Hi again, okay, latest weather "crisis":
- Cold air plows thru Sat. evening. Coldest of year. However, dry air = low overnights but warmup enough to > freezing by afternoons. NOT a 24/7 freeze, i.e. not a big concern. Dry 75% of this spell to boot and the wet part, meh (for ATX).
- Storm sliding Mon-Tue across above TX is too dry to whip up a lot of moisture. However it'll pull moisture in S/SE of us, from the Gulf, which will override wedge of cold air. But this largely isn't gonna make it up inland to ATX, simply not the energy to get it here.
- Since layers above are cold, more likely snow than anything else for the coast mainly - however could be a very thin band of sleet/freezing rain, not enough to be a regional concern, more just spotty between the coast and ATX.
- This is a fairly unusual situation that the storm will generate more along the coast, not inland (since that's where the moisture is). Think of it as winter version of "coastal showers". Therefore Houston and coastal cities might get a good bit of snow, maybe 4-6 inches - the farther NE you go up the coast the more accumulation. This type of situation happens all the time on the Atlantic coast, which is when D.C., NYC, and Boston usually get their huge snowfalls. A mini-version for us here next Tues or so - we get little/nothing inland but the coast gets more - not too frequent in TX.
- Austin at most will get a light shot of snow overnight Mon intu Tues, but we're talking a dusting to an inch (more eastern counties, less towards hill country). Not really any big deal, maybe Tues rush a bit snaky, clear up and be normal by afternoon. Right now forecasts are for .01ish in ATX. Yawn. Meh. Cold enough to snow but we're too far NW of the coastal moisture on this one. Maybe pea-sized snowman for your front lawn.
- Anyone even mentioning '21 with this needs a new pasttime. That isn't gonna happen in the rest of your lifetime, nor your kids', nor their kids. 6-10 days of below zero night/day with 3-4 winter precit events? I laugh. Amen.
Have fun with pea-shooting snowballs at each other. Houston? Stay off the roads, you can't drive in .00004 of snow never mind 4-6 inches. Panic instead and buy everything out of the supermarkets because otherwise you might die.