Widespread accumulation of snow expected in North Texas this week as First Alert Weather Days continue
NORTH TEXAS – The First Alert Weather Team is becoming more confident that a significant snow event will hit North Texas starting Wednesday night. The worst of it will come on Thursday and will not leave until midday on Friday.
Keep in mind this event is days away and the forecast details will almost certainly change; however, there is a high level of confidence there will be travel problems on Thursday and Friday.
Forecast models agree that snow will arrive in the metroplex Wednesday night.
A winter storm watch is in effect for North Texas beginning Wednesday night continuing through Friday afternoon.
At first, the biggest problem will be wherever the icing starts. The current forecast shows it happening in Erath County and the I-45 corridor in Navarro County to the south. Be aware of possible issues with getting around and power outages in those areas.
Accumulating snow is forecast everywhere north of the ice accumulation.
DFW snow forecast
The system arrives Wednesday night but could turn into an all-day event on Thursday with some areas in North Texas getting significant snow. How much snow will fall and where is still uncertain.
This is the first bout of winter temperatures this season. Expect below-freezing nights the rest of the week.
The First Alert Weather team will continue to issue update on CBS News Texas platforms as the winter storm approaches. It has been almost a full year since the last accumulating snow in the DFW area.
It's been almost a full year since North Texas has had a daytime high only in the 30s; There will be several of those days in a row starting Tuesday, which begins sunny but ends with clouds.
One reason this cold is such a shock is that the winter so far has been so mild. December was the third-warmest on record, and DFW logged just one freezing night until this week.
Monday was the first hard freeze of the season (28° or colder). It has showed up that late in only four other winters.
That explains why some summer flowers have stuck around in January inside the urban heat island of the Metroplex.