Erica Proffer

The coldest air so far of the season moves into Central Texas for Sunday and early next week. This cold snap will be reminiscent of the cold snap of December 2022, and will bring multiple hard freezes. The exact arrival time of the arctic front is still a little up in the air. The cold air could arrive by Sunday morning at the earliest, or Sunday evening at the latest. The more likely scenario is the cold air arrives earlier and much of Sunday afternoon is in the 30s and 40s. The arrival time will make a big difference in the weather for Sunday afternoon, but regardless we expect the coldest weather to be Monday and Tuesday. By Monday morning air temperatures will likely be in the mid teens to low 20s for all of Central Texas. Wind chill values could be in the single digits or even below zero. Temperatures Monday afternoon are now likely to stay below freezing, and then we drop into another hard freeze for Tuesday morning as temperatures drop into the low to mid teens area-wide. Tuesday afternoon will be very cold, but will likely warm above freezing. The weather will be much warmer by the middle of next week. The odds of ice or snow continue to look low for Central Texas. It’s not out of the question that there could be some light freezing rain Sunday night or Monday, but models are trending away from this idea. At this point we are not very concerned about wintry precip, but we will watch closely in case anything changes. The main story will be the cold! This will be the type of cold that can burst pipes! So at this stage it’s a good idea to start thinking through your hard freeze preps to protects people, pipes, pets, and plants. #kvue #atxwx