And now it's time to talk about
the very cold air that's moving
into North Texas later this week.
I wanna start with kind of a bullet
point list of what you should expect
as we go through this upcoming week.
Let's start here. So what's likely,
what's possible, what's unlikely
with this week's Arctic blast?
What's very likely temperatures
are going to plummet Thursday.
When we have that that says thus day.
There's an R in there,
just pretend it's there.
That'll plummet Thursday when we have
an Arctic front move in single digit
lows by Friday morning, sub zero.
Wind chills and highs well
below freezing on Friday.
What's possible?
Maybe we'll see some flurries or
sleet pellets move through when the
cold front comes in on Thursday.
There's not a lot of moisture to work with,
but there could be at least some
wintry precip flying around.
Also possible 48 or more hours
below freezing.
It's really going to depend
on Saturday's high.
I have a forecast of 34 that's
technically 2 degrees above freezing.
If it drops a little bit more,
we'll likely stay below
freezing sometime Thursday.
Afternoon all the way
through Sunday afternoon.
So if we can just peak
above freezing on Saturday,
that would obviously break that streak.
Unlikely accumulating snow or ice.
I, as you said,
when the front moves through,
there's just not a lot
of moisture to work with.
Probably not a bad thing if we have to deal.
I know we want a white Christmas.
I totally get it.
But if we're going to have
to deal with cold like this,
probably best we don't mix in snow and ice.
Especially when people are trying to
travel the week before Christmas.
OK, so here's what's happening tonight.
Cloudy skies, some spotty showers.
Around tonight,
that'll continue overnight.
We'll actually see the coverage
increase by tomorrow morning.
They're 7:00 AM widespread rain
from Waco over to Corsicana,
Athens and Tyler.
If you're traveling down to
Houston or Waco or Austin,
essentially going South,
you'll likely run into rain.
Metroplex lot of this is going
to stay to the southeast.
We'll have some spotty
showers around for sure,
but the steadier stuff stays
down to the southeast of the
Metroplex and East Texas by midday.
If you're traveling over to Tyler
or Longview up to Texarkana,
that's where the rain's gonna be in
East Texas by Monday afternoon and
Monday evening, and then we're dry.
So it's kind of just a quick little system.
It's not significant.
A trace to 1/10 of an inch is
possible for parts of the Metroplex,
maybe up to 1/2 an inch farther
to the southeast of the Dallas
Fort Worth area onto the cold.
Let's see where it's very cold.
It is 34 degrees below 0 at Dees Lake,
20 degrees below 0 at high level,
so you could see where the Arctic air.
Really is 41 degrees below 0 at Old Crow.
So here's the Arctic air as
it spills S this
week. It makes its way into Texas.
The whole state of Texas
is going to get very cold.
We're not expecting wintry weather in the
state of Texas in terms of snow and ice,
but look how cold it gets.
We may have to lower these numbers a little
more based on what I'm seeing this evening.
25 The High Friday with a low of
1334 Christmas Eve, 41 Christmas Day.
Look at the lows Friday morning,
11 in Denton, 10 in McKinney.
8 degrees in buoy 9 in Bonham.
That's without factoring in a wind.
You factor in the wind.
We're talking wind chills from 5 below zero
to 10 below 0 along the Red River counties.
I hear the moans and groans.
I know I'm just the Messenger
3 below 0 in Waxahachie.
And I promise you this.
No one watching right now
despises this more than me.
I promise one below in mahaya.
Friday morning.
Now's the time to prepare.
Not Thursday, when the cold front gets here.
Finish up your Christmas shopping Monday,
Tuesday or Wednesday.
Take a look at the pipes,
the faucets, the plumbing.
What do you need to protect this week?
Turn off your sprinklers.
Don't forget to do that.
Just do it now. You know,
maybe water Monday morning or Tuesday and
then that's it for the rest of the week.
And also check the plants
that need to be covered.
And do not forget people and pets.
You'd be surprised how many people
forget that kind of stuff tonight.
44 degrees, mostly cloudy, a few showers.
Not as cold tonight as it has been.
47 tomorrow. Mostly cloudy skies with.
Guys with scattered rain,
there's the 10 day forecast.
Wow, I don't like it.
35 on Thursday.
Temperatures fall down to 13 by
Friday morning. Christmas Eve.
We wake up to 19.
Santa Poor Santa 24 degrees Sunday morning.
He's used to this though.
41 on here,
but he comes here for a break,
kids.
He's not expecting this when
he's dropping toys off to the
boys and girls of North Texas,
but look at next week,
63 on Wednesday.