Days. We wanna check in with our meteorology, Greg fields.
You've been hard at work this morning, Greg because we're looking at widespread,
uh, rain in our area
with cold temperatures.
Yeah, cold temperatures and that's gonna be the key to that freezing rain.
We've been talking about,
been watching those temperatures very closely for
the most part around the metroplex.
We're keeping it above freezing. So that is gonna be some good news.
Now, it is gonna be wet out there for sure, but hopefully not icy for most of us.
33 taking you on out to DFW right now.
And the same coming back over to Love Field.
Now,
we did see those temperatures dipping up briefly to
32 a little bit earlier out at DFW,
but still 33 heading out to Love Field.
So, what we've seen for the most part has been all liquid now.
So you get a little farther north, especially up in the Collin County.
That's where we have seen some freezing rain
overnight and those temperatures in mckinney and,
uh, heading over to Frisco in Plano right around freezing 33 right now.
Heading over to Wiley.
We've seen a little bit of freezing rain into Denton County as well.
But Lewisville,
heading up to Denton back up to 33 so 31 there in Sanger a little farther south.
You see where that freezing line is kind of across the area here south that we are
looking at those temperatures holding steady in the low
thirties over the southern portions of the metroplex.
So you see the light freezing, uh,
freezing rain that we have seen tapered off into Collin County right now areas a
little farther north and east though as we head out toward Paris back toward bottom,
looking at more of that pink showing up there.
So that's where we do have that freezing rain still coming down in those areas.
Now,
a larger batch of rain is moving up from the south and I think this
is what most of us can expect as we go through the morning commute.
So it is definitely gonna be wet. The wintry weather probably combined
into areas along the immediate Red River, but that does include, uh,
Greenville coming down to Sulfur Springs there as well as we'll
have that winter weather advisory through 7 a.m. So that's where
we could see some bridges and overpasses that could get a
little icy at times here as we go through the morning,
you see a little farther south.
Those upper thirties to around 40 temperatures will
be climbing as we go through the uh,
morning hours getting up toward midday.
So any freezing rain that we do see will transition over to all rain.
We think as we head toward midday, some of that rain could be heavy as well.
Can't rule out some
and it thunderstorms through about midday.
So keep that in mind, we should dry out a little bit more as we come home later today.
So here's what it looks like with those temperatures.
We do start to get above freezing
and by later this afternoon, we should be somewhere in the upper forties,
the rain tapers off, but this is only round one more.
Rain is on the way this week. But now this, uh, get over to the
shower,
checking the traffic roads are gonna be wet, hopefully not icy to show.
Yeah, I'm hoping it's not icy either, but, you know,
even with that rain is certainly gonna cause
some issues for drivers 433 on the clock.
As you heard the anchors Miche, we are on early. Here's a word dealing with early on.
We did have one issue that was working along.
I 20 our crews did roll on the cameras out
there and as far as the incident is concerned,
it has been cleared westbound I 20 right at
Dowdy Ferry that is in southern Dallas County,
early on it had multiple lanes blocked.
The good news is traffic is back moving.
Now, what I have seen in,
in the headlights on some of these shots as I've been watching, of course,
those roads are slick.
So that is certainly gonna cause you some issues here this morning. One area.
And I was asking meteorologist Maria Ruiz about this right before we came on the air,
I did start to see some slowdowns up along Dallas North Tollway.
And again, I know that it is slick out there.
So just be careful as you're making your way along the
tollway coming down perhaps from Collin County if you must drive,
remember these tips, 8 to 10 seconds behind the car in front of you,
avoid those quick jerky movements,
steer in the direction that you want the car to go.
That's if you happen to hit a slick spot and make sure you don't slam on those brakes.
Ok. Just a little something to be mindful of as you get ready to head out.
I do know we have Chris. So
up in the weather truck helping us with the road conditions up and didn't Chris,
what are you saying up your way?
Everything you just mentioned is what I would echo right now. The roads are wet.
We are here in Denton County,
right near the Louisville Lake, kind of that overpass where you head over.
And we heard Greg talk about how those are surfaces where
you could see them become slick otherwise though we have not seen
whole lot of ice on the bridges and overpasses here on 35. However,
we have seen the rain.
It's actually pretty light right now, but the roads are still very slick.
There are some areas where it started to pawn due to the rain overnight
and we will continue to monitor these situations. Just depending on
how the temperature goes above freezing, below freezing.
You could see some ice, some freezing rain.
We know that we had reports of freezing rain in Denton County overnight.
So that is something we are keeping our eye on as of right now though,
as I mentioned through 35 in Louisville, really just wet roads.
Nothing frozen. No wintry mix, nothing of that nature.
However, I know that they did Tech dot did
put Brian down on the major roadways in Denton
and Collin County. So to see how things are out
in Collin County, I'm going to send it now out to Cleo Green who's also out on the road.
Hey, Chris, good morning. Yes, we are live at 75 and 121.
You can see the overpasses behind me and I am seeing some drivers pick up speed.
Please take it easy out here this morning.
It was pouring down rain about an hour ago
and that freezing rain definitely came through as well.
We're here near mckinney, uh, near a, um,
Nissan, a car dealership.
I want to show you here right now that
the freezing rain did come through last night because I'm
looking at the windshield of a lot of the
vehicles out here and it's just covered in ice.
So please, if you parked a car outside this morning, take it easy.
You may need to scrape off that ice this morning.
Our photographer was so gracious to pick me up this morning.
When I came out the front door, I almost slipped on the ice on the walkway.
So please take it easy out there, maybe lay some kitty litter,
stand out there to make sure you don't slip and fall.
So we'll definitely keep an update on the conditions out
here and see what's going on out here in mckinney.
I'll send it back to you, Mark. All right. Thank you, Cleo.
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We'll take a look at the weather conditions expected
in other parts of the state this week.
And, uh, certainly a rainy Monday to kick things off
the city.