Photos show historic snowfall across Houston area

HOUSTON, Texas -- It's a snowfall time crossed southeast Texas!

A Winter Storm brought snowfall and freezing rainfall to the greater Houston area.

The National Weather Service predicts 3 to 6 inches of snowfall and sleet accumulations southbound of I-10 with locally higher amounts. North of I-10, accumulations look to beryllium much successful the 1-3" scope with locally higher amounts. Ice accumulations from freezing rainfall could measurement up to one-tenth of an inch, chiefly successful our coastal counties.

From snowboarding astatine the parkland to gathering snowmen successful the yard, ABC Houston affiliate KTRK's viewers shared photos of their snowy adventures. You tin scroll done them here.

Although it's amusive to play successful the snow, it's important to enactment upwind aware. City leaders accidental radical should beryllium prepared to enactment enactment for 48 hours.

If you indispensable travel, enactment acold distant from different vehicles and ne'er thrust adjacent to idiosyncratic due to the fact that you don't cognize their driving skills oregon if their conveyance volition rotation out.

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Stay beneath 30 mph successful snowfall and 15 mph connected ice, but this is simply a regularisation of thumb. You mightiness request to thrust adjacent slower.

Don't over-rev your engine, and marque definite to brake gradually and precise early. You could glide further if you hold until the past infinitesimal to brake astatine an intersection. Let disconnected the state early, fto the conveyance seashore to a stop, and mildly use your brakes.

And for a last tip, if your conveyance starts to slide, easiness disconnected the state pedal oregon brakes. Steer successful the absorption of the skid until you person regained traction. Then, straighten your vehicle.