Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
White Christmas 2012
It started raining about 1:30AM and continued through the morning into early afternoon. It was up to 1.70" when it changed over to snow around 1:30PM. The winds picked up and we had blowing snow for a couple of hours. The snow slacked up around 4:30PM with a good 4-5" on the ground but continued to blow around most of the night. We didn't go below freezing until about 3PM which meant the roads were mostly just wet but did start to freeze during the evening hours as they became less traveled.
Second snow fall of the month but the first measurable one really. Hasn't the last few years of White Christmas Days meant more snow fall during the winter???
Second snow fall of the month but the first measurable one really. Hasn't the last few years of White Christmas Days meant more snow fall during the winter???
Dusting in early Dec. '12
They said it was a possibility and they were right! We woke to a dusting of snow up here in Frisco on 12/10/12. It wasn't really measurable but it was cute on the grass and roofs of houses. Finally gets you in the fall/winter frame of mind after all the warm temperatures.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
First snow of the season
It started as rain at 3A and got heavy at times and totaled up 1" by 11A. Then it turned over to snow with heavy snow at times and continued to around 3P. As is typical for us, we had snow before it got below freezing. The temps started at 45 at midnight then dropped to freezing around 1:30P. The sun came out around 4P and started melting things. It was in the low 30s till the sun went down and it looks like it will be 27 by the time we hit midnight.
Total snowfall was 3-4" and that was after we had the 1" of rain. It was a nice wet sticky snow great for snow balls. As always it was pretty to watch come down and since it had been warm the streets were just wet and not a frozen mess.
Total snowfall was 3-4" and that was after we had the 1" of rain. It was a nice wet sticky snow great for snow balls. As always it was pretty to watch come down and since it had been warm the streets were just wet and not a frozen mess.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Greatest all-time calendar day snow on record at D/FW
RERDFW
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1237 AM CST FRI FEB 12 2010
...GREATEST ALL-TIME CALENDAR DAY SNOW ON RECORD SET AT DALLAS FORT WORTH...
...RECORD 24-HOUR SNOW FOR FEBRUARY SET AT DALLAS FORT WORTH...
...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY 11TH SET AT DALLAS FORT WORTH...
DALLAS FORT WORTH AIRPORT HAS RECORDED 11.2 INCHES OF SNOW FOR FEBRUARY 11, 2010. THIS BREAKS THE GREATEST CALENDAR DAY SNOW ON RECORD. THE OLD RECORD IS 7.8 INCHES SET ON JANUARY 15, 1964 AND JANUARY 14, 1917.
THIS ALSO BREAKS THE RECORD 24-HOUR SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY WHICH
WAS 7.5 INCHES...SET ON FEBRUARY 17, 1978 AND FEBRUARY 25, 1924.
OBVIOUSLY....THIS SHATTERS THE RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY 11TH OF 1.4 INCHES WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1988.
RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1237 AM CST FRI FEB 12 2010
...GREATEST ALL-TIME CALENDAR DAY SNOW ON RECORD SET AT DALLAS FORT WORTH...
...RECORD 24-HOUR SNOW FOR FEBRUARY SET AT DALLAS FORT WORTH...
...RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY 11TH SET AT DALLAS FORT WORTH...
DALLAS FORT WORTH AIRPORT HAS RECORDED 11.2 INCHES OF SNOW FOR FEBRUARY 11, 2010. THIS BREAKS THE GREATEST CALENDAR DAY SNOW ON RECORD. THE OLD RECORD IS 7.8 INCHES SET ON JANUARY 15, 1964 AND JANUARY 14, 1917.
THIS ALSO BREAKS THE RECORD 24-HOUR SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY WHICH
WAS 7.5 INCHES...SET ON FEBRUARY 17, 1978 AND FEBRUARY 25, 1924.
OBVIOUSLY....THIS SHATTERS THE RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY 11TH OF 1.4 INCHES WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1988.
Snow storm of 2/11/10
Looks like it started snowing around 5:00A and really hasn't stopped since. Temps dropped from 37° to 34° pretty fast once it started. There was almost 2" on the ground by 8A. Coming down in big, wet, fluffy flakes - heavy early but mostly just steady. It was only sticking to the trees and grass leaving the streets just wet so it was no problem getting around through the daylight hours.
As you see temps only moved around a degree or two and didn't go below freezing until about 8:30P.
Here at the house we've got 8½-9" on the ground now. D/FW is reporting 11.2" for the day which sets all sorts of records (which I'll post those next).
I can't remember and don't think I've seen this much snow in 30 years of living in Dallas, TX. It really was just absolutely gorgeous watching it come down all day long both here in Frisco and high above downtown Dallas. Didn't matter whether you were 43 floors up or down at street level - it was just a steady wet and fluffy snowfall for better than 12 hours straight. I'll have some pics and video to share later.
