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Posted on: February 2, 2022

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Bottom Line

Widespread impacts are still expected due to winter precipitation arriving today and lasting through Thursday. The most recent forecast update has shifted the onset of winter precipitation a couple of hours earlier due to the faster arrival of cold air.

Overview

The entire forecast area is now under a Winter Storm Warning that begins in the northwest this afternoon and continues through Thursday afternoon.
The cold front will move through the entire region today with temperatures falling into the teens and 20s overnight.
Periods of rain are expected today. The rain may be moderate to heavy at times.
A transition from rain to a winter mix will occur from northwest to southeast this afternoon and tonight. An initial transition to freezing rain and sleet is most likely.
- Rain will transition to winter precipitation as early as noon across the northwest, but widespread impacts in this area are not expected until around 2-4 pm.
The potential for significant icing appears most likely across eastern North Texas tonight with impacts that may include:
- Dangerous travel, tree breakage, and power outages.
- Travel impacts extending into Saturday in this region.
Medium icing-related impacts are expected elsewhere that include the potential for:
- Ice/sleet covered bridges/overpasses and slick surface roads, icing on trees and powerlines that may cause sporadic power outages.
- Travel impacts extending into Friday or Saturday.
Snow is expected later tonight over Western North Texas, with snow possible across all of North Texas on Thursday. This will likely fall and accumulate on a layer of ice.
Precipitation is forecast to end late Thursday, but any ice, sleet, and snow would remain on the ground until Friday or Saturday when temperatures warm comfortably above freezing.
Below zero wind chill values are likely both Thursday and Friday night.
Low temperatures in the single digits and teens are likely both Friday and Saturday morning. Daytime highs should warm above freezing by Friday or Saturday depending on location.

Areas of Concern & General Timing

Threats/Hazardous Weather Types

Timeline

What We Are Certain Of:

Arctic air is arriving today.
Rain will occur first before transitioning to freezing rain, sleet, and then snow.
Sub-freezing temperatures will arrive in Western North Texas first, then spread southeast across the remainder of the area.
The predominant winter precip types across the majority of the region will be freezing rain and sleet.
The highest snowfall totals will be in our northwest.

What We Are Less Certain Of:

How quickly the rain will transition to freezing rain and then to sleet and/or snow.
How much precipitation will occur overnight.
Rain and winter precipitation accumulations.
When all areas will warm above freezing.

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