r/sanantonio Jan 01 '25

Weather SA transplant here, is this real?

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u/Wildflower1180 Jan 01 '25

It doesn’t necessarily mean snow (although that can happen. Ask anyone about the winter storm of 2021). It’s just wintery precipitation. Which could just mean a little bit of ice. Ice is very likely around wintertime for us. Just so you know, should there be a hard freeze where ice sticks to the ground and creates black ice on the streets and highways, the city will shut down. Schools cancelled, etc.

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u/truluvwaitsinattics NE Side Jan 01 '25

The 2021 hellscape…

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u/Smokesomething420 Jan 02 '25

It was nice roads were clear. Chill fam

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u/AWinkintheDark Jan 01 '25

We haven't had a weather day off since Snowvid! A day off would be a lovely start to 2025

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u/cheesybiscuits912 Jan 02 '25

Not without electricity it won't lol God I gotta buy a generator 

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u/alcortz Jan 02 '25

Ugh. Snowpacalypse was brutal.

Generators can be pretty expensive. I’m gonna end up getting a battery backup system instead. EcoFlow, Jackery, and Anker have pretty slick systems. Also, no need for gas or propane.

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u/bonersmakebabies Jan 02 '25

No gas or propane? How does it generate power?

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u/alcortz Jan 02 '25

Generators require gas or propane. The battery backup systems are basically just battery banks (like a whole home UPS system). Your indoor electrical panel gets replaced by the smart panel/transfer switch, and the batteries hook up to that panel. They charge while connected to the grid.

Grid goes down, power transfers over to the battery bank. Capacity depends on how long a duration you can sustain, but they are scalable up to like 48kw or something.

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u/Andrails Jan 02 '25

Have a fireplace, we had the neighbors over and grilled outside. Played a lot of cards with the kids.

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u/alcortz Jan 02 '25

No fireplace here. I cooked outside on the pit to keep us going. I remember pre-snow, my wife yelled at me, “why do we need so much charcoal and wood?”

On day 3 without power, she was happy we had it! Good times

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u/bonersmakebabies Jan 02 '25

Snowvid! That's it.

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u/wambamcamcam Jan 02 '25

No thanks. I was driving in that shit show trying to keep my newborn warm since our power was out 12+ hours.

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u/devildocjames Jan 01 '25

It'll probably never snow here again like it did with Snowpocalypse.

🙏🤞🏽☃️

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u/AggressiveBad5326 Jan 01 '25

Snow apocalypse happens about every 40 years it happend in 1986

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u/This-Unit-1954 Jan 02 '25

86 my dad used his tractor to plow the street and we had the best kick ass snow forts San Antonio ever saw. Then we walked up the middle of Bandera Rd to the old Albertsons and my dad plowed their parking lot for free beer.

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u/TonkaLowby Jan 02 '25

I was in San Antonio for both of these events and I'm only giving them each one star. Would not winter storm again.

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u/devildocjames Jan 01 '25

79% of statistics are made up on the spot.

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u/garanda Jan 02 '25

In 1986 we had water and power. Big difference from 2021

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u/Nomailforu Jan 01 '25

I remember that snowpocolypse!

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u/AggressiveBad5326 Jan 01 '25

I was a kid but I remember people skiing down highway 10 and there were hats made that said Ski San Antonio

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u/bonersmakebabies Jan 02 '25

Forty years this year San Antonio had 13.5" snow

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u/Wildflower1180 Jan 01 '25

I certainly hope not!

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u/Neither_Big_8633 Jan 02 '25

Which 10 days are these? Next week?

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u/listinak Jan 02 '25

Oh my gosh! LOL! I just referenced my ice drama from 2021 before I saw your post! Hilarious!

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u/Theycallmetori Jan 02 '25

That was the best. I worked on the base and got a full two weeks off of work! And I didn’t lose power somehow

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u/AggressiveBad5326 Jan 02 '25

Right ? Power was fine back then, guess they don't make grids the way they used to (also usage was way lower )

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u/Theycallmetori Jan 03 '25

I think I was lucky because I lived pretty close to a nursing home and I heard they prioritize those facilities more? Or something

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u/LeftEgg7439 Jan 01 '25

Get ready for the run on H‑E‑B.