As you see temps only moved around a degree or two and didn't go below freezing until about 8:30P.
Here at the house we've got 8½-9" on the ground now. D/FW is reporting 11.2" for the day which sets all sorts of records (which I'll post those next).
I can't remember and don't think I've seen this much snow in 30 years of living in Dallas, TX. It really was just absolutely gorgeous watching it come down all day long both here in Frisco and high above downtown Dallas. Didn't matter whether you were 43 floors up or down at street level - it was just a steady wet and fluffy snowfall for better than 12 hours straight. I'll have some pics and video to share later.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Some questions and answers from the NWS about the forthcoming cold snap
PNSFWD
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-052200-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
345 PM CST MON JAN 4 2010
...ARCTIC OUTBREAK IN PERSPECTIVE...
ARCTIC AIR LATER THIS WEEK WILL RESULT IN SOME OF THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURES IN RECENT MEMORY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW
FREEZING FOR MORE THAN 2 DAYS. HIGHS MAY REMAIN IN THE 20S THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY...WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
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Q: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME IT WAS BELOW FREEZING FOR THIS LONG?
A: JANUARY 2007
AT DFW AIRPORT...THE MERCURY WAS AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR 85 HOURS
FROM 8 PM ON JANUARY 14 TO 9 AM ON JANUARY 18. AT WACO...THERE WAS A
TOTAL OF 79 HOURS AT OR BELOW FREEZING FROM 2 AM ON JANUARY 15 TO
9 AM ON JANUARY 18. (THE CURRENT FORECAST CALLS FOR APPROXIMATELY
60 HOURS BELOW FREEZING THIS WEEK.)
DESPITE THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING WEATHER IN JANUARY
2007...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 25 DEGREES AT DFW...AND 27
AT WACO.
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Q: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THERE WERE TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH LOWS
IN THE TEENS?
A: DECEMBER 2005
MORNING LOWS WERE IN THE TEENS AT BOTH DFW AND WACO ON DECEMBER 8
AND 9. HOWEVER...ON ONLY ONE OF THOSE DAYS (DECEMBER 8) DID DFW HAVE
A HIGH OF FREEZING (32F). AT WACO...THERE WERE NO DAYS THAT REMAINED
AT OR BELOW FREEZING.
FOR DALLAS/FORT WORTH...A COLDER EVENT OCCURRED IN DECEMBER 2004.
THE MERCURY FELL BELOW FREEZING THE AFTERNOON OF DECEMBER 22...AND
IT REMAINED AT OR BELOW FREEZING UNTIL LATE MORNING ON CHRISTMAS
DAY. THE LOW TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE TEENS ON DECEMBER 23 AND 25...
BUT ONLY DIPPED TO 21 DEGREES THE MORNING OF CHRISTMAS EVE.
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Q: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THERE WERE TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH HIGHS
IN THE 20S?
A: DECEMBER 1998
AT DFW AIRPORT...HIGHS WERE IN THE 20S BOTH DECEMBER 22 AND 23...BUT
THE MERCURY NEVER FELL BELOW 20 DEGREES DURING THE EVENT.
FOR WACO...THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE WAS JANUARY 12 AND 13 OF 1997.
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Q: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THERE WERE TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH LOWS
IN THE TEENS AND HIGHS IN THE 20S?
A: JANUARY 1997
AT DFW AIRPORT...IT REMAINED BELOW FREEZING FROM LATE ON JANUARY 10
TO THE MORNING OF JANUARY 15. JANUARY 12 AND 13 FEATURED LOWS IN THE
TEENS AND HIGHS IN THE 20S.
(WACO HAS NOT MET SUCH CRITERIA SINCE DECEMBER 1990.)
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Q: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME IT WAS COLDER THAN THIS FORECAST?
A: FEBRUARY 1996
AT DFW AIRPORT...THERE WERE 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH HIGHS OF 30
DEGREES OR LESS FROM JANUARY 31 TO FEBRUARY 4. ON THE MORNING OF
FEBRUARY 4...THE MERCURY FELL TO 8 DEGREES...THE LAST TIME DFW HAS
BEEN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.
AT WACO...HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 20S FROM JANUARY 31 TO
FEBRUARY 3. THE LOW FOR THE EVENT WAS 12 DEGREES ON FEBRUARY 4.
(WACO HAS NOT BEEN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS SINCE DECEMBER 1989.)
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Q: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THERE WERE SINGLE DIGITS SOMEWHERE IN
NORTH TEXAS?
A: FEBRUARY 16, 2007
FRIDAY NIGHT...LIGHT WINDS MAY COMBINE WITH CLEAR SKIES AND VERY LOW
HUMIDITY. LOW TEMPERATURES SATURDAY MORNING MAY FALL INTO THE LOWER
TEENS. THIS WOULD BE THE COLDEST DAY SINCE FEBRUARY 16, 2007...WHEN
MCKINNEY DROPPED TO 11 DEGREES...AND MULTIPLE LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF
DALLAS/FORT WORTH WERE EVEN COLDER.
