It's Going to be COLD in Houston

HOUSTON—If you look at a calendar, the first day of winter is December 21. But if you look out your window on Friday afternoon, it may look like winter has already arrived.

A Winter Storm Warning is in effect Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. for Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto and Waller counties.
The National Weather Service says an inch of snow is likely in those areas, and accumulations of 2 to 4 inches are possible.

A little south of Houston in Calhoun County, a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 6 p.m.
In Austin, Colorado, Jackson, Matagorda, Washington and Wharton counties, a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect until 8 p.m. Friday.

In addition to all of that, Southeast Texas is also under a Freeze Warning, effective until 9 a.m. Saturday.

In a word, it’s going to be cold.

Source (and more on this topic): http://www.kens5.com/news/Sleet-snow-reported-around-Houston-as-arctic-air-approaches-78515427.html

Houston AND Snow?!

On average, once every four years even Houston gets visited by the Snow Gods. Although, this could be the second year-in-a-row for Houston snow. And if snow does indeed fall this Friday as forecasted, it would be the earliest snowfall on record.

Fred Schmud of ImpactWeather said to the Houston Chronicle, “Most of our forecasting data is caught right in the middle, meaning any subtle change in the position of the upper level disturbance will have huge consequences on how much, if any, snow falls across the Greater Houston area."

Right now NOAA is predicting a 70% chance of snow on Friday. El Nino is starting to take its monstrous shape. Glorious!

Source: http://www.theskichannel.com/news/skinews/20091203/Snow-in-Houston-Snow-Gods-plan-Friday-visit-which-would-be-earliest-on-record