DALLAS (1080 KRLD) - The coldest air of winter season is rapidly heading southbound. The Arctic air is now moving through the panhandle and northern Oklahoma. Temperatures will slowly fall through the day-to-day before leveling off somewhere near 20 degrees in the immediate Dallas-Fort Worth area. Mid-teens will be felt north towards the Red River. Factor in the 25 to 30 mile per hour wind gusts, some areas will have wind chills near 0 degrees in the morning. We may see some peeks of sunshine before the day is done.
Overnight and into the first part of the day Monday, a strong upper level disturbance will be cruising across the Red River Valley. This will spread clouds across north Texas. I would not be surprised to see some snow on radar but little if any will reach the ground. Dewpoints will fall into the single digits with temperatures in the low 20's during the late morning. This will evaporate the majority of the precipitation before it reaches the ground. The quicker we clear out tomorrow afternoon, the better chance of us getting close to freezing for highs, but we may stay in the twenties most of the day with wind chills in the teens.
Another very hard freeze, probably record breaking, will be felt on Tuesday morning with lows in the mid to upper teens. We may come close to another record on Wednesday morning with lows in the low twenties. The record for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning is 20 degrees in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, all set back in 1989's early March cold snap.
Highs Tuesday will struggled to hit 40 degrees and we may reach 50 degrees by Wednesday. By the end of the week we will be in the 70's believe it or not. Welcome to early March and north Texas my friends.