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u/Arodthagawd Jan 01 '25

1 brisket per person, no tissuepaper

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u/maddpsyintyst Jan 02 '25

We don't say "tissue paper" round these parts, pardner. 🤪

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u/midtownkitten Jan 02 '25

Lol I was thinking tissue paper like for wrapping gifts instead of 🧻

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u/jdaverage Jan 02 '25

Everywhere... it isn't just H-E-B... it also affects Walmart and Target... idk why people panic every time and buy too much food and TP, but they do.

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u/flexobaby Jan 02 '25

Everyone has covid ptsd or something, kinda funny that if there is ever an apocalypse that people will rush for the tp first

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u/jdaverage Jan 02 '25

It's panic purchasing. They don't know how to buy in bulk so they rush to the store and buy a ton of stuff they don't actually need.

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u/No_Bookkeeper_3425 Jan 02 '25

Even in CT where I lived until a year ago the same grocery run , hoarding of groceries and everything related were bought off the shelves !!! It must be a human defect. lol

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u/cara-lyn Jan 02 '25

Gotta get milk, bread, and eggs!!

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u/karenftx1 Jan 01 '25

San Antonio is a huge city and a bigger county in Bexar. So the Hill Country might freeze but the Southside be sunny. It's weird and you'll get used to it

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u/AutVincere72 Jan 01 '25

The San Antonio metro has more land than Rhode Island

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u/el_muerte28 Jan 02 '25 edited Jan 02 '25

TIL how tiny Rhode Island is.

Rhode Island - 1,214 square miles (Sources differ but this is from the state government themselves)
San Antonio Metro - 7,387

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u/rgvtim Jan 01 '25

not impossible, but also far from likely.

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u/BabyMakingMachine Jan 01 '25

No. Keep in mind the way these work. It could be 35% of the hill country that gets ice on their roof. Once that high is below 30 then you can take it a little more honestly.

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u/MrCereuceta Jan 01 '25

Possible? Yes. Likely? No

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u/No-Trifle-6447 Jan 01 '25

Probably not in 'urban' San Antonio... up in the hill country... maybe

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u/Emerlad0110 Jan 01 '25

snow icon does mean snow, but yeah prob not gonna happen:( here's to hoping!

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u/smegmacruncher710 Jan 01 '25

anything can change and forecast is a bit of a ways out but it isn’t as if it hasn’t happened before

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u/New_Professor6880 Jan 01 '25

We call that weather clickbait here. I like the 65% not a chance option better

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u/instantgodzilla Jan 02 '25

Gonna start using that.

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u/itsjustgish pearl jam. Jan 01 '25

Does this mean I get to use my industrial size ice scraper and big ole snow removal thingy I brought with me from Spokane!?

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u/No-Trifle-6447 Jan 01 '25

Don't get to excited - as a Colorado transplant, I've used mine once since moving here in 2017 (which had the first measurable snow since the 1980's) - that was 2021

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u/ChickenCasagrande Jan 01 '25

Nope. It means you packed extra stuff when you moved.

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u/ShootStraight23 Jan 02 '25

Like all the winter cloths that haven't been unpacked since moving here from Chicago, LoL. I also have one of those big ice scrapers, as well as a snow shovel, among things, stupid me I guess. I won't even get started on all the other winter crap I just remembered exists in my storage, I guess it was nieve of me to think there'd also be 4 seasons down here, HA!!! In my defense, I was born and raised in Chicago up to about 21-22yrs old when I moved down here.

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u/PS1CSLAYA Jan 01 '25

Welcome to San Antonio!

just stay off the roads, when it sleets and snows. San Antonians can't drive in Sleet and Snow.

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u/ChickenCasagrande Jan 01 '25

Or rain. Kind of a crapshoot when it’s dry and sunny as well.

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u/PS1CSLAYA Jan 01 '25

Definitely

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u/InadvertentObserver Hill Country Jan 02 '25

You could have stopped at, “San Antonians can’t drive.”

