Ramblings of a Graduate Student

After several days of more technical discussions, tonight we’ll tone it down a bit.

The winter storm that has blanked much of the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma, and western Arkansas with a coat of ice, sleet, and snow is slowly moving east.  The graphic above displays all valid warnings.  Notice all the hot pink in the south?  Those are current winter storm warnings associated with the shortwave trough we’ve discussed this week.  Last night, the hot pink extended west into eastern New Mexico, and tonight it extends to the Atlantic Ocean.  This will certainly be a storm that is talked about for years!

As for where I live?  I received 1″ of glaze ice on the windward side of objects and 0.25″ of glaze ice on the leeward side of objects (freezing rain), 1″ of sleet, and 6-7″ of snow.  A taste of just about every form of winter precipitation!