Some light wintry precipitation occurred on January 23. A mix of light sleet and snow occurred across the area southeast of a Menard to Brady to Junction line, with less than a tenth of an inch of accumulation.
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Some light wintry precipitation occurred on January 23. A mix of light sleet and snow occurred across the area southeast of a Menard to Brady to Junction line, with less than a tenth of an inch of accumulation.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS San Angelo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 23, 11:41 AM CST, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 1141 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014 .AVIATION... /18Z TAFS/ MVFR ceilings are being experienced at KJCT, KSOA and KBBD, with ceiling remaining VFR at KABI and KSJT. I expect this trend to continue into the afternoon and overnight hours. The best chance of precipitation looks to be at the southern 3 sites, beginning this afternoon and through the evening hours. At this time, most precipitation looks to end near or just after midnight, and this is reflected in the TAF package. This afternoon the main precipitation type should be a mix of light rain and sleet, transitioning to a mix of snow and sleet this evening. Northeast winds of 15 to 25 mph, with higher gusts, will become light from the north after 03z. Daniels && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 551 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014/ AVIATION... /12Z TAFS/ Look for challenging flight weather conditions to develop across West Central Texas during the next 12 hours. A strong cold front continues to bring cold air into West Central Texas, with gusty northeast surface winds. As moist air glides up and over much colder air near the surface, watch for light rain to change to either freezing rain or sleet later this afternoon. Then, plan for freezing rain or sleet to become light snow overnight tonight, mainly along and south of the Interstate 20 corridor, except at our southern three terminals where sleet may be the dominate precipitation mode rather than snow. Huber PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 439 AM CST THU JAN 23 2014/ Short Term... (Today and Tonight) ..Wintry mix of precipitation possible... Much of West Central Texas may have a wintry precipitation mix later today and overnight tonight. Soundings from the NAM and GFS, centered on several locations across West Central Texas, indicate the best timing for a wintry precipitation mix will begin around noon today and continue through sunrise tomorrow morning. The NAM forecast soundings indicate slightly more available moisture through a deeper layer. So, I've decided to go with, or continue with, a forecast closer to a NAM solution. I will continue the Winter Weather Advisory, as was previously in effect. Both models do not bring the temperature profile below zero degrees Celsius until after 00Z. So, the main precipitation mode will begin this morning as liquid; then, I expect a gradual change to more of a freezing or frozen precipitation mode around 18Z. After 00Z, the main precipitation mode should be snow across most of West Central Texas. I'm thinking the total accumulations of snow across the advisory area could be in the one half to three quarters of an inch range. In addition, I expect gusty north surface winds, and associated cold air advection, to gradually reduce temperatures across West Central Texas during the day today. Plus, continued north surface winds overnight tonight, along with lows in the mid teens to around 20, will produce wind chills ranging from 5 to 10 degrees across most of West Central Texas, mainly after midnight tonight. Huber LONG TERM... (Friday through Wednesday) Have a lingering slight chance POP for light snow across our southern counties Friday morning. The shortwave trough will move rapidly away from our region, and expect decreasing cloud cover from the northwest during the day. Temperatures will be cold again Friday, but with some sunshine, should reach the 40-45 degree range for afternoon highs across much of our area. Readings will probably not get out of the 30s across the southeastern part of our area, where cloud cover lingers the longest and where a possible light snow cover would be melting. A quick warmup is in store this weekend with mostly clear skies and dry low-level westerly flow on Saturday, and southwesterly flow on Sunday, ahead of the next strong cold front. The trailing, weak portion of a preceding cold front may sag into the area northeast of Abilene late Saturday afternoon or evening, but this would only bring a temporary wind shift if it occurs. Sunday looks to be the warmest day of this forecast, with highs reaching the upper 60s to lower 70s across most of our area. The next significant cold front is forecast to push south toward the Interstate 20 corridor late Sunday afternoon, reaching Interstate 10 by or shortly after Midnight. Indications from the 00Z models are for the cold front at the end of the weekend to be strong, with a reinforcement of much colder air early next week as a strong (greater than 1040 mb) surface high drops south into the Plains states. The GFS is now stronger than the ECMWF with the cold air advection, with implications of temperatures as cold as what occurs in the short term part of our forecast. Since our area will be on the western side of where the arctic airmass plunges south, have some uncertainty at this time with specifically how cold cold temperatures will be early next week. Have trended temperatures downward at this point, but not as far as what would be needed if the 00Z GFS is correct with the placement of the airmass. At this time, looks like a dry forecast for our area through Wednesday of next week. Northwest flow aloft will prevail over our area, with large upper trough being maintained over roughly the northeastern half of the CONUS. 19 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Abilene 32 15 44 34 65 / 10 30 5 0 0 San Angelo 34 18 44 27 67 / 20 40 10 0 0 Junction 38 21 39 24 66 / 20 40 20 0 0 && .SJT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY from 4 PM this afternoon to 9 AM CST Friday FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: Kimble...Mason...McCulloch... Menard...San Saba...Schleicher...Sutton. && Daniels
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN ANGELO TX 252 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014 TXZ049-054-064>066-071>073-076>078-098-099-113-114-127-128-139- 140-154-155-168>170-242100- FISHER-NOLAN-STERLING-COKE-RUNNELS-IRION-TOM GREEN-CONCHO- CROCKETT-SCHLEICHER-SUTTON-HASKELL-THROCKMORTON-JONES-SHACKELFORD- TAYLOR-CALLAHAN-COLEMAN-BROWN-MCCULLOCH-SAN SABA-MENARD-KIMBLE- MASON- 252 PM CST THU JAN 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A WINTRY PRECIPITATION MIX IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF WEST CENTRAL TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SONORA...TO JUNCTION...TO SAN SABA LINE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE OR SNOW...WHICH MAY CREATE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON ROADS...BRIDGES...AND OVERPASSES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Light sleet was reported in Brady at 333 PM CST and by 554 PM CST, numerous accidents were reported in Brady. A trained spotter estimated an 1/8 inch of sleet about 7 miles north of Brady at 555 PM CST.
Light sleet was reported one mile south of San Saba at 335 PM CST and by 558 PM CST, sleet and snow covered grassy areas and sidewalks. By 808 PM, a National Weather Service Cooperative Observer located 7 miles northwest of San Saba measured half an inch of snow.
Light sleet was reported in Mason at 558 PM CST and about a tenth of an inch sleet and snow was estimated by 340 AM CST. Roads were also slippery.
Very light sleet was reported in Menard.
Very light sleet was reported in Junction.
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