STREAMING
STREAMING SERVICES. >>> AS WE PREPARE FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF RARE SNOWFALL IN
THE HOUSTON AREA NEXT WEEK, WE
HAVE BEEN TAKING A LOOK BACK AT
TIMES IT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.
>> CHECK THIS VIDEO OUT FROM
THE 1920s OF A HOUSTON FAMILY
MAKING SNOWMEN AND HAVING
SNOWBALL FIGHTS.
SNOWBALL FIGHTS. OUR FRIENDS AT THE HOUSTON
PUBLIC LIBRARY HELPED US FIND
THIS INCREDIBLE VIDEO.
THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
>> THAT IS SO SWEET.
I REMEMBER BEING THAT AGE. SHE
IS TO BE ABOUT 6, RIGHT?
I MADE MY FIRST SNOWMEN ON THE
WEST SIDE.
WEST SIDE. THAT WAS 1973. I THINK WE HAD
ONE OF THESE MAGICAL SNOWFALLS.
IF YOU ARE A KID, IT IS
MAGICAL.
MAGICAL.
MAGICAL. IF YOU ARE AN ADULT OR A
TURKEY, IT IS NOT SO MAGICAL.
WE WILL HAVE A LOT TO DEAL WITH
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
NORMALLY, WHEN WE HAVE A WINTER
RAINFALL IN HOUSTON, IT IS
LIQUID RING.
LIQUID RING. THAT IS WHAT WE HAD ALL DAY
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO DROP
BELOW FREEZING.
BELOW FREEZING. WE WILL HAVE MORE LIQUID COME
IN.
IN.
IN. THAT
IN. THAT IS GOING TO TURN INTO A
WINTER STORM SUNDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING.
MONDAY MORNING. 39 RIGHT NOW WITH A LITTLE BIT
OF MIST AND DRIZZLE.
MOST OF THE RAIN IS IN THE
PROCESS OF MOVING OUT.
FRIDAY, WE ARE MOSTLY RAIN
FREE.
FREE.
FREE. I
FREE. I DO HAVE A 20% CHANCE OF
SPRINKLES OFF AND ON.
TEMPERATURES WILL START AT 38.
THEY WILL GO TO 42.
IT WILL FEEL LIKE IT DID TODAY,
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. IT HAS TURNED NORTHERN TEXAS
INTO THE FREEZER.
IT HAS TURNED CENTRAL AND SOUTH
TEXAS INTO THE REFRIGERATOR
WITH TEMPS IN THE 30s, BUT
ABOVE FREEZING.
ABOVE FREEZING. LOOK ACROSS THE NORTHERN
PLAINS.
PLAINS.
PLAINS. DO YOU SEE IT?
THIS IS THE NEXT PUSH A BITTER
COLD ARCTIC AIR.
SEE IT PUSHING SOUTH ACROSS
SOUTH DAKOTA INTO NEBRASKA?
LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURE AT
INTERNATIONAL FALLS.
INTERNATIONAL FALLS. OVER THE LAST SIX HOURS, THEY
HAVE DROPPED TO 20 BELOW.
THERE IT IS, THE SECOND PUSH
COMING IN.
COMING IN. THAT WILL ARRIVE HERE SATURDAY
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. SUNDAY IS GOING TO BE MUCH
COLDER. WE WILL DROP BELOW
FREEZING SUNDAY EVENING.
IT'S JUST THE LEADING EDGE OF
THIS EXPANSE OF AREA OF ARCTIC
AIR THAT COVERS ACROSS ALL OF
CANADA.
CANADA.
CANADA. 40 BELOW RIGHT NOW, BEER,
ALASKA.
ALASKA.
ALASKA. HI POINTE THIS OUT BECAUSE THIS
IS WHERE THE COLD AIR ENDS UP
COMING INTO THE ROCKIES IN
TEXAS.
TEXAS.
TEXAS. IT
TEXAS. IT IS COME STRAIGHT DOWN THE
ROCKIES.
ROCKIES.
ROCKIES. THE TIP OF THE SPEAR, SO TO
SPEAK, IS IN CENTRAL TEXAS.
STILL A LITTLE BIT OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE NEAR SAN ANTONIO.
AUSTIN HAD TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
EARLIER. WE HAVE BEEN MAINLY
LIQUID.
LIQUID.
LIQUID. WE HAD A COUPLE OF SPOTS IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY AND GRIMES
COUNTY THAT REPORTED ICY SPOTS
ON BRIDGES.
ON BRIDGES. THE PRECIP HAS STOPPED.
HOPEFULLY, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO
GET AROUND UP THERE TOMORROW
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. TOMORROW MORNING, TEMPS IN THE
30s.
30s.
30s. BELOW FREEZING, BRENHAM AND
HUNTSVILLE.
HUNTSVILLE. TOMORROW, DURING THE DAY, COLD,
CLOUDY, NORTH BREEZE, 30s AND
40s ALL DAY.
MAYBE A FEW SPECKLES HERE AND
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. TOMORROW, WE BASICALLY GET A
BREAK.
BREAK.
BREAK. TEXAS GETS A BREAK ON FRIDAY.
WE GO INTO SATURDAY. A LITTLE
DISTURBANCE COMES IN.
WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT
RAIN SATURDAY NOON THAT COULD
PRODUCE A FEW SLEET PELLETS.
GOING INTO SUNDAY MORNING,
ANOTHER LITTLE DISTURBANCE THAT
MAY GIVE US SLEET, LITTLE ICING
TROUBLE IN MONTGOMERY IN WALKER
COUNTY AND POINTS NORTH.
A LITTLE BREAK SUNDAY EVENING.
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY
MORNING, THAT IS THE MAIN STORM.
THIS IS THE WINTER STORM WE ARE
FORECASTING ON MONDAY.
THE AMERICAN MODEL HAS IT
STARTING AS ICE AND TURNING
OVER TO SNOW AS IT EXITS MONDAY
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. BUT THE EUROPEAN MODEL IS MORE
INTERESTING IF YOU LIKE SNOW
BECAUSE IT THINKS MOST OF WHAT
IS GOING TO WILL BE SNOW, MAYBE
A LOT OF IT.
4 INCHES IN DOWNTOWN.
FIVE AND HALF INCHES, COLLEGE
STATION.
STATION.
STATION. THIS WOULD BE THE BEST
SITUATION BECAUSE SNOW WAS
EASIER TO DEAL WITH THAN ICE.
I AM WORRIED WE WILL HAVE MORE
ICE, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF I-10.
COLD FRONT, COLD SATURDAY.
WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE SUNDAY.
TUESDAY MORNING IS THE COLD
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. WE DROP DOWN TO 12 IN HOUSTON.
THAT IS WHEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE
PIPES AND EVERYTHING ELSE
WRAPPED UP TIGHT AND PROTECTED.
I FEEL LIKE WE ARE TRACKING A
HURRICANE COMING OUR WAY, ONLY
IT IS A WINTER STORM.