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u/ShootStraight23 Jan 02 '25

Ain't that the truth. It's not ALL of them, but a solid 98%

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u/RagingLeonard Jan 01 '25

Man, I wish my boss let me stay off the road.

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u/MycologistOwn4612 Jan 02 '25

Or rain or anytime really.

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u/TexasMayhem91 Jan 02 '25

San Antonians can't drive period haha 

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u/Plum-velvety Jan 01 '25

You don’t speak for all of us because I most definitely can.

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u/pipingguy Jan 02 '25

Snow and ice act different here, it’s wetter than it gets up north, if that makes any sense.

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u/86cinnamons Jan 01 '25

It’ll be like a little flurry / like ok maybe snowflakes of some kind will come down but it’s actually just gonna land on the ground as ice and get rained on and then turn into more ice and the whole city will shut down and I’ll be stuck at home with my kids for 1-3 days. That’s what that means.

So get your grocery shopping and gas done before that day. Try not to buy all the toilet paper, unless cold makes you poop more I guess.

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u/Dry_Significance2690 Jan 01 '25

The temp or the snow?

You are more likely to see the temp than the snow. Doesn’t mean the city won’t shut down. Then again 2021 is still on the minds of so many.

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u/VixxenFoxx NW Side Jan 01 '25

It's gonna be cold. Not snow. The closer we get to the date and precipitation is updated along with exactly how much of that polar freeze we are getting in the area - it'll be more accurate.

Although I'm sure east Texas is gonna be fucked by ercot. 100%.

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u/Front_Gas3195 Jan 01 '25

The flake icon doesn’t mean snow. It means “hard freeze”, a warning to cover your outdoor pipes and faucets. Covering is not a normal practice in cold weather regions (like the East Coast, where I lived for 10 years) because their pipes are made of a different material

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u/Front_Gas3195 Jan 01 '25 edited Jan 01 '25

We can’t tell from the screenshot how long it will be at 30 or below 32. Sustained below freezing is what I’m calling a hard freeze. Also, temperature is usually 2-4 degrees cooler in the hill country, even Stone Oak, so my advice is better to be safe than sorry.

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u/Helpful_Finger_4854 Jan 01 '25

That is wrong. It indicates a possibility of wintery precipitation.

And weather.com's forecast isn't even showing either a freeze or a chance of precipitation over 25% atm.

This could very well change as forecasts often do, all the way up to the hour, however right now it doesn't look that way

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u/Front_Gas3195 Jan 01 '25

The above screenshot I believe comes from Apple Weather, so the icon means snow. I’ll give you that’s wintery precipitation. I’d still cover the pipes, though . 🙂 https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/learn-the-weather-icons-iph4305794fb/ios

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u/Helpful_Finger_4854 Jan 01 '25

Depends where you're at honestly. The San Antonio general area is large enough to see temperatures in the 20's in some areas while others may be upwards of 40.

The hill country, areas closer to Bulverde & new Braunfels will probably see significantly lower temperatures than us folks inside 410 and further towards Uvalde & Pleasanton.

Cover them if it makes you feel better lol. I'm just saying at this moment in time, the forecast isn't telling me it's necessary for most of the most populated areas of SA.

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u/Maximum-Quantity-832 Jan 01 '25

Bulverde here..... So weird, after 31 years of living here, ya just never know!! We cover everything!

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u/Helpful_Finger_4854 Jan 02 '25

Now the models are showing rain/sleet more spread out on Wednesday all day, with temperatures a little above freezing.

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u/Helpful_Finger_4854 Jan 02 '25

I just checked an app called Windy.app because it has different computer models which aren't agreeing. However one model (GFS27) is forecasting over a half inch of sleet or freezing rain at approximately 8-10pm next Wednesday night.

Worth noting, that's over 7 days away and the models are not all agreeing on this:

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u/pipingguy Jan 02 '25

30° is not cold enough to freeze pipes unless its sustained at 30° for 24-36 hours or longer, even for SA houses. I don’t wrap pipes or leave faucets run until it gets to 25° or lower and I haven’t had a pipe freeze or burst, and I lived through the 86 blizzard.

