North Texas – It was a cold day. Brutally cold. Kind of colder than we expected. In fact, it was so cold, we had to adjust our forecasts a bit…
With strong northerly winds blowing over the “warm” waters of Lakes Ray Roberts, Grapevine and Lewisville, there was a good display of lake effect snow across parts of the Metroplex. It was little more than a dusting off, but it gave us our first clue that some areas would likely see more snow than we originally expected.
This is our new thinking. Cold temperatures win. From the surface up into the atmosphere, temperatures are colder and support a snowy appearance rather than a rain/freezing drizzle appearance. It's actually a good thing – although not everyone feels comfortable driving in a little snow, it's easier to do than driving on ice.
However, in the Southeast, we are still experiencing more ice than a dusting of snow. First Alert Radar is already showing expanding freezing rain/drizzle coverage in parts of Henderson, Anderson and Navarro counties. These are the areas to watch for icy patches heading in overnight into Monday morning.
We are under a winter advisory until noon Monday and a wind chill advisory until Tuesday.
