Right now we're about 24 hours
from bitter cold temperatures rolling
into North Texas. Thankfully not
going to look anything like this.
OK, this is in Whatcom County, Washington.
Some places got up to 15 inches of snow.
Oh my. And here at home we are bracing
for dangerously cold temperatures.
Warming shelters plan to open to
help people stay warm and safe.
The Salvation Army is 1 organization that's
closely monitoring those temperatures,
preparing to open several locations
here in North Texas. Good morning.
Thanks for being with us.
I'm Kara Sewell, and thanks for joining us.
I'm Cleo Green and from Mark,
the countdown is on for that Arctic
blast that's a heading our way here.
So let's get right over to
meteorologist Greg Fields.
Greg is, I guess, today the day to prepare?
Yeah, today.
This is going to be the last day.
If you haven't done it already,
you better get it done.
As we head into this afternoon,
we're going to see temperatures after a
chilly morning warming up a little bit today.
But yes, that Arctic air is on the way.
So here's what to expect.
As we go through the day today,
it is gonna be chilly out there,
mostly cloudy skies for you
as we go through the day,
but really not gonna feel too bad,
similar to what we saw yesterday.
Now the front is gonna arrive tomorrow
morning very early between 7:00 AM,
ten AM, give or take a little bit.
And those winds will sharply come
around out of the north northwest.
So we're going to be looking at some gusts,
40 plus mph perhaps,
and those temperatures falling
quickly through the day as well.
We will be looking at some lower teens,
upper teens, lower 20s as we head
into the afternoon for tomorrow.
So we're going to be around 2223 late.
Of the day tomorrow with those wind chills
in the single digits and teens as well.
So yes, it is gonna be quite cold for us.
And then on Friday,
lows will actually be in the teens,
single digits windchills will be below 0
and we won't get out of the 20s on Friday.
So we'll get ready.
It is on the way.
In the meantime,
Fort Worth right now it's a little
colder heading out the door this morning,
30 degrees,
mostly clear skies out there
for you right now.
Look how much colder it
is compared to yesterday.
So just a little taste of what is the gum.
We're about 10-15 degrees
colder compared to 24 hours.
Go looking at the upper 20s heading
out to Decatur at 2728 in Denton right
now 33 as we head out to Terrell.
So here is that day planner for you.
It is going to be a mostly to
partly cloudy day out there.
We'll have those light S winds as we
head into this afternoon and those
temperatures warming up to around 52
degrees of not feeling too bad out
there compared to what we're going
to be getting heading into tomorrow.
So we'll talk more about
that for you coming up,
but we do have Ariel
Placencia and the studio.
You're talking about how this
cold air is going to be impacting
travel around the nation.
Absolutely, Greg. You look tomorrow
is expected to be one of the busiest
days of air travel and already SW and
American Airlines issuing some travel
waivers for some flights to some airport.
So double, triple check to see if
you apply if that applies to you.
Now, of course, we're going to
be keeping an eye on delays and
cancellations over the next few days.
We'll take a look at our FlightAware
misery map here and we'll check
in on our airports here in Dallas.
So far, FlightAware only reporting
one cancel that. So that's good news.
But again, always a good idea to
check the status of your flight
before you head to the airport.
Now, if your flight does get cancelled
or delayed or some sort of issue,
experts say the key pretty obvious here.
Act fast.
You're gonna want to rebook
on your app if possible.
If you're already at the airport,
head to that desk, to that gate agent.
While you're waiting in line,
give customer service a call so you can
kind of hit that from both angles there.
And also be kind because that gate agent
has a lot of control and can really
help you out if your flight is cancelled.
Of course,
anytime we talk about cold weather,
hard not to forget about that
February 2021 winter storm, right?
So we went and talked to an energy.
Analysts wanted to get her thoughts
on how she thinks the grid's gonna
handle what's coming our way.
This is going to be a very cold event,
but it's not going to be as frigid or
as long or as wet and damp and icy as
last year so that there are less things
that can take down a power plant or
that can grind equipment to a halt.
Of course, as Greg mentioned though,
today is the day to start planning,
right? Start thinking about
dropping those frost sets.
Make sure you know where that
emergency shutoff valve is
in case water starts leaking.
I think the tricky thing here is a
lot of people heading out of town,
so now is the time to sort of make plans
and how you're going to prepare your home.
It might include calling a neighbor as you
head out the door to go to the airport.