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>>> AND
>>> AND WELCOME BACK. WE DO HAVE DELAYS OUT THERE.
YOU SEE THE DELAYED SCHOOL
CLOSINGS ON WFAA.COM.
ALL THE OTHERS ARE THERE, AND
SCHOOLS ARE EITHER CLO+@SED OUT
TO THE NORTH AND WEST OR
DELAYED IN OTHERS AS THE
WINTERY WEATHER MOVES IN.
>> I THINK THE KIDS IN THE
DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA ARE
WAITING FOR THE FAKE MICHAEL
IRVING TO DO THE CLOSINGS.
>> I BROKE THE NEWS TO MINE
YESTERDAY, YOU'RE GOING TO
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL.
SCHOOL. DISAPPOINTED.
DISAPPOINTED. FORT WORTH AND DALLAS, GOING TO
SCHOOL TODAY.
SCHOOL TODAY. >> A NUMBER OF AREAS TO THE
WEST OF THE AREA, THEY ARE
CLOSED, AND I MEAN AT A
MINIMUM, WE ARE LOOKING AT
DELAYS THERE.
DELAYS THERE. >> W+@E ARE SEEING THE SNOW AND
ICE PILING UP IN THOSE AREAS.
>> WE HAVE CREWS ACROSS THE
AREA.
AREA.
AREA. >>>
AREA. >>> THIS IS NOT IN EFFECT FO+@R
OUR AREA, BUT BOWIE TO
JACKSBORO.
JACKSBORO. MINERAL WELLS TO THE WEST, AND
WHY IS THE WARNING IN EFFECT?
IT'S IN EFFECT BECAUSE THOSE
ARE THE LOCATIONS WHERE WE
EXPECT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION+@,
AND I'M TALKING A LOT OF SLEET.
WE ARE LOOKING AT QUITE A BIT
OF FREEZING RAIN AND THE ICE IS
ACCUMULATING IN THE AREAS IN
THE WINTER STORM WARNING.
TO THE EAST OF THERE, INCLUDING
DENTON AND TARRANT COUNTY, WE
HAVE A WARNING, WHY IS IT IN
PLACE?
PLACE?
PLACE? BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL OF THE
ICY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.
+@
ICY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. IT'S FOR TARRANT COUNTY, COOKE
COUNTY, PARKER COUNTY, AND
SOMERVILLE AND HOOD COUNTIES IN
THERE AS WELL, AS WELL AS
HAMILTON.
HAMILTON.
HAMILTON. THAT'S THE WINTE+@R WEATHER
ADVISORY.
ADVISORY.
ADVISORY. IT'S ALL ABOUT THIS.
THE MOST CRITICAL PART OF THE
FORECAST.
FORECAST.
FORECAST. THE TEMPERATURES ALOFT, AND THE
TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE.
ONCE WE GET CLOSE TO FREEZING.
33, CERTAINLY 32 OR BELOW,
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS. DROPPING TO 28 DEGREES, YOU GET
THE TEMPERATURES AROUND 30 OR
COLDER, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT
SERIOUS ICING SITUATIONS
STARTING TO DEVELOP.
TO THE EAST OF THE LINE, THE
ENTIRE DALLAS FORT WORTH AREA,
+@
+@ I
+@ I HAVE
+@ I HAVE US STAYING A TAD ABOVE
FREEZING, AND DALLAS IS AT 35.
THE TEMPERATURE IN RICHARDSON,
36.
36.
36. YOU
36. YOU CAN GET THE IDEA HERE, AND
TEMPERATURES TO THE EAST OF THE
FREEZING LINE, ABOVE FREEZING,
AND TH+@EY WILL STAY ABOVE
FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND
GREEN I+@S RAIN.
IT'S JUST A COLD RAIN, AND AT A
MINIMUM ON THE+@ ROADS THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. TESHARA WILL BE HERE, BUT AT A
MINIMUM, WET ROADS FOR THE
DALL+@AS FORT WORTH AREA.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE ON A
NORMAL DAY.
NORMAL DAY. CERTAINLY SLOWDOWNS, GIVING
YOURSELF EXTRA TIME.
OFF TO THE WEST AND NORTH,
PARTS OF COOKE COUNTY, STARTING
TO SEE THE SLEET, SNOW HERE
EXTENDED TO JACKSBORO THIS IS
WHERE CHRIS IS.
WE ARE SEEING SNOW AND SLEET
ACROSS YOUNG COUNTY, AND
MINERAL WELL+@S, AND STEPHENVIL
SEEING THE SLEET FALLING TOO.
AREAS EAST OF THE FREEZING
LINE, DALLAS FORT WORTH, AND
SOUTHEAST TEXAS, CENTRAL TEXAS
TODAY, ALL SHOULD BE JUST A
COLD RAIN.
COLD RAIN. THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE WILL NOT+
HAVE A POCKET OF SLEET HERE OR
THERE, BUT, GREG, FOR TH+@E MOS
PART, THE ACCUMULATING SLEET,
AND ACCUMULATING SNOW, THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT OF THAT+@, TO THE
WEST OF THE DALLAS FORT WORTH
AREA?
