Tracking Late December Winter Storm Expected to Impact the Northern Plains through the Northeast U.S.

A winter storm system will rapidly intensify over the Midwest on Sunday and track through the Great Lakes on Monday. Periods of heavy snow are anticipated across the Upper Great Lakes late Sunday and continuing into Monday. At least 1/10 inch of ice accumulation is expected from a wintry mix across much of the interior Northeast U.S. starting Sunday afternoon. Read More >

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Last Map Update: Sat, Dec 27, 2025 at 12:08:38 pm CST

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Strong Cold Front Sunday

Cold Start to Next Week

Warmth Continue Today

10th Anniversary of the Dec 26th Tornado Outbreak

A very strong cold front will bring a drastic change to the weather we've seen the last week. Ahead of the front, expect one more after noon near or just above 80 degrees. Isolated showers may also develop along and ahead of the cold front Sunday afternoon and evening. Behind the front, expect temperatures to plummet as winds quickly strengthen. Expect sustained north winds of 25 to 35 mph, and wind gusts up to 50 mph. Monday morning lows may be as much as 50 degrees colder than Sunday afternoon highs. Most across North and Central Texas will be in the 30s, with some areas in the upper 20s north of I-20, particularly in the Big Country.

Temperatures behind our Sunday cold front will be near or below average for the first part of next week. Highs on Monday will likely remain in the 40s with a widespread freeze expected Monday night into Tuesday morning. Temperatures will gradually warm up throughout the week next week, with highs by Wednesday around or just above average: ranging from the mid 50s to the lower 60s.

Near-record to record warmth is again expected today across North and Central Texas with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s.

This year marks the 10th Anniversary of the fatal December 26, 2015 tornado outbreak. 12 tornadoes and 13 fatalities unfortunately occurred, most of which were with the Sunnyvale-Garland-Rowlett EF-4. Only 13 other years have recorded at least 1 tornado in the month of December acorss North and Central Texas, and it ranks 4th for the number of tornadoes in a 24-hour period in December for our area. Learn more about this historic event: weather.gov/fwd/dec26tornadoes