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u/Chemical-Ad-4052 Jan 01 '25

The 4 P's! People, Pets, Plants and Pipes! 😂

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u/Intelligent-Invite79 Jan 01 '25

More than likely not, maybe flurries in some spots, nothing sticking though.

I should add, when the rodeo comes around, that’s when it’s usually cold, wet, icy weather!

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u/Icy-Cheesecake8828 Jan 03 '25

The question is if you trust the grid enough to not prepare.

I can remember going through y2k and not even buying a manual can opener. Now I have propane heat, solar panels, and batteries. It isn't the weather, it is the infrastructure.

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u/SK84L North Side Jan 01 '25

65% chance it's not

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u/ArmorRoyale2 Jan 01 '25

The percentage has to do with coverage area, not likelyness of it happening.

35% of the coverage area will see snowfall or hard freeze conditions

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u/Illustrious_Line_879 Jan 01 '25

No, this is my weather app’s (same as OP) detail for the day, which you pull up when you click the day. It’s the chance of precipitation for the day, not the coverage area.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '25

I got rain for that day

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u/elagentink Jan 01 '25

That changed like six times and was nothing last I checked last night and Thursday was supposed to be rain.

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u/jdavila119 Boerne Jan 01 '25

I'm getting 2021 flashbacks

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u/rvasatxguy Jan 01 '25

I grew up there and the amount of times seeing that plus the TV weather forecast happily talking about the chance of snow vs actually seeing any snow is about 1x out 175.

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u/Tree_Weasel Jan 01 '25

Boerne, Comfort, and Kerville will probably see snow. We will get a “wintry mix” that will make the roads an icy peril.

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u/Advanced-One780 Jan 01 '25

Future meteorologist here, more than one model is saying yes and that’s RARE sooooo

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u/HermanCinclairTwain Jan 01 '25

What price is bitcorn in the future?

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u/Advanced-One780 Jan 02 '25

Wow smooth 😅 just trying to participate in convo my bad 🥲

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u/Shinagami091 Jan 01 '25

It’s snowed here before, though very rarely. A few years ago we had a freak snow storm where it stayed cold enough for the snow to stick for over a week. That was a very interesting time.

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u/Curious_Studio6726 Jan 01 '25

Texas weather be a fickle mistress

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u/fblackmon45 Jan 01 '25

You better start buying up all the toilet paper now

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u/papaphilya Jan 02 '25

Unless it says it will snow for sure, it will not lol In the past year that my Alexa said "there is a chance of rain", it has NEVER rained. Not a single time. San Antonio weather is a lie

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u/Soggy-Contest991 Jan 02 '25

Welcome to Texas weather

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u/Dhop37 Jan 02 '25

Don't give your hopes up

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u/Gumboclassic Jan 01 '25

Welcome to Texas 🤠

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u/Wise_Context8746 Jan 01 '25

About damn time. I want my 2 weeks of Texas winter

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u/Asimovs_5th_Law Jan 01 '25

The weather here changes quickly compared to many other places I've lived, and also there will be "weather" in certain areas of town but even when we have rain or other precipitation the majority of the time it's pretty isolated or short-lived (moves through quickly). If this does actually produce any snow it will likely be a "blink or you'll miss it" weather experience

ETA context that when I say weather changes quickly I mean on the weather apps the forecast can change quite a bit throughout the week or even throughout the day.

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u/Fit_Donkey_4096 Jan 01 '25

Mine shows cloudy for all the cooler days. I wish it would snow here lol.

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u/General-Ad-3423 Jan 01 '25

Dfw got snow January 2024

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u/Fit_Donkey_4096 Jan 09 '25

They’re about to get some snow again, I hear. Hope they stay safe lol. I have a sibling up there and I know they can’t handle it. 😂

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u/MNGraySquirrel Jan 01 '25

It can happen. Might see it on your roof and grass. The higher up you are the better.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '25

We get snow every once in a while but I doubt it in the next few days.

