Dangerously low wind chills throughout North Texas immediate First Alert Climate Day on Thursday

NORTH TEXAS – Harmful wind chills dropped “feels-like” temperatures to the kids and single digits throughout North Texas Thursday morning, prompting a First Alert Climate Day.

Throughout the Dallas-Fort Value Metroplex, temperatures had been sitting within the low to mid-20s and winds held at 10-20 mph.  

At 5 a.m., it was 24 levels at Dallas-Fort Value Worldwide Airport however factoring within the 18 mph winds, the “feels-like” temperature was 10 levels.

Temperatures can be within the 20s by means of the morning hours and will not get above freezing till later within the morning. Temperatures may attain the 40s later within the afternoon. 

The freezing temperatures brought on some patchy ice on Dallas County roads from Wednesday’s rain – a portion of northbound I-35E in Oak Cliff was utterly shut down at of 5 a.m. as a result of ice. Later within the morning, sand vehicles had been seen treating the roads and the roads reopened by 9 a.m. The patchy ice wasn’t widespread – in accordance with the Texas Division of Transportation, there have been no stories of icy roads in Fort Value.

Valentine’s Day appears to be like to be hotter with excessive temperatures within the low 50s however for date night time, there’s a small probability of some scattered showers. Over the following three days, excessive temperatures will vary from the 40s to 50s to 70s earlier than the following chilly entrance strikes in Saturday afternoon, cooling excessive temperatures again all the way down to the 40s on Sunday.

The precipitation on Saturday will shift east earlier than the chilly air strikes into North Texas and by Monday morning, temperatures can be down into the mid to higher 20s however will probably be dry. 

The following massive climate change arrives Tuesday into Wednesday morning. CBS Information Texas meteorologists are watching the following system intently as there’s a mixture of chilly air and precipitation in play. Nonetheless, it’s too early to land on a particular answer of rain mixing with sleet or snow. The GFS mannequin and the European mannequin aren’t in settlement.

Right here is late Tuesday afternoon: Each fashions present precipitation however the European mannequin is way more aggressive with the precipitation protection.

Right here is Wednesday morning: The European mannequin exhibits a mixture of rain, sleet and snow whereas the GFS is far drier with a chilly rain in solely components of North Texas.