Texas Winter Storm: Freezing Rain, Sleet, and Snow Timeline

Storm Timing and Precipitation Types

• ⏰ The winter weather is expected to begin in far northwestern Texas counties tonight between 10 pm and 2 am, pushing into Wise and Denton counties.
• 🌃 For the DFW metroplex, the changeover to wintry precipitation is anticipated after midnight, between 2-3 am and 6-7 am Saturday morning.
• 🌦️ Initially, the precipitation will be light rain, with moderate showers possible midday today, before transitioning to freezing rain and sleet mixture.

Progression of Freezing Line

• 📍 By 5 pm today, the changeover will start in northwestern counties like Gainesville and Bowie.
• 🥶 The freezing line will creep closer to Gainesville and Sherman, reaching the northern parts of Denton County by 9 pm tonight.
• ❄️ By midnight, most of the metroplex will still see light rain, but Denton and Collin counties will begin experiencing freezing rain and sleet.

Widespread Wintry Mix and Accumulations

• 🌨️ By 7 am Saturday, a widespread wintry mix, primarily freezing rain and sleet, is expected across the area.
• 🧊 By noon on Saturday, sleet and freezing rain mixture will be widespread, with potential for higher accumulations of snow and sleet along the Red River.
• 🌫️ By Saturday evening, the wintry mix, mostly sleet, will become widespread.

Sunday Outlook and Dangerous Cold

• 🌨️ Sunday morning, the precipitation may start to taper off and change over to snow, possibly with some lingering sleet.
• 💨 The snow and sleet are expected to taper off during the day on Sunday, with potential breaks in the clouds.
• 🥶 The latter half of the weekend will bring dangerously cold temperatures to the region.