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5 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

anyone who has that option, it might be a cunning plan

right now it looks like 75mph is in play well past the split and i'm guessing very little traffic

@The Golden Hat

i had not looked at the radar in an hour....  by the time you get to hillsboro a winter mix blob is likely to have moved over i35

current temps: hillsboro 35f,, wax 32f, cleburne 33f

consider this in your decision - you may be down to 30mph from the split, i.e. 2+ hours to i20

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51 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

target: tailgate

the best thing you can do tomorrow is have a competent shotgun google map analyst, either in the vehicle with you, or remote on hands free device

someone not driving should be monitoring the freeze line, road status (black/red/yellow/green) and the surl for real-time reports in this thread

this cap shows 3 different routes from the i35 split to the tailgate location at 816 North Collins 76011

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i have comments about each of these routes but will hold off until later this afternoon as we see how the day plays out

If going the 35W route, I generally take 20 to 820 to 30 in order to avoid downtown fr worth.  

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1 hour ago, nnm said:

/Aggie conspiracy theorists, probably/

“Them librul sips are controlling the weather. It’s gonna be a home game for them durn ol’ sips.”

/./

 
I practiced plowing plenty, but the first time I actually plowed, it was over really quickly and was quite disappointing for all involved.

One stroke, done.

I'm in. I'm out. I'm smokin'.

 

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2 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Nice of that mustang driver to account for the snow/hazardous driving conditions by leaving an additional 6 inches of room between his car and the car in front of him

Welcome to why driving in the Metroplex under any level of snow, rain, or ice is an issue. People simply do not know how to drive safely here. Keep your head on a swivel tomorrow. 

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4 minutes ago, Blotto said:

Nice of that mustang driver to account for the snow/hazardous driving conditions by leaving an additional 6 inches of room between his car and the car in front of him

Probably someone from Chicago mocking all the "idiot Texans" who don't know how to drive in the conditions. Will end up totaled out on a guardrail somewhere this afternoon.

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Welcome to why driving in the Metroplex under any level of snow, rain, or ice is an issue. People simply do not know how to drive safely here. Keep your head on a swivel tomorrow. 

Almost all of the freeways/tollways are concrete, not asphalt. More slick spots. But yeah there are terrible drivers here.
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6 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

If going the 35W route, I generally take 20 to 820 to 30 in order to avoid downtown fr worth.  

double-edged sword: above freezing downtown fort worth will be sanded out the gazoo, and the north 35 to east 30 ramp is only elevated for 300 feet:

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all else equal, your route backtracks and is not 1 of the 3 google suggestions.... that said it could be the best play - who knows as the situation changes from hour to hour

it's all about what google traffic is showing in realtime

having every cell in your vehicle loaded with google turn-by-turn for a different route is the way to go...  you will get a "recalculating" message if that route craters

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Nice of that mustang driver to account for the snow/hazardous driving conditions by leaving an additional 6 inches of room between his car and the car in front of him

That’s called being careful for Dallas drivers. It’s usually 2 inches.
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1 minute ago, Hagbard Celine said:

double-edged sword: above freezing downtown fort worth will be sanded out the gazoo, and the north 35 to east 30 ramp is only elevated for 300 feet:

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all else equal, your route backtracks and is not 1 of the 3 google suggestions.... that said it could be the best play - who knows as the situation changes from hour to hour

it's all about what google traffic is showing in realtime

having every cell in your vehicle loaded with google turn-by-turn for a different route is the way to go...  you will get a "recalculating" message if that route craters

Yeah and I’m trying to think about the flyovers involved in the 287 route. Might just be to get on 287, and that’s further south, but it’s likely to have little attention paid to it in terms of sand or slurry treatment. 

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49 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

for those with any of the toll badges, 287 to 161 from either austin or houston would be my #1 play

the ntta system will be the safest roads in the metroplex

ignore this

161 doesn't connect to 287

360 connects to 287

all precip falling at that junction is wet

but there is no traffic at all

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1 hour ago, utee94 said:

May be an image of snowplow and text

Living out here in Colorado - i'm always excited to get the names of the snow fleet in the state. For my Longhorns in CO, King Scoopers is good: 
 

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  • Snowmuch Fun
  • Pizza
  • Zamboni
  • Deion Snowders
  • Snowbi-wan Kenobi
  • Plowie Wowie
  • Luke Snowalker
  • Nikola Snowkic
  • King Scoopers
  • Lightning McPlow
  • C3-Plow-O
  • Snow Trooper
  • Plowasaurus Rex
  • Brrring Back Summer
  • Mr. Plowtatohead
  • Ka-Plow
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1 hour ago, Hagbard Celine said:

double-edged sword: above freezing downtown fort worth will be sanded out the gazoo, and the north 35 to east 30 ramp is only elevated for 300 feet:

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all else equal, your route backtracks and is not 1 of the 3 google suggestions.... that said it could be the best play - who knows as the situation changes from hour to hour

it's all about what google traffic is showing in realtime

having every cell in your vehicle loaded with google turn-by-turn for a different route is the way to go...  you will get a "recalculating" message if that route craters

I20 between I35W and 820 has been under construction fyi. Might be better off just staying on i35w up to i30. 

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Pretty crazy how at my house it keeps fluctuating between snow, sleet and rain.  I'm guessing all dictated by whatever 1-2 degrees fluctuation in temp at any given time.  We were all snow most of the AM, then sleet and rain for a bit late morning.   We just had about 30 minutes of snow and now shifting back to sleet/rain.  Looking out the windows probably getting to the point where I would have no desire to drive on roads in our neighborhood.

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1 hour ago, Vegas64 said:

It's been snowing fat snowflakes in Prosper for like 3 hours now. Looks like a winter wonderland. (Cue the "Prosper isn't Texas it's Southern Oklahoma" jokes now)

I was in Prosper last night for my son’s basketball game. Fuck Prosper. 

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13 minutes ago, royiv said:

DFW is a cluster today. Anyone flying in is likely to be impacted.

Was on Tollway moving from Mockingbird to Forest just now. Minimal traffic, but I fishtailed a few times. It’s not that bad, and is more snow than sleet, but it ain’t great. 

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