I'm meteorologist Jordan Darensburg.
I hope everyone has stayed warm and stayed
safe throughout the course of the day today.
And we are tracking our temperatures and our wind chills and we've
got a few weather related alerts we do wanna talk about,
but let's take a look at our temperatures right now.
As we take a look here, we're mainly in those upper teens and low our twenties.
Now, I do wanna remind you, these are not wind chills,
these are actual air temperatures that we have right now, but these wind chills,
this is what it feels like on your body.
We're looking at single digits to lower teens throughout much of the region.
So it is going to be quite chilly as we bring in that northerly wind. So
make sure that if you have to step outside, make sure you're wearing a hat,
make sure you're wearing gloves, make sure you have adequate layers.
And remember to make sure those faucets are
dripping as well as make sure those pets and
plants are either inside or covered and make sure
that you are checking on your elderly neighbors.
That would be the four peas pets plants pipes and people.
Now I'm gonna go ahead and take this full real quick because we're gonna go hour by
hour as we head throughout the course of the
afternoon and evening into the overnight hours there,
you see those skies clear and we are expecting
to have wind chills down to the single digits.
But there are some areas specially out in the hill country
here where we have wind chill factors according to this model
getting down to either at
or below zero.
Now, the reason I'm showing y'all this is because we have a wind chill warning
that has been issued for most of the KV viewing area
and this is all the way until nine am on your Tuesday.
So what this means is that we could have wind chill factors
getting down to below zero, maybe around 10 below zero
in some isolated locations.
But I'm thinking mainly just a couple of degrees below zero.
However, that still would meet the criteria for a warning.
Now,
we also have a hard freeze warning that is in effect and the reason for that is because
we cannot have temperatures getting below 26 degrees or we have them
below 26 degrees throughout the entirety of the region at the moment.
So we're expecting a hard freeze likely, which means
definitely make sure that you have those faucets dripping right now
because other than because if you don't,
you're gonna have those pipes suffering and possibly bursting as a result. So
definitely wanna make sure that you are paying close attendance to that.
But as we go hour by hour
and this is through later on tomorrow,
there could be a very slight opportunity
in areas south and east of Austin
that we could see temperatures getting above
freezing for your actual air temperatures.
So
let me show you where I'm talking about. We're talking mainly in places like
here in town, maybe even San Marcos, portions of Caldwell County
might get above freezing as well. Maybe even Fayette County right there.
That model showing 33 in La Grange. So
only a very brief opportunity for any ice to melt if
it was not sublimated throughout the course of the day today.
And we're not gonna get as cold tomorrow night as what we will tonight. So
there's very, very good news on that particular front,
but then watch as we head into tomorrow afternoon or actually,
this is your Wednesday afternoon.
I should be saying I meant to say tomorrow night heading into Wednesday morning.
But in any ways, look at these temperatures here, we're looking at mid forties,
maybe even upper forties.
Some models are even showing low fifties in northern sections of the hill country.
So
that's where we start to see a little bit of that improvement.
And again, the extreme cold,
along with those dangerously low wind chills are gonna be
what we're dealing with through the day on your Tuesday
before we get that wind shift out of a southerly flow
and that's where we expect to warm up.
Now,
it's likely that we're gonna probably get to the
sixties by the time we get to Thursday.
So
very,
very good to see that.
However, we still gotta get through these next couple of days,
but I wanted to go ahead and calm some of y'all
down that we don't have any more winter storm warnings.
We don't have any more winter weather advisories.
But what we do have are hard freeze warnings as
well as wind chill warnings for most of us,
Milem,
as well as Fayette and Mason counties. You're under a wind chill advisory,
but the meanings are pretty much similar to one another.
The wind chill warning just has wind chill values that are even colder.
So hypothermia is even more of a concern
in those areas. So
we're gonna take this back up and we're gonna go ahead and
we're gonna summarize everything real quick one more time for you.
Take a look at these temperatures right now.