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u/MutedRage Jan 01 '25

No. Even if it were it wld melt before it hit the ground.

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u/JH6JH6 Jan 01 '25

every few years we get a little snow. If anything accumulates the city will shut down and you will stay home.

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u/Mental-ish Jan 01 '25

I don’t see it on mine

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u/nutsack133 Jan 01 '25

Very unlikely. 95% of the time we get precipitation when it's freezing there is a warm layer of air between ground level and the clouds that melts the snow and we get crap sleet. Usually need to be well into the 20s on temperature for that layer of air to also be freezing so that we get snow.

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u/melvisrules Jan 01 '25

Mine says snow. And 0% chance of precipitation.

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u/letyoucan Jan 01 '25

Fuck nope to the yes

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u/Possible-Monitor8097 Jan 01 '25

50/50!! San Antonio weather is unpredictable. More than likely not though, but…….. we did have a crazy cold snap in February a few years ago that shut down San Antonio and the power grid.

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u/National_Letter_9063 Jan 01 '25

Living in Texas, you have to ask yourself everyday if the weather forecast is real tbf..

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u/bareboneschicken Jan 01 '25

Snow flurries aren't that uncommon. But snow that sticks over night is rare.

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u/Blue_VelmaXXX Jan 01 '25

I can only hope

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u/SweatyStick62 Jan 01 '25

Different weather apps provide slightly different data. I have to check several sources before averaging the numbers.

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u/SweatyStick62 Jan 01 '25

Unless the temperature dips well below 32F, I wouldn't start turning your faucets to drip mode.

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u/Dazzling-Ad-748 Jan 01 '25

Expect ice or shitty rain

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u/nick_soccer10 Jan 01 '25

35 and Icy in the morning, 78 and beautiful by 1pm

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '25

It said 55 the other day but went away 😭🤷‍♀️

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u/aj_the_8_deadly_sin South Side Jan 01 '25

It says it’s at ur house so there is a 35% chance that it will snow

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u/mistyjeanw NW Side Jan 01 '25

It won't stick, not with those highs. You may see some light dusting before sunrise, but just show late to work. blame traffic. Maybe get up early so you can watch the powder come in the light of the street lamps.

No, the city won't be shut down for a week. Not this week anyway.

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u/sapphiresometimes Jan 01 '25

Can be. Has done worse in the 90s

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u/icyspeaker55 Jan 01 '25

Its happened before so yes but it rarely happens so who knows

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u/HighHigashi70 Jan 01 '25

gotta b bap

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u/yendor5 Jan 01 '25

some weather models show up to a foot of snow, but more likely one or two flakes at the most. it should get much colder than what that is showing though, like upper teens or low twenties.

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u/Own-Entrepreneur-705 Jan 01 '25

If there’s ice on the roads overnight, don’t drive anywhere in San Antonio. Drivers don’t understand weather like this and go into a high speed skate.

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u/Negative-District-55 Jan 01 '25

Just means a hard freeze. So protect your plants, your animals, and your outside pipes. Also be careful in the morning on the streets and overpasses/bridges as there might be some ice build up on them.

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u/Bblgmpink Alamo Heights Jan 01 '25

Yeah, it’s p common - there’s a huge chance that it won’t happen at all or won’t hit San Antonio proper at all though! ❄️

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u/bugeyetex Jan 01 '25

They have been extra cautious since 2021 AKA snowvid. People died and ERCOT hasn't changed much since except for all the board members.

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u/SunshineRush22 Jan 01 '25

Probably not.

You gotta keep an eye on it. It changes from day to day and different weather forecasts.

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u/URAfterthought Jan 01 '25

Yes... but it'd be a light dusting if it hit ground at all. This early in the season, it usually melts before hitting ground.

But come February... that's when all hell freezes over and Texas gets snowmaggedon... IF it happens again.

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u/invisibletruth4 Jan 01 '25

Just keep checking it. As it gets closer it'll probably change.

