North Texas is Starting to Thaw, but Another Cold Front is on Its Way

While North Texas students are celebrating their third snow day in a row, the rest of us are past stir crazy.

Salt and sand treatments have helped keep Dallas’ highways somewhat navigable since Winter Storm Fern hit North Texas last Friday, dropping up to five inches of snow and sleet across the region. And although Wednesday afternoon’s warmer temperatures are expected to finally start thawing out neighborhood roads, you won’t want to put your winter gear back in storage just yet.

A second push of arctic air is expected to pass through North Texas at the end of this week, plunging us back into freezing temperatures. The latest forecast from the National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office shows the cold front will move through Dallas-Fort Worth early Friday morning, potentially bringing wind that will make temperatures feel cooler than they are…

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