NWS Fort Worth is saying that the precipitation (in the form of freezing rain, sleet, the whole ruddy mix) should begin here in the Metroplex sometime around noon or a few hours after. Should I expect a school closing, or is it more likely that they'll start the day and send us home early before the ice arrives? By 4pm, it's going to be too late to attempt to drive home...
The forecast low for tonight is 27, and the high for tomorrow is 27 as well, meaning that any precipitation that falls will be frozen. As of right now, we are at exactly 32 degrees. Apparently, this is the last I'm going to see of the freezing mark until Friday, when it's supposed to be around 50.
I'm excited.



NWS statement:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
945 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2005
...ARCTIC AIRMASS TO INVADE NORTH TEXAS...BRINGING FRIGID
TEMPERATURES AND A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION...
.DISCUSSION...
A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTH TEXAS LATE TONIGHT
AND SET THE STAGE FOR A WINTER WEATHER EVENT THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT IN
THE FAR WEST AS THE FRONT PUSHES RAPIDLY SOUTHWARD...WITH THE COLD
AIR MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. AT THE
SAME TIME...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION...PULLING WARM...MOIST AIR UP AND OVER THE COLD DOME OF AIR
AT THE SURFACE. THE RESULT WILL BE LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING IN THE
SOUTH LATE TONIGHT...THEN SPREADING NORTH OVER THE FRIGID AIRMASS
DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS WEDNESDAY.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT IN THE FAR NORTHWEST
COUNTIES OF NORTH TEXAS. THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS
PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT HAS NOW BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM
WARNING. THEREFORE...THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS IS NOW UNDER A
WINTER STORM WARNING WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING AREA...IT APPEARS AT THIS TIME
THAT THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED...BUT
CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY DETERIORATE DURING THE DAY. EVEN SMALL
AMOUNTS OF ICE ON ROADS AND BRIDGES WILL CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS
OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA BY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND
SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THROUGH THE DAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL FALL INTO THE SUB-FREEZING AIRMASS AND BE
PRIMARILY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST OF
A GREENVILLE TO WAXAHACHIE TO COMANCHE LINE...A CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW MAY OCCUR BY LATE AFTERNOON. TO THE SOUTH OF THIS
LINE...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS NORTHWEST OF A PARIS TO GREENVILLE TO
WAXAHACHIE TO COMANCHE LINE MAY REACH 1/4 OF AN INCH. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS IN THIS AREA MAY ALSO REACH ONE INCH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THIS LINE 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE AND
SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO EARLY THURSDAY
MORNING.
TXZ093-102>104-115>120-129>134-141>145-156-157-159-071145-
/O.CON.KFWD.WS.W.0001.051207T1200Z-051208T1200Z/
GRAYSON-WISE-DENTON-COLLIN-STEPHENS-PALO PINTO-PARKER-TARRANT-
DALLAS-ROCKWALL-EASTLAND-ERATH-HOOD-SOMERVELL-JOHNSON-ELLIS-
COMANCHE-MILLS-HAMILTON-BOSQUE-HILL-LAMPASAS-CORYELL-MCLENNAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERMAN...DENISON...DECATUR...
BRIDGEPORT...DENTON...LEWISVILLE...FLOWER MOUND...THE COLONY...
PLANO...BRECKENRIDGE...MINERAL WELLS...WEATHERFORD...BRIAR...
FORT WORTH...ARLINGTON...DALLAS...ROCKWALL...CISCO...EASTLAND...
RANGER...GORMAN...STEPHENVILLE...DUBLIN...GRANBURY...
OAK TRAIL SHORES...GLEN ROSE...CLEBURNE...BURLESON...WAXAHACHIE...
ENNIS...MIDLOTHIAN...GLENN HEIGHTS...COMANCHE...DE LEON...
GOLDTHWAITE...HAMILTON...HICO...CLIFTON...MERIDIAN...
VALLEY MILLS...HILLSBORO...LAMPASAS...COPPERAS COVE...
GATESVILLE...WACO
945 PM CST TUE DEC 6 2005
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
6 AM CST THURSDAY...
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP DURING THE MORNING IN THE
AREA SOUTH OF I-20 AND WEST OF I-35...AND SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF NORTH TEXAS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL MIX AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW WEDNESDAY
EVENING TO THE NORTHWEST OF A PARIS...TO GREENVILLE...TO
WAXAHACHIE...TO COMANCHE LINE. TOTAL SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS
OF ONE QUARTER INCH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. IN
THE AREA WHERE SNOW IS POSSIBLE...UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW CAN BE
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
Note that the entire DFW Metroplex is to the north and west of the Greenville-Waxahachie line that the NHC is drawing. I guess that means I should expect more accumulation in the way of ice, and only an inch or so of snow on top of that. At least the ground will be cold by then. I had been worried that our record highs on Sunday would have kept the ground too warm for the snow to stick.