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Houston ties earliest snowfall record
Melissa Phillip
Houston
Chronicle
Friday, Dec 12, 2008
Excerpts:
Jose Umana builds a snow ball as he plays with his brother and
father in the snow fall at Affordable Cars & Trucks on I-45,
where his dad, Mario Hernandez, Sr. works.
Falling snowflakes glimmered in streetlights, so wide that they
billowed to the ground like parachutes, and so tantalizing that
even awestruck adults reached out their hands or stuck out their
tongues to catch one.
By Wednesday evening, the flakes were big enough to hold their
shape for a moment on the street before melting into the pavement,
and a dusting had collected on parked cars in some parts of town.
The flurries tied a record for Houston’s earliest snowfall
ever and warmed the hearts of winter weather lovers who have pined
for snow since it last made an appearance on Christmas Eve 2004.
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“I’ve got a pot roast in the Crock-Pot, and I’m
going to go home, change into my warmest pajamas and eat pot roast
and enjoy what may be the only real winter day we have all year,”
said Tina Arnold, an Illinois native who took advantage of the
wintry backdrop to pick up Christmas presents Wednesday at The
Woodlands Mall.
Since 1895, records indicate, snow has fallen this early just
once — on Dec. 10, 1944.
Late Wednesday, there were no reports of school or business closings
Thursday morning in the Houston area.
Patrick Trahan, a spokesman for the city, said the icy weather
was expected to taper off overnight and was not expected to disrupt
morning traffic. He added that if conditions did not improve,
the Public Works Department would clear the roads this morning.
Forecasters at the Houston/Galveston office of the National Weather
Service said clouds and precipitation should give way today to
sunshine and temperatures in the upper 50s.
Overnight lows for all areas but those north and west of Harris
County were expected to stay above freezing tonight, said the
weather service’s Paul Lewis.
Snowfall in the metro Houston area Wednesday caught forecasters
somewhat by surprise. A significant chance for snowfall didn’t
show up in computer models until about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
“The midnight crew adjusted the forecast at that time,”
Lewis said.
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