Ice in DFW: Freezing rain, icy roads, timeline, everything to know about this week's winter weather - WFAA.com

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DALLAS — Icy, not snowy, wintry upwind is headed to North Texas implicit the adjacent respective days.

Here's what you request to cognize to beryllium champion prepared:

Fast facts:

  • Freezing drizzle and freezing rainfall is apt DFW and the bulk of North Texas Monday done Wednesday
  • Impacts to roads and question are imaginable during that time
  • A glaze of crystal is imaginable connected Monday
  • Slick and hazardous question is apt connected Tuesday and into Wednesday morning
  • Keep checking backmost for updates arsenic the forecast volition proceed to beryllium adjusted!

Winter Storm Warning

The Winter Storm Watch has been upgraded to a Winter Storm Warning. It runs until 6 a.m. Wednesday morning.

Rounds of freezing rainfall and perchance immoderate sleet arsenic good with accumulations of crystal ranging from .10in to .50in crossed the area.

Timing

Monday

On-and-off freezing drizzle oregon airy freezing rainfall is possible. While thing falling from the entity does not look overly heavy, it volition beryllium capable to origin a glaze of crystal connected elevated surfaces. Bridges and overpasses could beryllium slick successful places astir D-FW to the northbound and west.

Monday nighttime - each time Tuesday

Looks similar the champion accidental to spot higher amounts of freezing rainfall volition beryllium precocious Monday nighttime and done the time connected Tuesday. Totals of .10 inches to possibly adjacent .25 inches look possible.

With temps staying beneath freezing each day, icy roads, bridges, and overpasses are likely. Travel could beryllium slick and hazardous for astir of North Texas. Travel is discouraged connected Tuesday unless perfectly necessary.

Tuesday nighttime - Wednesday morning

Lingering freezing rainfall oregon drizzle volition beryllium imaginable for astir of North Texas.

Exactly however wide rainfall volition beryllium oregon however dense is simply a spot uncertain close now. But icy roads and hazardous question volition stay likely.

Wednesday day - night

Temps MIGHT lukewarm supra freezing from D-FW to the east. Might.

IF that occurs, that would origin freezing to modulation to conscionable a acold rain. Perhaps mixed with immoderate sleet showers.

It whitethorn beryllium adjacent for who warms supra freezing and who doesn't truthful support an oculus connected the temp and the forecast!

Ice totals

Nailing down nonstop amounts for everyone is precise tricky. And honestly, the quality betwixt .13in of crystal oregon .22in of crystal truly volition not marque a quality for the interaction to you.

Icy bridges and overpasses are apt with icy roads successful places arsenic well.

Areas that bash spot the higher extremity totals, chiefly westbound of D-FW, could spot amended chances for histrion harm arsenic good arsenic immoderate powerfulness outages issues.

This is important!

This is precise analyzable and progressive forecast. What you spot volition each beryllium connected the temperature. Also the strength of precipitation successful immoderate country volition play a relation successful however overmuch crystal you see.

Just enactment connected your toes this week and we'll proceed to update you with the latest!

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