorry :lol Maybe I should have been more specific. We were in this part of southern California:

http://i49.tinypic.com/259vngz.jpg

The Mojave Desert. Mountains were far enough away that it may as well have been another planet.

Dex

12-04-2009, 01:41 PM

Yep, that's snow all right.

(North Austin area)

lebomb

12-04-2009, 01:50 PM

I see two things falling from the sky here at work............ Jack Shit!

Soul_Patch

12-04-2009, 01:52 PM

Clear blue skys out here at my place (NW Side) what a tease

baseline bum

12-04-2009, 01:57 PM

Sorry :lol Maybe I should have been more specific. We were in this part of southern California:

http://i49.tinypic.com/259vngz.jpg

The Mojave Desert. Mountains were far enough away that it may as well have been another planet.

The pictured mountain (Mount San Jacinto) is only about 20-30 miles or so from where that pic was taken (Joshua Tree National Park).

TMTTRIO

12-04-2009, 02:05 PM

I saw two little snowflakes over here on the Northeast side and now the sun is out and everything is clearing up. I told my students the other day when they were all excited about it to not hold their breaths. It never snows in San Antonio.

CubanMustGo

12-04-2009, 02:34 PM

It came down pretty solid for about five minutes here in Brushy Creek (between Austin/Round Rock/Cedar Park). Now the sun is out and the sky has pretty much cleared.

marini martini

12-04-2009, 02:47 PM

Got to see about 25 flakes out here by Canyon Lake! Damn!!!:bang

And I've been doing what Tingting's mom has been doing all day, cooking up a pot of soup to warm us all up after our hike in the snow. Fuckit!!!:flipoff

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 02:56 PM

LOL you could literally see the snow band break up over the west side if you went outside and watched it. Pretty sad.

We still have all winter and its an El Nino year who who knows. But thats it for today.

Easjer and SFIE need to post pics.

Spursfan092120

12-04-2009, 02:58 PM

We got some flurries out in Canyon Lake.

Das Texan

12-04-2009, 02:58 PM

That was all kinda fucking bullshit.

Thanks for nothing!!!!!

SpursStalker

12-04-2009, 03:04 PM

ploto

12-04-2009, 03:04 PM

Few flurries- that was it.

MannyIsGod

12-04-2009, 03:07 PM

It snowed in SA today. Most of you guys were just expecting too much out of this.

easjer

12-04-2009, 03:13 PM

It's been coming and going in intensity - the stuff that has accumulated will melt off, then it will start back up, more will stick, then melt off.

Supposedly we are leaving soon, and if so, I'll take pics when we get home (have neither phone nor camera with me right now).

Höfner

12-04-2009, 03:15 PM

I'm confused, my lawn and trees are still green, how can it snow?????

did it snow by my house while I was sleeping???

baseline bum

12-04-2009, 03:55 PM

It snowed in SA today. Most of you guys were just expecting too much out of this.

Getting 1/4 inch or whatever of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery.

panic giraffe

12-04-2009, 04:25 PM

where snow?

been sitting and looking out a window all day and its been sunny since 1.

no flurries or even moisture.

Bukefal

12-17-2009, 06:09 AM

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/3951/st2i.png

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/760/st1h.png

Evil Angel

12-17-2009, 08:16 AM

http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/3951/st2i.png

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/760/st1h.png

SUX to be you...

tw05baller

01-04-2010, 12:37 AM

gonna be damn cold later this week

JudynTX

01-04-2010, 10:44 AM

Thursday snow flurries? :p:

CosmicCowboy

01-04-2010, 10:50 AM

Thursday snow flurries? :p:

No snow this time just DAMN cold! Projecting 18 Friday morning. That's going to kill some vegetation that hasn't seen temps like that in 10 years plus. I've got a feeling I'm going to lose some trees that I planted this year.

JudynTX

01-04-2010, 10:52 AM

No snow this time just DAMN cold! Projecting 18 Friday morning. That's going to kill some vegetation that hasn't seen temps like that in 10 years plus. I've got a feeling I'm going to lose some trees that I planted this year.

Didn't you just plant some grape vines or something? :D

CosmicCowboy

01-04-2010, 10:53 AM

Didn't you just plant some grape vines or something? :D

Yeah I just planted 80 olive trees, but also planted some orange trees last spring...

JudynTX

01-04-2010, 10:54 AM

Yeah I just planted 80 olive trees, but also planted some orange trees last spring...

I think they might freeze. :lol

CosmicCowboy

01-04-2010, 10:56 AM

I think they might freeze. :lol

Hell, they are projecting that the orange trees in Florida are gonna get whacked this week.

JudynTX

01-04-2010, 11:01 AM

Hell, they are projecting that the orange trees in Florida are gonna get whacked this week.

:bang Here comes $4 for a 1/2 gallon of OJ.

marini martini

01-04-2010, 11:02 AM

Hell, they are projecting that the orange trees in Florida are gonna get whacked this week.

Forget about your oranges, save the olives!!!:toast