Sunday, January 8, 2017

Jan. 7 17

Notes: I forgot to take pictures. The sky looked to be clear to mostly clear with some possible medium to small, bright white, thin, long, wavy high stratus clouds, in northwest Houston, TX during the morning, afternoon, and evening. The sky looked to be clear to mostly clear with some possible medium to small, bright white, thin, long, wavy high stratus clouds, northwest, north, and central Houston, TX during the early and late night. The wind speeds looked to be relatively calm with moderate gusts and some moderately strong gusts in northwest Houston, TX during the morning, afternoon, and maybe evening. The wind speeds looked to be calm with maybe some moderate to moderately strong gusts in northwest, north, and central Houston, TX during early and late night. It felt freezing in northwest Houston, TX during the morning. It felt very cold in northwest Houston, TX during the afternoon and evening. It felt freezing in northwest, central, and north Houston, TX during the early and late night. I didn't see, feel, or hear about any rain anywhere in, or near Houston, TX during the morning, afternoon, evening, or night.

Thoughts: This is the coldest it has been in awhile in Houston, TX. Houston, TX has not seen temperatures in the low to mid 20's since maybe a few years ago. Probably not since early 2010, or 2011. About 5 years ago.



Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
751 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2017

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>237-081400-
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WHARTON-
751 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2017

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HARD FREEZE WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT. SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND
EXPOSED PIPES WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

WARMER TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
SEA FOG MAY RETURN TO THE COAST WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

$$


Hard Freeze Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
309 PM CST SAT JAN 7 2017

...COLD ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL BRING HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS TONIGHT
AND SUNDAY MORNING...

.TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET TO BELOW FREEZING AGAIN THIS EVENING...
AND HARD FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER ALL BUT THE IMMEDIATE
COASTAL AREAS AND LOCATIONS JUST SOUTHWEST OF GALVESTON BAY. COASTAL
AREAS. AREAS GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO CONROE TO
LIVINGSTON ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 20
DEGREES AND PERHAPS AS LOW AS 15. AT THESE TEMPERATURES...PIPES
WILL BE AT RISK IN POORLY INSULATED CONSTRUCTION. TEMPERATURES
WILL REACH INTO AT LEAST THE MID 20S OVER MOST OF THE COASTAL
COUNTIES. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE MOST OF GALVESTON COUNTY AND
EASTERN BRAZORIA COUNTY WHERE NORTHEASTERLY WINDS BLOWING OVER
GALVESTON BAY WILL HELP MODIFY THE AIRMASS ENOUGH FOR OVERNIGHT
LOWS TO ONLY FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND FREEZING. OVER
MOST INLAND LOCATIONS...TEMPERATURES BELOW FREEZING WILL PREVAIL
FOR MORE THAN 10 HOURS AND AS LONG AS 16 TO 18 HOURS ACROSS THE
NORTH.

TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>237-081000-
/O.CON.KHGX.HZ.W.0002.170108T0100Z-170108T1500Z/
AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND-
GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA-
MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-
WHARTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALVIN...ANAHUAC...ANGLETON...BAY CITY...
BELLVILLE...BRENHAM...BROOKSHIRE...BRYAN...CALDWELL...CLEVELAND...
COLDSPRING...COLLEGE STATION...COLUMBUS...CONROE...CORRIGAN...
CROCKETT...DAYTON...EAGLE LAKE...EDNA...EL CAMPO...FREEPORT...
GROVETON...HEMPSTEAD...HOUSTON...HUMBLE...HUNTSVILLE...KATY...
LAKE JACKSON...LAKE SOMERVILLE...LIBERTY...LIVINGSTON...
MADISONVILLE...MISSOURI CITY...MONT BELVIEU...NAVASOTA...
ONALASKA...PALACIOS...PASADENA...PEARLAND...PIERCE...
PRAIRIE VIEW...RICHMOND...ROSENBERG...SEALY...SHEPHERD...
SUGAR LAND...THE WOODLANDS...TOMBALL...TRINITY...WEIMAR...
WHARTON...WILLIS...WINNIE
309 PM CST SAT JAN 7 2017

...HARD FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO 9 AM CST SUNDAY...

* EVENT...HARD FREEZE OF 15 TO 25 DEGREES.

* TIMING...7 PM THROUGH 10 AM SUNDAY.

* IMPACT...SENSITIVE VEGETATION...EXPOSED PIPES...AND PIPES IN
  POORLY INSULATED CONSTRUCTION. PETS AND LIVESTOCK WILL NEED
  PROTECTION FROM THE FREEZING TEMPERATURES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HARD FREEZE WARNING MEANS SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE
IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL KILL CROPS AND
OTHER SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

&&

$$

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