| there was ice on the insides of the north window frames in our home this am... I have 1 last frozen hibiscus in the front, still looks pretty, but frozen solid, as soon as it gets above freezing it will wilt :( http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=hgx&wwa=winter%20storm%20watch URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1144 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM NOON CST THURSDAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO GENERATE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-030145- /O.NEW.KHGX.WS.A.0001.110203T1800Z-110204T1800Z/ AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA- MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- WHARTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALVIN...ANAHUAC...ANGLETON...BAY CITY... BELLVILLE...BRENHAM...BROOKSHIRE...BRYAN...CALDWELL...CLEVELAND... COLDSPRING...COLLEGE STATION...COLUMBUS...CONROE...CORRIGAN... CROCKETT...DAYTON...EAGLE LAKE...EDNA...EL CAMPO...FREEPORT... FRIENDSWOOD...GALVESTON...GROVETON...HEMPSTEAD...HOUSTON... HUMBLE...HUNTSVILLE...KATY...LAKE JACKSON...LAKE SOMERVILLE... LEAGUE CITY...LIBERTY...LIVINGSTON...MADISONVILLE... MISSOURI CITY...MONT BELVIEU...NAVASOTA...ONALASKA...PALACIOS... PASADENA...PEARLAND...PIERCE...PRAIRIE VIEW...RICHMOND... ROSENBERG...SEALY...SHEPHERD...SUGAR LAND...TEXAS CITY... THE WOODLANDS...TOMBALL...TRINITY...WEIMAR...WHARTON...WILLIS... WINNIE 1144 AM CST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HOUSTON/GALVESTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST WILL COMBINE WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE ATMOSPHERE TO GENERATE A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA...AND SPREAD AREA WIDE BY EARLY EVENING. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT THEN TAPER OFF AROUND MID MORNING FRIDAY. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED EAST OF A LINE FROM MATAGORDA TO DOWNTOWN HOUSTON TO RYE IN LIBERTY COUNTY. OVER THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF BRAZORIA COUNTY...AND MOST OF GALVESTON...CHAMBERS...AND LIBERTY COUNTIES THIS COULD END UP A PRIMARILY ICE EVENT WITH SIGNIFICANT GLAZING ON ROADWAYS. TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THIS LINE...A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED...WITH ALL SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHWEST HALF OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN THE FREEZING RAIN THREAT AREA...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. THIS INCLUDES THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE METRO HOUSTON AREA AND THE GALVESTON AREA AS WELL. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE EVENT. THIS MEANS THAT ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY ELEVATED SURFACES LIKE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...ARE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO ICE OVER THAN DURING THE EVENTS SOUTHEAST TEXAS EXPERIENCED LAST WINTER. ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME ICY AND HAZARDOUS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ |