Weather 101

[Saddletramp]

Fence posts and barbed wire don't slow it down much.... I am in the Perryton area....

[Saddletramp]

The next couple days for me...

Tonight
Rain, snow, and freezing rain likely before 1am, then snow and sleet likely between 1am and 3am, then snow likely after 3am. Patchy blowing snow after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 10. Wind chill values between -3 and 7. Northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of around 2 inches.

Sunday
A 20 percent chance of snow before noon. Patchy blowing snow between 10am and 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 16. Wind chill values between -9 and 1. North northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 1. Wind chill values between -5 and -15. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday
A 30 percent chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. Wind chill values between -5 and -15. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night
A 20 percent chance of snow before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.

[Saddletramp]

The next couple days for me...

Tonight
Rain, snow, and freezing rain likely before 1am, then snow and sleet likely between 1am and 3am, then snow likely after 3am. Patchy blowing snow after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 10. Wind chill values between -3 and 7. Northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of around 2 inches.

Sunday
A 20 percent chance of snow before noon. Patchy blowing snow between 10am and 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 16. Wind chill values between -9 and 1. North northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night
A 30 percent chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 1. Wind chill values between -5 and -15. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday
A 30 percent chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. Wind chill values between -5 and -15. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night
A 20 percent chance of snow before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.

So far they got this forecast right.... I would not of minded had they got it completely wrong. Man it's cold!

[Rastic]

Yikes!

[Saddletramp]

Yikes!

whoa. .

[CanDB]

Please....no more precipitation in the Red River Valley! Folks to the south are predicting flooding this spring. The Red River flows from the US through our fair city, and northward. When the US side floods, we usually flood as well, though we are fortunate to have an amazing "Floodway" to help soften the blow. At least, for the city. One of the smartest projects we ever designed/completed!

[Saddletramp]

true story.

[Saddletramp]

Today (03-13)
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 4pm, then a chance of showers. High near 64. Very windy, with a south wind 20 to 30 mph increasing to 40 to 50 mph. Winds could gust as high as 75 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Wind chill values between 19 and 29. Very windy, with a west northwest wind 40 to 45 mph decreasing to 30 to 35 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 65 mph.
Thursday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Wind chill values between 17 and 27 early. Very windy, with a north northwest wind 30 to 35 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Wind chill values between 13 and 18. Windy, with a north northwest wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph.

[armedequation]

No offense Saddle but texas doesnt have winters. Of course im biased as im around 8000 feet up. Right now now we have blowing snow at 40 to 55 mph. Rained all night and temps dropped out this morning. Visibility is abput 40 feet

[johntbronco]

Holy moly! Just made it back from work to home!
My work is south Denver and got back to Westminster.
It's crazy out there!
I'm staying home now!

[CanDB]

Holy moly! Just made it back from work to home!
My work is south Denver and got back to Westminster.
It's crazy out there!
I'm staying home now!

They are describing this in "weather bomb" terms. It reaches from southern Canada to the deep south. Ugly stuff. Although my locale is not going to get hit too hard (so far as we know) compared to other parts of my province and of course, southward, it is going to dump a lot more precipitation into the Red River....hence, more flood danger. But this storm is packing big winds, and all kinds of trouble!!!

[Saddletramp]

Current winds here.
Wind Speed SW 51 Gusts to 64 mph

[mainBroncos60]

Wind gust hit 97 mph here in Colorado Springs. Blizzard, white out conditions.

[Saddletramp]

Wind gust hit 97 mph here in Colorado Springs. Blizzard, white out conditions.

[armedequation]

Glad you made it home john!
Can stay safe and dry

Saddle do you guys have a lot of wind farms now?