We have a complex and dangerous weather situation currently over the Southern Plains as a low pressure system rolling along the southern periphery of the cold dome brings snow, sleet, freezing rain and significant icing issues to Texas up into Oklahoma ENE into Arkansas. Already we’ve seen some nasty conditions out there as ice lies thick on many North Texas, southern Oklahoma roads and sidewalks.

Here’s a look at the current radar via TWC and you can see the swath of snow on the north side, rain to the south while there’s a volatile stripe of icing in between and that’s where the major concern is for travel, power outages etc.

That system will continue to bring a mix of precip along with the very real threat of power loss over the next 36 hours before that system lifts northeast, once it does, the arctic air creeps further south with lows potentially approaching 0 in OKC, mid-teens in Dallas following a Friday highs near 20 and 28 respectively.

Of course there’s a world of cold air over the Rockies and Plains, here was a rather icy view from earlier in Denver, via chopper 4.

As we watch the southern system cause it’s share of problems, another MAJOR storm system pushes in off the Pacific this weekend and it, will present both cold and major snow across a large swath of California and the Southwest.

Here’s the latest warnings out from the NWS.

Projected snow totals via TWC.

Even before that system arrives though, look out for some RECORD COLD tonight across much of California.

The next SEVERAL days will be simply FRIGID!

Check out these brutal morning lows…

NO improvement in the near term, in factor prepare for even cold this weekend. Here’s the forecasted highs and lows for the coming days.

This morning’s lows.

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Forecast lows tonight.

Forecast highs tomorrow.

Fri night lows

 

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