Now comes a fitting bookend to a winter seemingly without end.
While we have missed any snow accumulations here this winter, we did have a full afternoon of flurries back in earl December…And now, this is what greets me in my feedreader this morning over coffee…
Houston already had its earliest snowfall ever this winter, with an inch falling on Dec. 4. Today there’s a good chance the city will experience the next-to-latest snowfall in its history, with forecasters saying much of the area could see as much of an inch this evening.
“Rain will likely mix with or change to sleet or wet snow across Montgomery and possibly northern Harris County in between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. today and build quickly south toward the Texas Coast in the evening,” said Fred Schmude, a meteorologist with ImpactWeather.
“Snow amounts are forecast to average from 1 to 2 inches north and west of downtown Houston, and from a trace to perhaps as high as 1 inch south and east of downtown Houston and right toward the coast.”
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for today and tonight across Harris County, and a warning for counties north and northwest of Houston. The system should clear the area by early Wednesday.
Only once, on March 10 and 11 back in 1932, has Houston ever experienced snow this late in the season.
This whole forecast reads just like that early December forecast.
I know this is not what any of my Blue Ridge friends would be wishing at this point in the year, but, boy I’d love to see a little snow before spring breaks out all over…
According to the records we have had our second coldest winter ever…The prognosticators are saying this winter has averaged 5-6 degrees below normal…But have no fear…They are predicting the summer temperatures will make up for it by being above normal.
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