(EAST TEXAS NEWS) -First Alert weather conditions will remain in effect through Tuesday due to the extreme cold and dangerous road conditions from sleet and ice. Good morning, East Texas! This morning arrived bitterly cold, with overnight lows dipping to as low as 10 to 20 degrees below zero across East Texas. Although winds aren’t particularly strong this morning, there’s enough breeze to drop the wind chill into single digits, so it’s essential to bundle up if you have to spend any time outdoors.
Ice and sleet continue to blanket many East Texas roadways this morning, making travel extremely dangerous. If you don’t need to go out today, stay home and don’t venture onto the roads until conditions improve. Several schools and businesses have announced closures for today, and more notices could come for Tuesday. Today the sky will be mostly sunny, though temperatures in the northern half of East Texas will likely stay just below freezing, while the far eastern edge will briefly climb to about 30 degrees before dropping back to 10 degrees Tuesday morning. Today’s sun should help melt some of the ice on road surfaces, but the main icy-road problems will continue tonight and Tuesday morning, as temperatures dip again to 10 °C. Tuesday afternoon will bring a more noticeable warm-up, with highs between 3 °C and 4 °C, which should help melt much more ice on the roads.
