Good evening everybody.
I'm meteorologist Jesse hawla.
We want to talk about this,
this winter weather alert that
we have across North Texas.
It's a winter storm watch that's
in effect for most of North Texas.
Things are going to get pretty
dicey with ice accumulation possible
Monday and especially on Tuesday.
So pretty much I say all of North Texas.
The only exception would be Van
Zandt County and Henderson County.
Those are the only two counties in
North Texas not included in this.
But again the main concern that.
We have as we go through the next few
days we'll be freezing rain and sleet.
This is not going to be a snow
event in North Texas,
but we're expecting some slick
spots as soon as Monday.
Patchy freezing drizzle on Monday.
This is not where the heaviest
precip is going to fall,
but it's important to remember
it only takes a light coating,
a light glaze on elevated surfaces
to cause some really slick travel.
So please,
if you do see some drizzle around on Monday,
assume it's freezing drizzle.
Just take your time.
On Erie Roads, cause again,
icy spots are possible.
Then on Tuesday,
that's when things get even more tricky,
late Monday night.
Going into Tuesday,
we'll have on and off periods
of freezing rain,
and some of the travel will
get really icy in places,
especially to the northwest of
the Dallas Fort Worth area.
Up to 1/4 of an inch of ice is possible,
and temperatures hover right around freezing,
making this an exceptionally tricky,
tricky forecast.
Wednesday, Wednesday morning.
A little bit of freezing rain in the morning.
By the afternoon we should be
several degrees above freezing
in the Dallas Fort Worth area,
but cold rain will continue.
It's going to be a rainy Wednesday too,
but again, that's mostly just rain.
So let's take a look at time
cast to show you what to expect.
This is 7:00 o'clock in the
morning on Monday.
I want you to notice just how scattered
and light the precip will be.
And that's where we have that
freezing drizzle potential.
And there will be a few slick spots.
This is noon, a little bit of a rain,
freezing rain.
Six,
maybe some sleep pellets across
North Texas that will continue
into the afternoon and evening.
You'll see it's not a lot of precip.
Still,
some slick spots on elevated
surfaces will be possible on Monday,
then Monday night.
That's when things get a little bit trickier.
So here's here's kind of a look of
breakdown of that light freezing
rain or drizzle possible in this area
shaded in pink Corsicana, Athens Canton.
Just rain. Just a cold rain at that point.
Then let's get to Monday night.
Cloudy, more freezing drizzle continues.
This is when it becomes
a little bit steadier.
This is 7:00 o'clock in
the morning on Tuesday,
and certainly throughout the day Tuesday,
we'll kind of have these waves
of rain and freezing
rain. This is 12:00 PM you'll
see just how tricky this is.
Some parts of the Metroplex may
see periods where it goes from
rain then to freezing rain.
The better chance to see all freezing rain
will be to the northwest of the Metroplex,
where the Precip and the
colder temperatures overlap.
We're going to be sitting right around 32
in the Metroplex and a little bit above,
farther to the southeast.
That's why it's less likely
to see travel problems here,
much more likely to see them up here.
That's 3:00 PM,
there's the freezing rain.
There's the rain 7:00 PM even Tuesday
night going into Wednesday morning.
So widespread freezing rain across
most of North Texas on Tuesday,
where the Winter Storm watch
will be in effect,
just a cold rain in East Texas
and farther to the southeast.
I've highlighted the area.
Most likely T be impacted by
more significant icing.
This includes Gainesville,
northwestern, Denton County,
Wise County and farther to the South
and West Jack and Palo Pinto County,
Montague County as well.
That's where travel will will be the
most hazardous Dallas Fort Worth area.
Certainly expecting slick spots.
Then Tuesday night going into Wednesday,
still a couple of rounds of freezing drizzle,
freezing rain, we warm up.
Above freezing for most of North
Texas Wednesday afternoon.
That will take this where we see some
freezing rain in the morning and
shift it farther to the northwest.
So we're expecting just mainly
rain on Wednesday.
That will help erode some of the ice
on roads and overpasses and bridges.
So then by Wednesday afternoon,
Wednesday night, mainly a cold rain,
perhaps a little bit of freezing rain.
Continuing to the northwest.
Very tricky forecast.
That's the latest WF a.com.
We have an article breaking down all of this.
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We of course will have the latest
updates as they become available.
Make sure you stay tuned because it
is going to be a pretty tricky week.