HOUSTON – You can see above that next Tuesday morning, January 16th, some of the coldest arctic air we’ve had in more than a year arrives. In fact, 2023 didn’t even have a freezing temperature in Houston! That’s about to change.
A cold front moving through the area on Martin Luther King Day will bring a chance of rain and/or winter precipitation, but also behind it usher in very cold arctic air. We’ll see many areas with a “hard freeze” which by definition is 2 hours or more at 24° or below. Here are Tuesday morning and Tuesday afternoon:
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You’ll notice above that we may not even get above freezing on Tuesday afternoon. Protect people, pets, plants, pipes and pools!!
In addition, the European model forecasts snow and ice across our area Tuesday morning:
Note that the American model is not on board with this yet, but we’ll have to watch and track this system closely as it moves our way.
Here’s our full 10-day forecast:
Stay weather aware next week and be prepared for cold weather!