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Title: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: DonaCatalina on February 08, 2011, 01:52:36 PM
Wed 2/9
High: 30 Low: 18
AM Snow
Wind: NNW at 21 mph
Precip.: 80%
Humidity: 68%
Snow during the morning will taper off and give way to cloudy skies during the afternoon. High around 30F. Winds NNW at 20 to 30 mph. Chance of snow 80%.  3 inches of snow expected. Winds could occasionally gust over 40 mph
Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: LadyStitch on February 08, 2011, 03:12:13 PM
I have to say this is the weirdest weather I have seen in Texas since I started living here.  I would expect it up where I use to live but not down here.
Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: Merlin the Elder on February 08, 2011, 04:11:05 PM
All I can say is, Doña, you'd better get this all sorted out so that I don't miss your dinner party next Friday...  :)
Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: lys1022 on February 08, 2011, 05:01:48 PM
Last I saw, it was supposed to be back up in the 50's and 60's by Saturday, though.  Which is good as SAPA has Orientation that day, and it's always preferable to have decent weather.
Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: Merlin the Elder on February 08, 2011, 07:47:58 PM
Your neighbor, Arkansas, has been having  some rather unusual weather as well. I can certainly remember much colder winters (well below zero), but I don't think I recall having this many snows in such a short stretch.
Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: Mairte on February 08, 2011, 09:00:22 PM
Sigh. Right now I would LOVE a high of 30 and a low of 18. :-\
Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: Merlin the Elder on February 08, 2011, 09:11:13 PM
Funny how our perception changes, isn't it Mairte. If we changed places, we'd love it at first...
Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: Mairte on February 09, 2011, 08:21:35 AM
Thats true. LOL, but I still wish for it! :) Wind chill advisories here this morning.
Have things warmed up at all in Texas?
Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: Merlin the Elder on February 09, 2011, 08:27:38 AM
Don't know about Texas, but here in central Arkansas, we're getting the first of our snow event. Last I checked, we're supposed to get 5-6 inches here. Some areas of the NW part of the state are reporting 12+ so far (unofficial sources).
Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: Hospitaller on February 09, 2011, 01:03:39 PM
Houston = waking up this morning to 46 deg and rain...now 32 deg and still falling with rain and sleet.......

Shesh! Could have stayed in Kansas for that! Oh wait, they had 8" last night and around 1 deg. Never mind......
Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: Merlin the Elder on February 09, 2011, 01:13:43 PM
This weather bulletin just in from a friend in south Florida:

ALERT: The State of Florida could be sunned-in for the next few days. Residents have been urged to hunker down at their nearest beach and/or tiki bar for further instructions. Stock up now on Cold Beer & Rum. Use extreme caution while braving this blizzard of sunshine, preferably with an SPF of 30. We are asking our friends and relatives up north to please keep us in their thoughts as we deal with 2 feet buried in the sand...

Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: DonaCatalina on February 09, 2011, 04:33:11 PM
I have 5 pounds of kitty litter and 2 pounds of rock salt. If my office is closed again tomorrow, I don't want to be stuck in the house all day again.
Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: Merlin the Elder on February 09, 2011, 04:35:20 PM
I don't care how much salt you put on the kitty litter...it still tastes like hell.
Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: Bonny Pearl on February 09, 2011, 06:07:09 PM
Here in Houston: Today we saw a couple of little snow flakes during lunch so we decided to sit it out at the restaurant and have Bailey's with coffee.  :P

Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: Lady Kett on February 09, 2011, 08:47:26 PM
I just got back from a 2 day business trip to Calgary, Alberta, Canada (clarification for the geographically confused). It is warmer in Calgary than it is in Dallas. WTF?!

In 36 hours I will be on a plane to Florida to partake of the "2 feet of sand". Wheee~
Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: Merlin the Elder on February 09, 2011, 09:11:28 PM
Glad you're not flying out of our aerodrome, because I don't think anything is!  You can tell us all about your trip at dinner, a week from Friday! Have a great time! You realize that it's supposed to be in the mid-70s next Friday... Texas weather is almost as weird as Arkansas!
Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: Lady Kett on February 09, 2011, 09:37:27 PM
Trust me, I am TOTALLY looking forward to the weather!!!!
Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: Laird Fraser of Lovatt on February 10, 2011, 12:08:51 PM
Monday... Houston... 71.  It's freaking still below freezing, here!
Title: Re: can the weather in Texas get any weirder?
Post by: Trillium on February 10, 2011, 01:40:25 PM
and that is why half our staff is sick!  We've had one or two people out everyday along with several others coughing constantly.