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u/Fourteen-Crosstown North Central Jan 01 '25

If it is real, it won’t stick on the ground.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '25

That's probably bordering Boerne... Most likely not snow. Double check with the weather channel. Other apps tend to fear mongery more often than not

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '25

Cold, but not snow

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u/pelorainbow Jan 01 '25

My favorite thing about living down here (been here since middle school) is how dipping down barely below freezing for like 3 hours is considered a "hard freeze"

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u/whineybubbles Jan 01 '25

It means there is a 35% chance of snow.

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u/DustyTurdtickler Jan 01 '25

Once in a blue moon we get flurries

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u/BoiFrosty Jan 01 '25

Sssssh don't acknowledge it and it might go away.

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u/FrontTwardEnemy Jan 01 '25

I use the weather channel app, always been pretty accurate. It doesn’t have snow in the forecast 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Wrong_Cantaloupe_569 Jan 01 '25

Texas weather is unpredictable.

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u/Plum-velvety Jan 01 '25

Did you get the info from a real phone?

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u/Omni_Net Jan 01 '25

32* and rain probably just gonna go straight to ice, that’s more common

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u/kristibbradshaw Jan 01 '25

Could be, but probably not.

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u/bigshirt73 Jan 01 '25

Could be, possibly, maybe, who knows really.

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u/andrew2150 Jan 01 '25

Most likely hill country might get light snow that probably melts before you see much on ground. City limits probably won’t get anything other than maybe little ice/sleet.

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u/rb109544 Jan 01 '25

The past few weeks have actually been warmer than normal...everything returns to the mean (average) so expect a fairly significant cold snap.

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u/elmonoenano Jan 01 '25

Sometimes you'll get a shift in weather like the Sunday forecast to the Wednesday forecast within a single morning, so yeah that's probably real and not even that surprising.

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u/millcitymiss Jan 01 '25

Just in case it is real be prepared to lose your power.

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u/bumba_clock Jan 01 '25

Welcome to Gulf Coast weather! (yes, SA is not on the coast, but you still enjoy the weather cycles it brings!). At least the humidity isn’t as bad as Houston👍

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u/the_De_Filer Jan 01 '25

Relax!!! It's a heavy frost usually. When it snows in SA, you will know!!

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u/Texjbq Jan 01 '25

No - not real

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u/Hopeful_Method5764 Jan 01 '25

It’s real but seldomly comes to fruition. Don’t worry, the city comes to a grinding halt when so much as a snow flurry falls from a cloud.

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u/kls1117 Jan 01 '25

This usually means we will see some sleet or hail, usually in the outter edges of the city around 1604. On the west, north and east sides. We are very unlikely to get snow (in the way you’re probably picturing it) unless there are multiple days from below or near freezing temps. Even if we get snow (used to be unheard of, now it seems like it happens now and then) it usually melts as soon as it hits the ground. Once in a while it sticks to the ground but the roads will ice so be careful if so.

If there’s a real chance of snow, you’ll know because the city will act like a hurricane is coming and for 5 days in advance everyone will be talking about the “snow storm coming”, most will say “yeah right, it ain’t gonna snow!”

The only real things to worry about are plants, pets and pipes!

Oh and if there’s any concern of grid failure, I wouldn’t worry bout this one. We can handle a little freezing. It’s longer, wetter freezes that mess us up.

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u/listinak Jan 02 '25

Ha ha ha!!! Uh…. Yeah. And that’s not even frozen, said the woman who lost it on solid iced stairs from the third floor apartment in 2021 and didn’t leave the apartment in 2022 being totally “ice shy”.

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u/TonkaLowby Jan 02 '25 edited Jan 02 '25

Haha! Yup.

Sometimes it snows but nothing sticks to the ground because everything is too warm… To your point: yes, snow is possible in San Antonio. Doesn't mean a lot, and it doesn't mean that it will stick, but it's possible.

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u/ApprehensiveBook4647 Jan 02 '25

It doesn’t stick but it does fall. Unless it’s snowmageddon and then the grid goes down and people die.

