I mean, the kind of weather that
we're expecting Friday, not normal.
No, no. It's it's an Arctic blast.
It's moving in literally air from the Arctic,
sinking into the lower 48.
I know I've been telling you to prep for it,
but I don't know if you know.
It'll still be a shock to the system,
that's for sure. It will. But hey,
you still have time to make preps today,
make preps tomorrow.
Chris Sadeghi showed us at the beginning
of of the half hour just how to do that.
So please, please do that today as
our temperature is climbing to the 50s
already 50 degrees at UNT Denton here.
We're seeing still a little
cloud cover out there.
Overall though, it's not looking too bad.
It is a bit on the cool side.
I still went ahead and grabbed my
jacket this morning and tomorrow
it'll be very similar morning,
low of about 38 degrees,
52 degrees for the afternoon high.
Thursday is when things
really begin to change.
So Thursday morning,
I'm expecting a morning low of 43.
That will also be the high temperature for
Thursday because those temperatures just
kind of slowly drop throughout the day.
I'm expecting Thursday afternoon
to be freezing,
as in temperatures below 32
degrees winds are going to really.
Pick up out of the north anywhere between
15 to 30, but gusting up to 45 mph.
So this is what you can expect.
This is what's going to happen.
High winds,
temperatures drop through the day.
We'll also notice that our sub-zero wind
chills will be here through Friday morning.
It will be freezing all day Friday
afternoon and likely into Saturday morning.
Now what can be possible though is
for our temperature to stay in the
freezing territory, so below 32.
Degrees through the day Saturday
and into Sunday morning.
If that happens,
we'll see about 72 continuous
hours of freezing temperatures.
That's why we're telling you to
go ahead and prep your homes,
because this is the kind of cold
that we don't see all that often.
In fact,
the last time we had consecutive days
of freezing was February of 2021.
What will also be possible?
A few flurries flying.
Most of us will stay absolutely dry.
What's very unlikely is for us
to see any significant.
Wintry weather out of this,
although a few flurries will be possible,
no impacts expected.
Here's a look at what's going on right now.
We're seeing the cloud cover clearing,
but still some across along
and South of Interstate 20.
I'm seeing a little snow across
portions of the Great Lakes,
definitely seeing rain southeast
of the lower of the lower 48,
so closer to Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama.
But this is what's going on big picture wise.
We're still looking at wind chill
warnings for the northern plains.
Wind chill watches now for the
Texas Panhandle into Oklahoma,
Winter storm watches for the Midwest,
and the hard freeze and wind
Chill Watch also in
place for portions of
Mississippi and Alabama.
We will likely see when issued for us too.
The last time again that we saw something
like that was February of 2021.
It just hasn't been issued just yet.
Look at these temperatures
before below 0 in Rapid City,
minus 10 and Bismarck.
That cold air is still sinking.
Towards the South.
So if you are traveling at any point today,
I don't think you'll be running
into many issues with the exception
of snow across the interior,
Pacific Northwest and the Pacific Northwest,
rain to the South and east.
But if you're traveling tomorrow,
you'll likely run into snow in the central
plains and portions of the Midwest.
That snow then transitions on
Thursday into the Midwest and rain
as well for portions of Louisiana
and some of the Mississippi.
So our high temperatures are
going to drop significantly.
We're talking 25 degrees.
High on Friday.
That's it.
32 on Christmas Eve, 42 on Christmas Day.
The morning lows is really well,
we will see the difference.
43 for the morning, low Thursday.
Compare that to the 10 degrees we'll
likely see Friday morning, Friday morning,
the coldest part of our ten day.
The wind chill will be a few degrees below 0.
So one of those days where it's just
flat out dangerous to be outside,
especially when we factor in
those intense winds.
As far as our high temperatures go,
they're going to really regulate,
get closer to what's considered.
Normal for this time of the year next week.
So what again? Prep your homes.
Prep your vehicles today.
Tomorrow it gets flat out cold.
By Thursday.
It's here to stay through a Christmas,
and then it warms up the tab.
Next week,
we'll be back.