NWS issued an Extreme Cold Watch for parts of Texas ahead of a cold front expected to drop temperatures nearly 20 to 30 degrees.
Some of the coldest temperatures of the entire winter season right now across the central United States,” said Andrew Orrison, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. The harsh cold descended on the nation’s midsection Monday on the heels of weekend storms that pummeled the Eastern U.
The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities is forecasting five consecutive days of “extreme” cold as part of an arctic blast that started Sunday and is expected to stick around through Thursday.
Get ready to bundle up. The National Weather Service anticipates Austin will see multiple hard freezes this week.
Extreme cold warning issued by the National Weather Service as an arctic cold front brings freezing rain and a prolonged hard freeze to Texas triggering ERCOT.
Temperatures in the Killeen/Fort Cavazos area will turn bitterly cold this week, so forecasters with the National Weather Service in Dallas-Fort Worth suggest preparing before Tuesday evening.
The National Weather Service Houston Bureau is predicting thunderstorms for Bryan-College Station on Saturday and a chance for an Arctic cold front to move in next week.
"An Arctic air mass is expected to plunge into the Central U.S. this week, with high confidence for widespread, record-breaking cold," NWS said in the forecast. "Through Friday [F
Cold will continue to grip the area throughout the week, with the worst of it expected tonight into Tuesday. Alongside a cold weather advisory currently in effect until 9 p.m. tonight, the National Weather Service will place our area into an extreme cold warning starting at 9 p.
Rapid weather changes, including an arctic blast, are in the forecast for the Killeen-Fort Cavazos area. The National Weather Service reports that the rapid weather fluctuations begin Saturday when the high temperature raises 21 degrees from Friday to 77.
A winter weather reprieve is on the way after Arctic air settled into the Pittsburgh region the past week, and the relatively warm trend could continue. The National Weather Service in Moon said temperatures will climb above freezing on Saturday after a week in which the highest temperature was just 25 degrees (Monday).