Snow and icy conditions have returned to North Texas, with frigid temperatures expected to remain until midweek.
Wintry conditions persist across North and Central Texas, with multiple portions of the state blanketed with snow and ice. The National Weather Service in Fort Worth (NWS) warns that most roads in the DFW area are covered in snow and ice, advising travelers of hazardous driving conditions for January 15.
“Travel impacts vary greatly across North and Central Texas this morning. The most widespread and significant impacts are across central North Texas, including the Metroplex, and across eastern Central Texas,” read the NWS’s website. “Many surface roads across North Texas are covered with snow and are slick. Ice and sleet on roads across eastern Central Texas will make travel dangerous!”
Frigid temperatures are expected to continue, with most areas below freezing in the teens with wind chills in the single digits. Juan Hernandez, a meteorologist with the NWS in Fort Worth, told The Dallas Express that the lowest temperatures that will be seen in this event will be between eight and 10 degrees.
“When you factor in the wind that’s when it really dips down below freezing. So for tonight, we’re probably gonna see wind chills in the metroplex range from about five to about zero degrees or even five below zero,” said Hernandez.
Hernandez explained that the overnight hours of January 15 will also be “fairly dangerous” for travel, advising travelers to stay off the roads.
Below-freezing temperatures are expected to continue through January 16; however, temperatures will begin to warm up again, rising above freezing on January 17. Hernandez warned that even though conditions may improve starting Wednesday with temperatures rising into the 40s, icy spots may remain.
Another cold front will bring frigid temperatures again on January 18; however, conditions will begin to heat up again with the weekend.
“High temperatures will mostly be in the 40s Friday through Sunday, with morning lows in the teens to 20s. Rain chances will remain near zero until our next system arrives Sunday night,” read the NWS’s website.
For now, North Texans are advised to bundle up, protect indoor plumbing and pets, and stay off the roads.