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that heat from southern latitudes is crazy and its filtering north with the pattern. We need a weather Wall.
I agree. It will prevent that Canadian air from getting down to Texas too. Mexico can pay for it
Well it can't last long in February. Down to 36F in Austin by Thursday night.
Austin only dipped below freezing once in late Fall but hasn't hit below 32 in the city once this winter. My house had 3 other freezes but I'm in the "Hill Country". https://www.kvue.com/article/news/au...e-a1b07236ebfd
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Seattle WA
253 PM PST Tue Feb 5 2019
.SYNOPSIS...Dry weather and cold temperatures will prevail for the
next couple days as weak high pressure is over the area. Another
round of lowland snow and windy conditions is possible Friday
afternoon into Saturday as another cold system arrives from
the north. The cold pattern will continue into early next week.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...Northerly flow near the
surface and aloft brought a mostly sunny but cold day to the region.
Some areas of stratocumulus that blossomed in the sun today will
dissipate this evening. Mostly clear skies and light surface winds
will herald another cold night ahead with widespread lows in the
teens and 20s. A weakening upper ridge will shift into the
Washington offshore waters on Wednesday while surface ridging over
the interior of British Columbia weakens. This will limit Fraser
outflow to little more than a trickle and high temperatures will
moderate further across Western Washington with some spots getting
into the lower 40s. A few high clouds will filter into the region
toward afternoon as an upper trough digs southward several hundred
miles offshore. This trough will dig southward into Oregon offshore
waters on Thursday with a thicker cloud shield spreading into the
region. Models keep the region dry on Thursday outside a stray
shower perhaps reaching the central coast. Thursday may well be the
warmest day of the bunch with high temperatures getting into the
lower 40s for most of the lowlands with the exception of the North
Interior.
Changes of perhaps everyone`s interest begin to take place Thursday
night into early Friday. Another system will dig southward out of
British Columbia with precipitation beginning in the North Interior
late Thursday night or early Friday and spreading southward through
the day. As always, the devil is in the details. The 12Z Euro has
heavier QPF than the 12Z GFS which could very well be in part to
some stronger easterly low level flow in the GFS. Both models keep
the low level thickness (1000-850 millibar) below 1300 meters for
the onset of precipitation. At the same time, it seems there will be
some degree of low level southerly flow developing from the Puget
Sound southward Friday evening before another Fraser outflow event
develops by Saturday. This, of course, makes for a potentially messy
forecast challenge in terms of potential snow amounts, when or if it
temporarily becomes mixed precipitation, etc. For now, it is best to
monitor late week forecasts closely. In many ways, this could
resemble the recent event, but model disagreements at this time
point to a wide array of potential snow amounts Friday night and
beyond.
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...The Euro and GFS have
slightly different ideas with the track of the surface low on
Saturday, but both essentially place it somewhere (plus or minus
a hundred miles) west of the mouth of the Columbia River on Saturday
afternoon. The depth of the system will certainly play a factor,
but this is prime placement for additional snowfall on Saturday as
moisture wraps around the system (think of this past Monday). With
1000-850 millibar thicknesses of 1280 meters or lower for much of
the area, 850 millibar temperatures near -7 C, and gusty Fraser
River outflow increasing throughout Saturday, it would be hard to
imagine this not producing some noteworthy snow amounts for some of
the lowlands in Western Washington. Another system could potentially
follow this one on Monday, but looks weaker at this time than the
weekend system. February 2019 is shaping up to be memorable around
these parts.
81 at Love Field (KDAL) yesterday. I think mid 70s today. I've had my apartment windows open after coming home from work. Definitely feels like spring. Nice and warm inside with just the right of cool air coming in. Ceiling fan on low just so it isn't stuffy. Perfection.
Unfortunately back down to the mid/upper 20s later this week but then above freezing for the foreseeable future. Temps won't be bad, near 60 for highs after this weekend, but I'm ready for extended periods of 70s. Fall in Houston just kinda went from 80s/90s and humid to the 60s. Comfortable, but I love those days in the 70s.
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