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Significant Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold Temperatures Expands Across the East; Severe Storm Threat in the Gulf States Sunday

A significant winter storm is underway, bringing widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies to New England through Monday. Extremely cold air will follow, prolonging dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts into next week. Severe thunderstorms may produce damaging gusts and tornadoes across the eastern Gulf Coast states Sunday morning and afternoon. Read More >

Winter Storm Warnings and Advisories are in effect through noon today for freezing rain and ice potential. The greatest impacts are likely from Live Oak County to the Victoria Crossroads. Be alert for black ice inland this morning, on bridges and overpasses especially!
An arctic airmass has brought hazardous temperatures across all of South Central Texas. This morning, wind chills could drop to the lower teens, with the single digits expected Monday morning. Now is the time to think about preparing yourself and your home for colder weather.
Extended periods of below freezing temperatures along with hard freezes are expected through Monday morning. Lows in the 20s and teens are expected on Sunday and Monday mornings, respectively. Protect people, pets, plants, and pipes!
A Small Craft Advisory is in effect from noon today through noon Monday. Expect strong winds 20-30 kts with gusts to 35 knots, seas 6-11 feet, and rough waters across the bays.
Here are a few things to keep in mind for the onset of dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills during the next few days.
Periods of light drizzle and rain, even freezing rain in our northernmost counties, will continue through the next few hours before all precipitation ends around 8 AM this morning. Partly to mostly sunny conditions are expected the remainder of today under cold temperatures in the 30s and 40s.
Extremely cold wind chills region-wide tonight into Monday morning, ranging as low as 5-15 degrees. Prepare to protect the 4 Ps: People, pets, plants, and pipes.

 
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Location Sky/Weather Temp Dewpt RH Wind Baro Remarks
Alice
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Beeville
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Corpus Christi
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Corpus Christi NAS
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Cotulla
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Kingsville NAS
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Laredo
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Port Lavaca
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Rockport
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Victoria
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Note: "N/A" or "MISG" will be displayed if values are not available. In the LOCATION column, click on links for a list of recent observations at sites of interest. In the WIND column, VRB is "variable" and G is "gust". Wind speeds are in MPH. In the BARO (pressure) column, values are in inches. In the REMARKS column, HX is "heat index", WCI is "wind chill index", and VSB is "visibility" (if shown).
 
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