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$$
TXZ091>095-100>107-115>123-129>135-141>148-156>162-174-175-052200-
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
345 PM CST MON JAN 4 2010
...ARCTIC OUTBREAK IN PERSPECTIVE...
ARCTIC AIR LATER THIS WEEK WILL RESULT IN SOME OF THE COLDEST
TEMPERATURES IN RECENT MEMORY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW
FREEZING FOR MORE THAN 2 DAYS. HIGHS MAY REMAIN IN THE 20S THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY...WITH LOWS IN THE TEENS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Q: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME IT WAS BELOW FREEZING FOR THIS LONG?
A: JANUARY 2007
AT DFW AIRPORT...THE MERCURY WAS AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR 85 HOURS
FROM 8 PM ON JANUARY 14 TO 9 AM ON JANUARY 18. AT WACO...THERE WAS A
TOTAL OF 79 HOURS AT OR BELOW FREEZING FROM 2 AM ON JANUARY 15 TO
9 AM ON JANUARY 18. (THE CURRENT FORECAST CALLS FOR APPROXIMATELY
60 HOURS BELOW FREEZING THIS WEEK.)
DESPITE THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF SUBFREEZING WEATHER IN JANUARY
2007...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE WAS 25 DEGREES AT DFW...AND 27
AT WACO.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Q: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THERE WERE TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH LOWS
IN THE TEENS?
A: DECEMBER 2005
MORNING LOWS WERE IN THE TEENS AT BOTH DFW AND WACO ON DECEMBER 8
AND 9. HOWEVER...ON ONLY ONE OF THOSE DAYS (DECEMBER 8) DID DFW HAVE
A HIGH OF FREEZING (32F). AT WACO...THERE WERE NO DAYS THAT REMAINED
AT OR BELOW FREEZING.
FOR DALLAS/FORT WORTH...A COLDER EVENT OCCURRED IN DECEMBER 2004.
THE MERCURY FELL BELOW FREEZING THE AFTERNOON OF DECEMBER 22...AND
IT REMAINED AT OR BELOW FREEZING UNTIL LATE MORNING ON CHRISTMAS
DAY. THE LOW TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE TEENS ON DECEMBER 23 AND 25...
BUT ONLY DIPPED TO 21 DEGREES THE MORNING OF CHRISTMAS EVE.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Q: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THERE WERE TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH HIGHS
IN THE 20S?
A: DECEMBER 1998
AT DFW AIRPORT...HIGHS WERE IN THE 20S BOTH DECEMBER 22 AND 23...BUT
THE MERCURY NEVER FELL BELOW 20 DEGREES DURING THE EVENT.
FOR WACO...THE MOST RECENT OCCURRENCE WAS JANUARY 12 AND 13 OF 1997.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Q: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THERE WERE TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH LOWS
IN THE TEENS AND HIGHS IN THE 20S?
A: JANUARY 1997
AT DFW AIRPORT...IT REMAINED BELOW FREEZING FROM LATE ON JANUARY 10
TO THE MORNING OF JANUARY 15. JANUARY 12 AND 13 FEATURED LOWS IN THE
TEENS AND HIGHS IN THE 20S.
(WACO HAS NOT MET SUCH CRITERIA SINCE DECEMBER 1990.)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Q: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME IT WAS COLDER THAN THIS FORECAST?
A: FEBRUARY 1996
AT DFW AIRPORT...THERE WERE 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH HIGHS OF 30
DEGREES OR LESS FROM JANUARY 31 TO FEBRUARY 4. ON THE MORNING OF
FEBRUARY 4...THE MERCURY FELL TO 8 DEGREES...THE LAST TIME DFW HAS
BEEN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.
AT WACO...HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 20S FROM JANUARY 31 TO
FEBRUARY 3. THE LOW FOR THE EVENT WAS 12 DEGREES ON FEBRUARY 4.
(WACO HAS NOT BEEN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS SINCE DECEMBER 1989.)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Q: WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THERE WERE SINGLE DIGITS SOMEWHERE IN
NORTH TEXAS?
A: FEBRUARY 16, 2007
FRIDAY NIGHT...LIGHT WINDS MAY COMBINE WITH CLEAR SKIES AND VERY LOW
HUMIDITY. LOW TEMPERATURES SATURDAY MORNING MAY FALL INTO THE LOWER
TEENS. THIS WOULD BE THE COLDEST DAY SINCE FEBRUARY 16, 2007...WHEN
MCKINNEY DROPPED TO 11 DEGREES...AND MULTIPLE LOCATIONS NORTHWEST OF
DALLAS/FORT WORTH WERE EVEN COLDER.
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$$
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