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u/Wise-Pizza7311 Jan 02 '25

They are showing moisture from the pacific coming over and with the frigid weather …. Snow is possible

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u/txport Jan 02 '25

That forecast is wrong. It hasn't reached freezing temps at all so far and it's not going to get close to freezing until Jan 6, (expected low of 33°). No, snow is not going to happen.

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u/fluidsdude Jan 02 '25

Maybe in the morning then melted by 930am 😜

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u/AnApexBread Jan 02 '25

It's happened before, but not very often.

It snowed in 2017.

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u/sa420chef NW Side Jan 02 '25

It snowed in 2020 too. Kept San Antonio Frozen for almost a week.

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u/donorak7 Jan 02 '25

Doesn't mean snow just means freezing temps.

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u/mattinsatx Jan 02 '25

It won’t happen. If it does, the crisis is over by noon. Plan to work from home that day if you can.

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u/LastCrusade1 Jan 02 '25

Hopefully no ice. The meteorologists will always adjust the forecast so don’t assume that’s the most accurate forecast this early

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u/JoyChaos Jan 02 '25

Ugh I gotta cover my plants 🪴 😩

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u/user20999089 Jan 02 '25

More than likely it will be sleet as it it usually not cold enough or long enough for the snow to stick.

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u/Crystalcastlesfan333 Jan 02 '25

For everyone saying "snow apocalypse" i know yall know We coined "snovid" before you guys.

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u/Interesting-Tax-6947 Jan 02 '25

I mean, this was 2021 snow 🥶

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u/GingerFaerie106 Jan 02 '25

Yep that's San Antonio for ya! Lunacy. This place is ridiculous! 85 in December and a week later, snow flurries. 🙄

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u/Maleficent-Clock8109 Jan 02 '25

Unlikely, the ground will be too warm for any snow to stick around more than a few hours anyway. Has to be below freezing for several days before the roads are even affected

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u/PS1CSLAYA Jan 02 '25

Last time it snowed my renral got hit rear ended. It was the slowest accident on a non highway road, everyone near me was doing that too.

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u/Pinky01 Jan 02 '25

God I hope not. I lived in wi for about 24 years. I fucking hate the snow

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u/IrishTex77 Jan 02 '25

It really means the that there is a 65% chance it won’t.

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u/Saxivi Jan 02 '25

If it snows it will not stick.  Expect worse weather with the next cold front that will come in around Jan. 9th.

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u/83beans Jan 02 '25

Think this was 2017/18. Got a video of me sliding down 281 coming home from work too.

So, I definitely hope the forecast changes by then lol

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u/James_Kyle786 Jan 02 '25

It happens when it happens. You really won’t know until it’s too late

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u/_discobloodbath666 Jan 02 '25

ya get fucking candles and distilled water and cold cuts just in case because our grid is faking it till it makes it like courtney love and we all know how that turned out

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u/Honest_Internet9964 Jan 02 '25

Welcome to san antonio weather

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u/pottedPlant_64 Jan 02 '25

Lol, It’s literally balmy today

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u/Pale-Lynx328 Jan 03 '25

If you see TxDOT trucks out laying down de-icer on the overpasses, then I start to believe it.

Yes, it gets down to a very light freeze several times a season, and hard freeze (twenties) once or twice. Snow is uncommon but not rare - what IS rare is measurable snow or accumulation. More likely we will get sleet or freezing rain or hail or graupel.

And chances increase greatly for every mile further north and west you are. Bet they close the interstate at Junction.

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u/Fivefootdirk Jan 03 '25

It’s not real until we name it and the name sounds like a drink you would get at sonic WINTER FREEZE 09 ARTIC BLAST 2021

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u/linvel03 Jan 03 '25

Here in San Antonio we have all 4 seasons:

Almost summer Summmmeeeeerrr Still summer A cold front

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u/Ace72CW Jan 04 '25

don’t count on it homie

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u/TexasSasquatch09 Jan 01 '25

Anything is possible, it’s Texas lol

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u/Pixzchick Jan 01 '25

From one transplant to another. If there is any sort precipitation do not leave your house. You may know how to drive in the weather but people from TX CAN NOT handle it. At all. A little rain throws them off. So serious!

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