This system really just
getting started right now.
It really is. There's been
kind of a little overnight,
but as Michael just said,
Michael Ray just talked about though
we are expecting that to uptick
a little bit till later today.
We are talking about that later this morning.
So it's been in the form of drizzle
overnight, but the winter storm warning,
it has been extended now
until 6:00 AM on Thursday.
So we're looking at a several more
rounds of the year frozen precip.
I think this morning it's going to be
in the form of the freezing rain and
sleet mixture and then more freezing
rain probably heading into tomorrow.
So with the warning you see how widespread.
Use that 10th to maybe upwards of
1/2 an inch of ice accumulation.
That will be possible.
Some of those are ice totals,
so we're not just talking about the
hazardous bridges and overpasses.
The main roads,
they will be at an issue as well.
So definitely keep that in mind
if you have to be out.
If you don't just stay indoors
here over the next couple of days.
26 degrees taking you out to DFW airport,
wind chills,
they're gonna come into play today as well.
15 is what it feels like out
there for you right now.
Low mid 20s with the temperatures
getting out to Arlington at
2624 getting out to Rome,
they are 25 in Frisco.
And when we factor in those winds,
we are looking at those wind chills
down in the lower teens feeling like
it's 11 in Gainesville right now,
12 in Denton and a wind chill
of 13 heading out to granberry.
So a very frigid start.
Those temperatures as we head into
this afternoon won't be getting out
of the 20s over most of North Texas.
We'll have some low 30s a
little farther South.
And you see that freezing line on
into a far eastern and southeastern
counties here for today.
So on radar,
it has been very light with the precip,
mostly drizzle overnight,
but starting to see that uptick.
Right now,
and as we zoom out,
we've been talking about that next wave
of what could be some heavier sleet
and freezing rain mixed in already
starting to see that increase out
toward the Eastland and Breckenridge.
And this trend will continue
down into our Southern counties,
pushing up toward Hillsborough
and Corsicana right now.
So again,
after the sunrise today,
this will be moving on into the area.
And again,
the conditions on the roads will continue
to get worse as we go through the day.
So here's our time cast and look
how widespread the frozen precip,
the freezing rain and sleet
becomes as we head toward 9:00 AM
that continues on toward midday.
Into the afternoon we'll have
some heavier bands,
maybe that Thunder sleep we're gonna be
dealing with once again later today too.
This is around 3:00 PM,
so that does continue for us now.
I do think we'll get a little bit of a
lull as we head into this evening.
So this is around 8:00 PM.
It starts to taper off once again,
so we won't see a whole lot for a few hours.
And then as we head toward tomorrow morning,
we are looking at more widespread,
probably more in the form of freezing
rain as we head into tomorrow.
So again, we're going to have big
issues as far as travel is concerned,
and that will continue
as we go through midday.
Tapered off maybe a little
bit in the afternoon,
but I still think we'll have
some of that activity around the
frozen precip I'm talking about
even late in the day on Wednesday.
So it won't be until probably
Wednesday evening before temperatures
begin to get above freezing for us.
And when that happens,
we'll get that transition from the
precept that we've been dealing
with in the form of the freezing
rain and sleet and eventually
transitioning over to all rain I think
as we head into Thursday morning.
But temperatures are going to
be critical as far as that when
we get that transition over to
the all rain across the area.
So let's bring in.
Marielle,
right now to talk more about when
we will finally get above freezing.
Absolutely, Greg.
And right here you have the that
timestamp of 7:00 AM on Thursday and
you see that transition into rain
until we have temperature above 32 degrees,
we will continue to see a frozen precip,
weather it's freezing rain or
sleet or a mixture of the two.
So this is how our temperatures are going
to act here specifically this afternoon,
we'll notice not a big.
Range from this morning across the Metroplex,
still in the upper 20s,
with wind chills in the teens
for most 28 across Fort Worth,
Grand Prairie at DFW and in Dallas. Again,
today's high only 29 from Greg's forecast,
and as we approach the overnight hours,
it's still not getting above freezing.
Wednesday afternoon temperature
may briefly make it to 32 degrees,
and that's the closest we get to it,
but temperatures are then going
to continue to.
Really hold off until Thursday.
At best, we'll see widespread
above freezing temperatures.
Let me show you this 32 degrees.
We hit freezing 7:00 PM on Sunday.
Right now it's about 26.
We don't make it to above freezing
until Wednesday evening, and right now,
trends looking like we'll see above freezing
Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
When you see that transition back into rain,
that puts us at a total of 72 hours.
With freezing conditions,
we don't have time or we don't
have the opportunity to recover.
Our roads don't,
which is one of the big reasons
why we're seeing such big issues.
We finally make it above freezing,
like I said Wednesday night,
Thursday, Friday,
over the weekend,
it's like nothing ever happened.