Storms move out, temperatures drop below freezing overnight
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The arctic front that brought a line of thunderstorms to southeast Texas has moved through Sunday evening and now it's time for temperatures to plummet.
All of Southeast Texas is under a Freeze Warning from Midnight to 9 a.m. Monday. A Cold Weather Advisory has also been issued from Midnight to 11 a.m. as well. These cold weather alerts account for temperatures that will be below freezing and a gusty northwest breeze that will make it feel like the teens at times Monday morning.
The sky has cleared and temperatures have already fallen by at least 10 degrees Sunday evening. After sunset temperatures will continue to drop, falling below freezing by Monday morning. And with a northwesterly wind between 15 to 25 mph, the combination of the wind and cold will make it feels like the teens or low-mid 20s Monday morning. A wind chill will be present all day Monday too, so it might only feel like near-freezing all day long Monday. Thankfully, it'll be sunny.
Just how cold will it be behind the Arctic cold front?
Temperatures will fall over 40 degrees from Sunday afternoon to Monday morning. And it'll be windy Sunday evening as well so please have a thick jacket and a hat it you'll be out. This week will feature the coldest temps so far this winter with lows in the 30s and highs in the 40s. Feels like temperatures, or wind chill values, Monday morning could fall to the upper teens for a short time. It's looking more likely that a good portion of Southeast Texas will drop below freezing sometime Monday and/or Tuesday morning.
Is a hard freeze possible, and could we get any frozen precipitation?
Our Freeze Warning is from Midnight through 9 a.m. Monday, and for most the expectation is for a Light Freeze, not a hard pipe-bursting freeze. A Hard Freeze is possible in Trinity, Madison, and Houston Counties. As far as wintry precipitation goes, it now appears that our northern counties will have a very small chance of some ice Thursday morning if the rain starts early enough. Temps may be below the freezing mark for a short period of time north of a College Station to Lake Livingston line. At this time it doesn't look like the metro Houston area will see any ice but we'll keep an eye on it. Also, a major winter storm is possible over the northern part of the state Thursday into Friday. If you're planning to head to Dallas then, you might be dealing with ice and several inches of snow.
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Montgomery/Walker/San Jacinto/Polk/Grimes Counties
Fort Bend/Wharton/Colorado Counties
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