Along with the warmer weather, North Texans can expect rain returning to the forecast this weekend. There’s a 50% chance of showers and storms late Saturday, Jan. 25, followed by a 40% chance on Sunday, Jan. 26, according to the NWS. Low rain chances (20%) will continue early next week on Monday, Jan. 27, and Tuesday.
Much of the Metroplex is under a cold weather advisory until 9 a.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth. Daily temperatures will be in the 30s, with overnight lows in the 20s on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
The National Weather Service issued a cold weather advisory for North and Central Texas, with wind chills as low as 5 degrees.
North Texas' extreme cold snap had the region under a weather advisory for much of the long weekend, but relief is on the way. Tuesday morning’s wind chill was projected to be in the low teens, according to the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office,
A Cold Weather Advisory continues through Wednesday morning across North Texas. The National Weather Service says low temperatures could reach into the low 20s Tuesday night.
First Alert Weather Days remain in effect through Wednesday morning due to "feels-like" temperatures in the single digits.
The winter storm warning in effect for North Texas has been downgraded to a winter weather advisory, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth. Temperatures in the Fort Worth area remain around freezing, and the precipitation could cause a small amount of additional ice to accumulate bridges and overpasses.
Most of the Dallas-Fort Worth area missed the snow, with only “traces” reported in northern cities, the weather service says.
Below-freezing temperatures are expected to arrive Saturday night in North Texas as the region is blasted with arctic cold air.
The storm has killed at least 12 people, including five in Zavala County, Texas, early on Tuesday in a car accident on Highway 57, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Fort Worth development helps first responders to contain fires. Open spaces outside the city are most at risk of large blazes.
An historic January storm dumped more deep snow along the U.S. Gulf Coast on Wednesday after bringing Houston and New Orleans to a near standstill over the past two days and burying parts of Florida's Panhandle with accumulations more typical of Chicago.