The National Weather Service issued the Winter Storm Watch days ahead of an expected round of winter weather that is forecasted to include snow and ice starting late Wednesday and through Thursday.
A Winter Storm Watch will go into effect Wednesday evening across North Texas.
If that occurs, travel is expected to be very difficult. Ice accumulations and gusty winds on utility lines could cause power disruptions.Wednesday will likely have showers in the afternoon into the evening and highs in the upper 50s. Temperatures fall into the mid 50s in the afternoon. Transition to freezing rain and sleet will happen late Wednesday into early Thursday. Overnight will be much colder with lows in the lower 20 and wind chills as low as 15.
The governor, ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission were heavily criticized following last year’s deadly storm and the crippling power outages. And on Monday, ERCOT said powerplants that had any planned outages because of things like maintenance have been ordered to postpone them. "I think with this cold front, we're probably in good shape. It doesn't appear to be coming in with the ice storms that we had last winter," he said. "It appears to be milder. But once again, you're asking an economist to opine on the weather. I mean, we've we got at least two ways this can go wrong."TxDOT is aggressively pre-treating roadways with brine, a salt based deicer.
Officials across the region are hoping to avoid a repeat of last year's massive early morning pile-up in Fort Worth on I-35W. It involved 133 vehicles, killing six and injuring dozens. The freeway is maintained by North Tarrant Express. People are packing the grocery stores to stock up for a couple of days stuck at home. Hardware stores are also seeing a run on supplies.
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