AREA?
AREA? >>
AREA? >> IT'S TO THE NORTH AND WEST,
AND YOU CAN SEE FROM BOWIE, WE
HAVE CAYLEE DION, AND WE WILL
GO TO HER IN A MOM+@ENT, BUT
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE SLEET AND
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. AS WE GO TO T+@HE EAST, MINERAL
WELLS TO TARRANT COUNTY, AND UP
WELLS TO TARRANT COUNTY, AND UP@ INTO DENTON COUNTY THIS
MORNING, FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET MIXED IN.
BURSTS AROUND THE DALLAS AREAS
TO THE EAST, AND IT WILL BE
BRIEF.
BRIEF.
BRIEF. TALKING ABOUT MAINLY WET ROADS
AS PETE WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT,
BUT BURSTS OF SLEET FROM TIME
TO TIME.
TO TIME.
TO TIME. W+@E WILL HAVE DEFINITELY WET
ROADS THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH,
AND IT WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF
AS WE HEAD INTO THIS AFTERNOON.
THE TIMECAST, TAKING US INTO
THE MID-TO LATE MORNING, WE
WILL HAVE ONGOING WINTERY
PRECIP FOR THE FAR NORTH
WESTERN COUNTIES, AND MAYBE
LIGHT RAIN IN AND AROUND DALLAS
AND FORT WORTH.
IT SHOULD WIND+@ DOWN HEADED TO
LUNCHTIME INTO THE AFTERNOON,
AND MAYBE SOME ONGOING
ACTIVITY, AND LATE TODAY, OUR
FAR NORTH WESTERN COUNTIES, AND
AGAIN, DRIVING THERE, WEST OF
FORT WORTH AND DALLAS, THAT'S
WHERE WE WILL HAVE THE MOST
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
THERE, AND HEADED HOME LATER
TODAY, INTO TONIGHT, THINGS ARE
WINDING DOWN ALL TOGETHER, AND
WE WILL CLEAR OUT INTO TONIGHT.
THE WINTER WEATHER, THE SNOW IS
COMING DOWN ACROSS THE WESTERN
COUNTIES, AND WE HAVE
METEOROLOGIST CAYLEE DION, UP
IN BOWIE THERE, AND WE SAW THE
SNOW IS COMING DOWN AT A GOOD
CLIP.
CLIP.
CLIP. WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
>> WITHIN THE LAST, I WOULD SAY
5 MINUTES, TEMPERATURE DROPPING
33 TO 32, GOING FROM HARD SLEET
PELLETS TO HUGE SNOW NAME
FLAKES, AND I WILL HAVE YOU
LOOK UP.
LOOK UP.
LOOK UP. THEY ARE ABO+@UT AN INCH IN
DIAMETER, AND THEY ARE HUGE OUT
HERE, AND AS WE COME BACK DOWN
SLOWLY HERE, I WILL HAVE YOU
LOOK AT THE GROUND, AND WE HAVE
TALKED ABOUT ACCUMULATION, AND
THE DIFFERENCE IF YOU HAVE
SLEET INSTEAD OF SNOW, AND IF
YOU LOOK HERE, MOST OF THIS IS
NOW THE SNOW, AND IT'S WITHIN
THE LAST FIVE MINUTES, AND IT'S
STARTED TO ACCUMULATE, AND YOU
CAN SEE IT'S REALLY SLUSHY OUT
HERE, AND IT +@ACCUMULATES FAST
THAN SLEET WOULD.
IT'S A LITTLE ON THE SLICK
SIDE, AND WE ARE HERE AT SONIC,
AND ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES IS OUT
HERE WALKING SALT AROUND ON THE
SIDEWALKS BECAUSE, EVEN IF
YOU'RE NOT OUT DRIVING AND OUT
IN THE AREA, I+@T WILL START TO
ACCUMULATE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO
WALK OUT ON YOUR SIDEWALK, AND
IT'S ON THE SLICK SIDE.
THE OTHER THING, TO MY RIGHT.
WE SAW IT DOWN IN DECATUR, AND
THIS IS A TREE.
THERE'S BUDS ON THE TREE, BUT
IT'S ALL ICED OVER, AND YOU CAN
EVEN HEAR IT.
CAN YOU HEAR THAT?
IT BROKE OFF BECAUSE OF THE ICE
THAT HAS ACCUMULATED ON THE
TREE.
TREE.
TREE. I'M
TREE. I'M SORRY, TREE.
+@
+@ I
+@ I FE+@EL REALLY BAD ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ARE
DEALING WITH FREEZING RAIN OR
SLEET.
SLEET.
SLEET. IT
SLEET. IT ACCUMUL+@ATES ON TREES, P+@O
LINES, ELEVATED SURFACES, AND
THAT CAN WELCOME SLICK,
ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND
OVERPASSES.