Oklahoma Weather Discussion - February/March 2013

[Anonymous.]

It is snowing heavy here and it's starting to stick here

Lol... quite possibly the most mysterious post ever on this forum..

Hey everyone, "someguy" says it is snowing "here".


Downtown OKC it is heavy snow and we are flirting with 32 mark. Snow will begin to stick @ these rates.

[catch22]

Snow is sticking to concrete now at WRWA. Already accumulating rapidly on elevated surfaces and vehicles, airplanes, etc.

[Anonymous.]

Looking at radar trends, wouldn't be shocked if this tapers off in about 4-6 hours before wrap around can make it. Precip still extends all the way back towards Childress, so still have to get through all that.

I could see that as well, and this would allow for rapid melting from ground temps if there is a break.

However, I could easily see this wrap around continuing to cycle as it is over the TX panhandle when it enters W OK later today. This could keep it connected to the main precip shield and keep snowfall melting rates lower. Looking @ water vapor imagery, this system has great breathing and the dry slot is not cutting into the low (at this time).

[Lauri101]

fast but fluffy flakes in Midwest City - sticking to ground but not streets so much yet.

[Anonymous.]

Downtown streets are now covered. Snowing heavily still. If it lets up any, melting will occur on the street I presume. However if the rates continue like they are right now, look out!. Will get a photo uploaded here in a bit.

[kelroy55]

Hope it snows a bunch

[SoonerDave]

Lol... quite possibly the most mysterious post ever on this forum..

Hey everyone, "someguy" says it is snowing "here".


Downtown OKC it is heavy snow and we are flirting with 32 mark. Snow will begin to stick @ these rates.

And that such an observation is made by someone posting under the name "Anonymous" offers its own special brand of irony

[ou48A]

It’s all snow now and it’s just starting to accumulate on elevated surfaces with more than a hint of white in NW Norman.
This is great moisture

[wdj]

Sticking to our parking lots over at NE 63rd & Santa Fe. If it keeps up, we're shutting down our office early.

[adaniel]

Sticking to our parking lots over at NE 63rd & Santa Fe. If it keeps up, we're shutting down our office early.

Yep, I think our office is going to close at noon if this keeps up.

We've had 2 delivery drivers come by my job in Midtown in the past hour and both say the roads are starting to get a bit slick.

[Anonymous.]

Precip shield is eroding in SW OK. Some dry air trying to come into south OK.

The wrap around is intensifying north and east of Lubbock - will be interesting to see how this plays out.

[RadicalModerate]

fast but fluffy flakes in Midwest City - sticking to ground but not streets so much yet.

wait a minute . . . i feel a poem coming on . . . (well, at least a haiku =):

fast fluffy flakes float
fly free from frozen fetters
find fleeting fortune

(just got back from an errand.
the snow is sticking to the roads.
Channel 9 declares "Winter Armageddon")

[kelroy55]

Closing the office because snow is sticking to the ground? LOL I had a good laugh last night with Channel 4 was in Woodward and saying the town was 'hunkering down' because they might get 3 inches of snow.

[Praedura]

HUGE fat fluffy flakes (<-- note the alliteration) in Edmond right now. It's sticking. Looks like the inside of a snow globe.

I'm dreaming of a white... mid-February.... (sing along)

[SoonerDave]

Closing the office because snow is sticking to the ground? LOL I had a good laugh last night with Channel 4 was in Woodward and saying the town was 'hunkering down' because they might get 3 inches of snow.

Well, depends on how close the surface temps are getting to 32. You get a pocket of 30-31 degree temps and you're going to get some pretty slick roads very fast, and also areas where a stretch of street might be icy, then wet, then icy again. So while I'd agree its probably an abundance of caution, the fact that the temperatures are just hovering around that 32 mark helps me understand their discretion.

[ou48A]

The grass is pretty well white now in NW Norman.
Streets are still just wet.

[Video Expert]

Closing the office because snow is sticking to the ground? LOL I had a good laugh last night with Channel 4 was in Woodward and saying the town was 'hunkering down' because they might get 3 inches of snow.

Seems like there was a lot of wishful thinking regarding this particular storm. The NWS pretty much called it and that the temps were going to be too warm for most of this snowfall to accumulate (in Central OK) in a manner like it would have in a much colder scenario.

[RadicalModerate]

HUGE fat fluffy flakes (<-- note the alliteration) in Edmond right now. It's sticking. Looks like the inside of a snow globe.

I'm dreaming of a white... mid-February.... (sing along)

fenominally fat fluffy flakes (oops . . . too many syllables =)

SNOW???!!! In FEBRUARY??? Why . . . That's unheard of!
First the pope . . . then wrestling out of the Olympics . . . Now THIS!
(maybe we judged the accuracy of The Mayan Calendar a bit too hastily)

[BoulderSooner]

Seems like there was a lot of wishful thinking regarding this particular storm. The NWS pretty much called it and that the temps were going to be too warm for most of this snowfall to accumulate (in Central OK) in a manner like it would have in a much colder scenario.

what?

[Anonymous.]

whSeems like there was a lot of wishful thinking regarding this particular storm. The NWS pretty much called it and that the temps were going to be too warm for most of this snowfall to accumulate (in Central OK) in a manner like it would have in a much colder scenario.

The NWS blew it on this one... Are you even in Oklahoma?

[BoulderSooner]

The NWS blew it on this one... Are you even in Oklahoma?

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[Bunty]

Seems like there was a lot of wishful thinking regarding this particular storm. The NWS pretty much called it and that the temps were going to be too warm for most of this snowfall to accumulate (in Central OK) in a manner like it would have in a much colder scenario.

True, assuming it's safe that you're not speaking too soon.

[Of Sound Mind]

Sticking to our parking lots over at NE 63rd & Santa Fe. If it keeps up, we're shutting down our office early.

Yep, I think our office is going to close at noon if this keeps up.

Seriously? Seriously???

No wonder people think Oklahoma drivers are such wusses.

[wdj]

Closing the office because snow is sticking to the ground? LOL I had a good laugh last night with Channel 4 was in Woodward and saying the town was 'hunkering down' because they might get 3 inches of snow.

For liability reasons. We have employees driving all over the place, so we have to make that decision.

[Video Expert]

With all respect to you guys, I was referring to the 10" + "accumulations" some of the models were forecasting for Central OK that were believed. The key word is "accumulations." Not going to happen in a daytime snowfall event with temps at 32-33 degrees. NWS didn't take the bait. Have you checked your radars lately?? Dryer air is trying to punch in from the SW. Once that dry slot moves on in, it's "bye bye' to the snow that's already fallen. Check out the ground temps. Please don't kill the messenger.