North Texas faces significant temperature drop as arctic front moves in
NORTH TEXAS — Enjoy the warmer afternoons while you can: we have a stretch of First Alert Weather Days beginning Sunday and continuing through Tuesday.
We've already been dealing with some chilly mornings, and Thursday morning is no different. Lows will be in the 30s, with some spots hovering around freezing at daybreak.
But we should get to enjoy highs in the 60s on Thursday and Friday before our next arctic front arrives.
The front should be working its way through North Texas around midnight Saturday. This means it'll be one of those interesting days where the high could be close to 12 a.m.
By daybreak Saturday we will all know a front has moved through, especially considering the northerly winds at 10-20 miles per hour.
Those winds will definitely come into play by Sunday morning when our stretch of First Alert Weather Days begins due to wind chills in the teens.
Monday morning will feature wind chills in the teens and potentially a few spots to the north with wind chills in the single digits.
By Tuesday morning, more spots will be dealing with wind chills in the single digits. Keep in mind, the afternoons will barely feel like we get out of the 20s.
We are confident in the drastic cooldown forecast this weekend. The snow forecast is a little trickier. Our forecast for Wednesday afternoon says there's a low chance for some minimal snow flurries late Monday into Tuesday. If this were to occur, we do not expect travel impacts as accumulations would be very minimal, half inch or less.
Hopefully, your cold weather preparations are already underway. The weather will be lovely to round out the work week, then we'll all get to hunker down until the cold moves on mid-week next week.