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Just got back from kayaking near Asheville NC on the French Broad. Was so warm we stripped down to bare chests and sports bras at the take out. Sun was almost hot. Back home (Greenville SC, 50 miles as the crow flies?) it's "cold" (42F) raining and fog.
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
316 PM CST Sat Dec 17 2016
.DISCUSSION...
Record to near record warm temperatures today with gusty
southwest winds. GLS hit 75 at 1 pm...between 1 and 2 HOU/IAH
reached 81. But what a change is coming. Arctic cold front is
through Gainsville and Granbury and Big Springs. Putting the
temperatures into perspective...at 3 pm Houston was 81 (heat index
84) while in Amarillo it was 10 degrees and snowing (wind chill
-8). Still have some haze/fog along the coast this afternoon which
may come and go through midnight but don`t expect it to become
dense fog as it did last evening. A few showers and patchy light
rain possible tonight before and just after the cold front
arrives.
The arctic cold front should reach the College Station area around
11 pm...Houston midnight to 1 am and Galveston 1 to 3 am. With the
front is going to come a big blast of cold air with north winds 20
to 30 mph and gusty. Freezing temperatures will be likely across
the northern half of the area and have issued a freeze warning for
those areas. Wind chills will plummet to 15 to 25 across much of
the area by sunrise. Dress warmly if you are going outdoors in the
morning and be sure the pets are taken care of for this winter
blast. Temperatures will struggle to rise Sunday with the strong
CAA and even though they will creep up it won`t feel much like it
with the north winds and wind chills holding in the upper 20s to
upper 30s. Winds inland relax through the afternoon but along the
coast will be slower to relax. Wind advisory may need to be
extended there.
Clear skies and lighter winds with better radiational cooling
though still some winds will set the stage for even colder
temperatures Sunday night/Monday morning. Hard freeze looks likely
across the northern counties (Brenham to Huntsville to Groveton
temperatures 20-25) and freezing temperatures a good bet all the
way to the coast excluding the immediate coast Monday morning.
Freeze warnings will be needed for the southern counties Sunday
night and Monday morning
2016 marks the third year in a row with significantly more ice days than normal. 1981-2010 average is 3, 2016 had 6. 2000-2016 average is 2. Hopefully 2017 breaks this stupid streak with 0.
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Originally Posted by ZanZeBar
Looks like the data confirms what I've said all along; 70s during winter at Dallas is more normal than 30s are.
Please people let's stop confabulating "normal" and "average".
Just check out how cold parts of Kansas and Oklahoma are getting with the snow still falling - approaching 0F with a big-time wind as well. Those parts of the country are more prone to temperature swings but it can't possibly be commonplace that far south. It's certainly not something you see every day.
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Originally Posted by Ed's Mountain
Please people let's stop confabulating "normal" and "average".
There really isn't any such thing as "normal" in most of North America in the sense of a temperature a place stays near most of the time; there is only average.
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Originally Posted by Cambium
You wanna see what a fight looks like between the South and the North? Insane temp gradients. Tornado warning in Kentucky in December. Didn't you just have snow falling the other day?
Again not something you see every day, especially not this early in the winter; while such swings aren't that unusual in February or March I can't recall the last time I saw such a roller-coaster ride in that part of the country in December.
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