[Jackrabbit379]

The snow,and icy weather has hit north,and west Texas. For all of you that will be driving into Texas,be careful. I am trying to get in touch with my supervisors to see how the roads are out in Lubbock. Hopefully,it wont be too bad out there tonite. One thing that I dont understand about the winter in this area,is when is it supposed to be snow,and not rain. The temps have stayed anywhere from 25 degrees,to 30 degrees the last couple of days,but it has been raining,and sleeting. So,how is that when the freezing point is 32 degrees,but yet it is 30 degrees,and there is rain falling. How weird is that?. We very seldom get plain snow. We always get freezing rain,and then it is a sheet of ice everywhere. Im just jabberin,so if this doesnt make any sense,dont worry. :P

[dieselgrl]

Be careful out there, Dallas and Ft Worth are a complete mess according to the news this morning.

Right now it's not icy here where I am yet (about 45 minutes to the south), but I'm also sitting on that line where things are changing over.

[Texas88]

My son is at wac, south of Dallas, ok so far, but forecast is not good, even for us 300 miles south, and suppose to last until Tues. morn..I was worried about my son Friday, he had a load to WI, from Laredo, would have been right in the middle of that mess, someone must have been thinking ahead and cratered his turbo just north of Dallas, getting a loaner 780 in wac...

[Useless]

Originally Posted by Jackrabbit379

The snow,and icy weather has hit north,and west Texas. For all of you that will be driving into Texas,be careful. I am trying to get in touch with my supervisors to see how the roads are out in Lubbock. Hopefully,it wont be too bad out there tonite. One thing that I dont understand about the winter in this area,is when is it supposed to be snow,and not rain. The temps have stayed anywhere from 25 degrees,to 30 degrees the last couple of days,but it has been raining,and sleeting. So,how is that when the freezing point is 32 degrees,but yet it is 30 degrees,and there is rain falling. How weird is that?. We very seldom get plain snow. We always get freezing rain,and then it is a sheet of ice everywhere. Im just jabberin,so if this doesnt make any sense,dont worry. :P

Texas weather is just plain screwy!! I remember back in the mid 1980's, we had snow in Amarillo, and a hurricane about to hit the coast, all on the same day!!

[Jackrabbit379]

Originally Posted by Useless

Texas weather is just plain screwy!! I remember back in the mid 1980's, we had snow in Amarillo, and a hurricane about to hit the coast, all on the same day!!

Yeah,and 85 degrees in El Paso :P

[Colin]

Freezing rain is caused when the air temp above the ground is warm, but the air temp at the ground is below freezing. The precipitation starts as rain instead of snow, and then hits the ground and freezes.

Normally it would fall as snow and hit the ground as snow, unless the air temp was warmer down there.

[Useless]

Originally Posted by Colin

Freezing rain is caused when the air temp above the ground is warm, but the air temp at the ground is below freezing. The precipitation starts as rain instead of snow, and then hits the ground and freezes.

Normally it would fall as snow and hit the ground as snow, unless the air temp was warmer down there.

Right you are, Colin!!!

That very fact was explained on The Weather Channel today by a Russian Meteorologist, Dr. Frazier Ballzhoff!!

[Jackrabbit379]

Originally Posted by Colin

Freezing rain is caused when the air temp above the ground is warm, but the air temp at the ground is below freezing. The precipitation starts as rain instead of snow, and then hits the ground and freezes.

Normally it would fall as snow and hit the ground as snow, unless the air temp was warmer down there.

Yeah,youre right,Colin. That's what happened here. It cracked me up. Sunday morning,I walked out,and it was around 11. It was pouring down rain,yet it was 20 something degrees. Anywhere else in the country,it would have been snow. :P

[Roadhog]

Originally Posted by Useless

Right you are, Colin!!!
That very fact was explained on The Weather Channel today by a Russian Meteorologist, Dr. Frazier Ballzhoff!!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

I'm always amused by how loudly these Texican's snivel and whine...when they get a little bit of da North....eh?

Good God y'all........ :? Grow some hair. :P
27 degrees and some ice up here is T-shirt weather...(shaking my head in disbelief).....pansy's

[bulldog2036]

And when it is 75 degrees up there it is too "hot" for you... :lol: