General Weather Discussion - February 2014

[Anonymous.]

Rain and freezing rain changing over to sleet here in N OKC.

If full sleet transition occurs then the warming will stop.

[Anonymous.]

Full blown sleet downpour in N OKC now. This will cool all air column back down. Morning commute is going to be sloppy.

[bandnerd]

How are the roads? I know OKCPS has closed, but our school is holding out, apparently. I could hear the freezing rain when I let the dog out an hour ago but didn't venture out to see how the street was.

[SoonerDave]

I'm in SW OKC, and not much is going on right now - dry slot, I presume - but a contact in Norman says they're seeing freezing rain again. Is it bulding back to the S/SW and overrunning the dryslot somehow?!?

[SoonerDave]

How are the roads? I know OKCPS has closed, but our school is holding out, apparently. I could hear the freezing rain when I let the dog out an hour ago but didn't venture out to see how the street was.

Just looking outside my area here in SW OKC (and I think you're not too far away), the roads look kinda somewhere between glazed and damp...really hard to tell. I'd advise caution no matter what - esp if we got mostly freezing rain here without much snow on top.

[NoOkie]

Just looking outside my area here in SW OKC (and I think you're not too far away), the roads look kinda somewhere between glazed and damp...really hard to tell. I'd advise caution no matter what - esp if we got mostly freezing rain here without much snow on top.

As of 5:45-ish: Along I-44 south of 36-ish it was mostly rain with a bit of slush. North of there was pretty sloppy, but not awful. Reno was pretty much all water.

[Roger S]

I-35 & I-40 from Moore to Downtown was still in good condition around 6:00 AM

[Anonymous.]

Classic dryslot death from north of OK County and south. Looks like Tulsa will end up with snow this morning as bands developing just east of OKC and heading northeast.

NW OK finally getting their snowstorm. But amounts will be lower due to dry pocket that sat up there for much of night.

Wrap around snow cranking in TX panhandle, looks like this will drag across west central OK.

[Soonerman12]

Looks like the dryslot is still south around the Lawton area.

[okcboomer]

Man, this major winter storm #2 was brutal. Not sure how we all have survived. Can't wait to watch the tv guys hype up #3 and #4. It'll be fun to watch.

[BB37]

NW Highway from Surrey Hills to Classen was wet with a little slush; same for Classen to 13th, and 13th to OUHSC area, driving was no problem.

[Easy180]

Man, this major winter storm #2 was brutal. Not sure how we all have survived. Can't wait to watch the tv guys hype up #3 and #4. It'll be fun to watch.

From what I've seen this next one isn't packing much of a punch. My guess is they will be afraid to hype up the next one since this one was a complete bust. Morgan was only off about 6 inches lol

[Roger S]

From what I've seen this next one isn't packing much of a punch. My guess is they will be afraid to hype up the next one since this one was a complete bust. Morgan was only off about 6 inches lol

When did you see his last report? At 10 PM last night he was predicting 3.5" from the NW to a dusting to the SE and said either of those numbers could shift north or south.

I know some of you guys like to bash the TV guys, and sometimes it's warranted, but his forecast last night was about as good as you can get for a winter storm.

[Easy180]

When did you see his last report? At 10 PM last night he was predicting 3.5" from the NW to a dusting to the SE and said either of those numbers could shift north or south.

I know some of you guys like to bash the TV guys, and sometimes it's warranted, but his forecast last night was about as good as you can get for a winter storm.

Earlier in the day. He was the only one forecasting 3-6 for the metro. He was the only one hyping it up past the point of reason so I think he deserves a bit of ball busting

[Roger S]

Earlier in the day. He was the only one forecasting 3-6 for the metro. He was the only one hyping it up past the point of reason so I think he deserves a bit of ball busting

Earlier in the day??? I think you just enjoy being a trendy ballbuster. His 10 PM forecast was revised and just like he said... Those snow totals could and did move north.

[sacolton]

Metro roads starting to get icy and slick.

Road Conditions

[Easy180]

Earlier in the day??? I think you just enjoy being a trendy ballbuster. His 10 PM forecast was revised and just like he said... Those snow totals could and did move north.

Yes earlier that day. Didn't exactly light into him but definitely appreciate your feedback.

[LocoAko]

Light glaze here in SE Norman on cars and plants. Would've much preferred to deal with snow.

[sacolton]

Light glaze here in SE Norman on cars and plants. Would've much preferred to deal with snow.

Yup. Glaze belongs on donuts!

[Anonymous.]

Can't really get more classic OK storm than this. Temps around 32F, precip type up in air. Dry slot potentially busting forecast.

From what I heard on here and saw on social media, the OKC met's got it right. Saying 1-2 inches and getting a slushy dusting is pretty good in these parts. Some people just don't understand the concept of a forecast changing as conditions merit.

I really want to meet these people that apparently see a forecast on a Friday and never check with it again until the event occurs and complain when they didn't get their 'promised' storm that they 'heard about a few days ago'.

[bchris02]

How do the roads look right now?

[blangtang]

The snowplows came by my house and did a really good job. They melted all the snow on the roads.

[venture]

Dryslot definitely killed this storm off before it could do much of anything. Looks like far Northern OK did get a few inches of snow, but around here just some sleet and a little rain. Did see plenty of mPING reports of snow in the metro, but didn't have any here that I saw. Light snow still scattered amount and could have a few flurries still. Only batch in the Metro area is by Minco and Union City. This will move up over NW OKC. Rest of us just some drizzle and freezing drizzle until things shut down completely.

Next round for Thursday has NAM and GFS split. NAM is Northern and Central OK with about an inch, GFS is Western and South Central (generally south of I-40) with less than an inch. They both eliminate any other snow chances for the week.

Next accumulating snow could be next Tuesday per the 12Z GFS. Areas most likely, at this time, to see precip would be along and south of Highway 33 that runs north of the Metro area. Quick estimate of what it may look like for the Metro area. North Metro - 2", Central Metro - 3-4", South Metro - 4-6". Looks like a bit of a warm up before the next round, but not much. During the precip time frame though we will be cold enough for ideally all snow and no ice. This stay fairly cool to cold through the end of next week. GFS then brings another arctic plunge into the Upper Midwest by Friday with air temps around 40 below. Ummm, brrr?

[yukong]

I live out in Surrey Hills. When I left this morning at about 10:00, we had slightly over 1 inch of sleet/freezing rain, snow combination on the ground that was new. . And it was still snowing at that time.

[soonerguru]

How do the roads look right now?

White in some areas, but mostly just wet.