These are your actual air temperatures and we're looking at temperatures right now
in the upper teens to lower twenties.
Now we got that stout northerly wind, but as you see those skies are clearing
and that wind could actually help to break up some of the ice accumulation
that we might have seen if any at all.
Some areas received very little in terms of ice accumulation.
We're right now seeing reports of only 1/100 of an inch at best,
but
still was enough to cause some issues.
Now, wind chills though,
that's going to be more of a concern because we're looking at wind chills in the
single digits to lower teens and that's been
the case throughout the course of the day
and that's gonna continue on through the overnight hours,
but it could get even colder than that as we go hour by hour.
Look at these wind chill values as we're gonna go ahead and take this full.
We've got some areas especially out in the hill country
that could have wind chill values getting below zero there. You see Fredericksburg
Blanco, this model showing negative one
burnt showing a zero for our wind chills.
The wind chills, by the way are the yellow numbers.
The actual air temperatures are the white numbers.
And
as a result of that,
that's where we have the wind chill warning.
Now, I do wanna mention
that all precipitation alerts
have been allowed to expire. So
there's no more winter weather advisory. Unless you're watching us from the Briss
Valley, you guys are still under one
and there is no more winter storm warning.
That's good news.
But now
we must focus on the extreme cold coming our way
and we have that wind chill warning for everyone in the KV viewing area
and this is until nine tomorrow morning.
Now we also have a windshield advisory still in effect for
Milem Mason as well as Fayette counties
because the windshield values won't be as cold
in those areas as those in the morning.
But still we want you to be prepared.
Now,
we do have a hard freeze warning because the
actual air temperature will get down below 26 degrees.
That's the threshold for a hard freeze.
And we're expecting that from now all the way until 10 a.m. on your Wednesday.
And I'm gonna show you why right here as we continue this future cast
and we're only expecting highs getting to the lower
thirties for your Tuesday with some areas that could probably
get above freezing in areas south and east of Austin.
So here's what we're talking about
right here in town,
San Marcus
and portions of Caldwell County.
And also we're looking at portions of Fayette County
that could be
above freezing briefly as well.
Keyword briefly because we're gonna get right back down to those
twenties as we have throughout the course of your Tuesday night.
Now, as we head into Wednesday,
notice the wind shift early Wednesday morning
starting to shift to a more southerly flow
and that's gonna allow for more of a warm up.
We're looking at mainly mid forties, probably even upper forties,
which would definitely get us out of freezing for one
and melt anything that had refrozen as we headed through
the day on your Tuesday.
Now, the models for the hill country even have some lower fifties.
I'm not necessarily buying that, but that's a possibility. Nonetheless,
in any case, the cold
as well as those dangerously low wind chills,
those look like our main threats. And it's looking like
the precipitation and travel impacts are going to be pretty much nil
for the next couple of days as we get ready to warm up
Thursday, we get even warmer than that.
We're looking at highs in the mid sixties, another front comes in.
We do drop to the mid to upper forties,
but next Sunday we're watching for maybe a few isolated showers.
And yes,
we are actually talking about rain showers and not necessarily snow showers.
So
basically what I wanted to let you guys know is that
all the precipitation stuff has expired? No
winter weather advisory, no more winter storm warning.
Now, we focus on the dangerous cold and we want you to understand
and pay attention to those pets. Make sure they stay inside
those plants, make sure they're covered
and those pipes make sure that
they are covered outside,
maybe with maybe one of those water
burger cups or any other styrofoam cup that can help with that
or if you have a certain plug, you can use that as well
and then make sure you're checking on your neighbors,
making sure everyone is adequately warm.
And remember there are warming shelters that are going to be open
later on this evening. If you need a place in town
to stay warm. So
keep it here to KU News.
We're gonna have the latest on this as we hit throughout the course of the afternoon
and our meteorologist Shane Hinton,
he's gonna be in later on this afternoon with all the latest details to get you ready
for this warm up that's coming up as well as the extreme cold expected for tonight.