Snow began to fall Sunday morning around 10 am in the southern part of Collin County and continued for much of the afternoon. We received 2 or 3 inches which for a Dallas area snow is not bad at all.
The slightly anoying thing is that temps were 1 to 2 degrees above what they were forecasted to be over the metroplex which didn't allow for a quick change over to snow. By the time snow did begin to fall the upper disturbance responsible for the snow began to weaken as well as move east of the area. It seemed that a stronger disturbance took shape off to the east and a lot more snow occurred over in East Texas and beyond. It seems like I have noticed this trend many times before... where a wrap around snow band forms just to the west of us and as it approaches quickly diminishes in intensity.
Of course, now with all the cold air in place and the arctic left open to unload more of these frigid airmasses into the central US, I have been looking ahead to see when the next winter precip maker will arrive. Nothing really catches my attention for a while but both the ECMWF and GFS continue to unload large high pressure systems from the west side of Canada down into the central US. Both the GFS and ECMWF occasionally sweep a disturbance across the area ahead of one of these very cold airmasses and as long as these keep showing up a chance exists for more ice.
In memory of the record breaking snowfall of February 11th 2010 here are a few images for your enjoyment (since I didn't take any this time around).
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