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It's on its way.
Super Bowl week will start off just fine, with Monday's high temperature forecast to be in the low 60s. But then comes a chance of freezing rain, sleet, snow, and what the National Weather Service in Fort Worth calls "some of the coldest temperatures in years".
Here's the fine print from the National Weather Service with highlights in bold:
"An arctic cold front will move into northwest north Texas after midnight Monday night. The cold front will move through the rest of North Texas by midday Tuesday. Temperatures will begin falling late Monday night and continue falling throughout the day Tuesday. Most of North Texas is forecasted to be below freezing by Tuesday evening. Temperatures are not expected to warm above freezing area-wide until Friday.
Regarding the timing for winter weather Tuesday ... locations along and Northwest of a line from Eastland to Mineral Wells to Bowie could see a mix of freezing rain and sleet by daybreak Tuesday. The wintry mix transition line is expected to reach a Paris ... Hillsboro ... Goldthwaite line ... including the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex ... by late morning. By mid-afternoon ... the transition line will likely reach an Athens ... to Waco ... to Lampasas line. A transition over to mostly snow or snow and sleet is expected north of I-20 during the afternoon. The wintry precipitation will rapidly end from west to east during afternoon Tuesday.
Additionally ... gusty north winds will combine with the cold temperatures to produce wind chills in the teens and 20s by Tuesday afternoon. Wind chills Wednesday morning will fall into the single digits to below zero over the northwest half of North Texas.
Significant uncertainty remains regarding timing ... types of winter precipitation ... and accumulation amounts on Tuesday. However ... current forecast data indicates areas of significant ice ... sleet or snow accumulations are possible. The amount of ice and snow accumulations will depend on how fast temperatures drop below freezing and how fast the precipitation moves off to the east Tuesday afternoon.
The details and potential impacts of this winter weather event are still being determined and will be better resolved during the next few days. A winter storm watch will likely be issued for part of North Texas in the next 24 hours."
Super Bowl week will start off just fine, with Monday's high temperature forecast to be in the low 60s. But then comes a chance of freezing rain, sleet, snow, and what the National Weather Service in Fort Worth calls "some of the coldest temperatures in years".
Here's the fine print from the National Weather Service with highlights in bold:
"An arctic cold front will move into northwest north Texas after midnight Monday night. The cold front will move through the rest of North Texas by midday Tuesday. Temperatures will begin falling late Monday night and continue falling throughout the day Tuesday. Most of North Texas is forecasted to be below freezing by Tuesday evening. Temperatures are not expected to warm above freezing area-wide until Friday.
Regarding the timing for winter weather Tuesday ... locations along and Northwest of a line from Eastland to Mineral Wells to Bowie could see a mix of freezing rain and sleet by daybreak Tuesday. The wintry mix transition line is expected to reach a Paris ... Hillsboro ... Goldthwaite line ... including the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex ... by late morning. By mid-afternoon ... the transition line will likely reach an Athens ... to Waco ... to Lampasas line. A transition over to mostly snow or snow and sleet is expected north of I-20 during the afternoon. The wintry precipitation will rapidly end from west to east during afternoon Tuesday.
Additionally ... gusty north winds will combine with the cold temperatures to produce wind chills in the teens and 20s by Tuesday afternoon. Wind chills Wednesday morning will fall into the single digits to below zero over the northwest half of North Texas.
Significant uncertainty remains regarding timing ... types of winter precipitation ... and accumulation amounts on Tuesday. However ... current forecast data indicates areas of significant ice ... sleet or snow accumulations are possible. The amount of ice and snow accumulations will depend on how fast temperatures drop below freezing and how fast the precipitation moves off to the east Tuesday afternoon.
The details and potential impacts of this winter weather event are still being determined and will be better resolved during the next few days. A winter storm watch will likely be issued for part of North Texas in the next 24 hours."
I've still got plenty of firewood for this week, so we're all set. I wish I could have the hot chocolate though. 
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