New arctic cold front on the way to North Texas later this week
NORTH TEXAS – The last of four consecutive supermoons occurs Monday night. The moon is almost 30% brighter than normal and slightly larger. It also crosses the night sky almost directly overhead, the highest angle of any moon during the year. It'll appear almost full Tuesday night as well.
Lows Monday morning were down into the upper 20s across the metroplex, a hard freeze. After only one freeze this season up to the start of January, now we have logged 10 nights in a row with freezing temperatures
We expect lows just below freezing Monday night.
We are expecting another day in the 50s Tuesday, the fourth in a row after the snow fall last week.
It is going to be warm by Friday, a breezy day with small rain chances. The current forecast calls for an arctic front arriving that night, returning us to the cold weather we had last week.
We are seven days out so the forecast will certainly be adjusted, but right now it is looking like a very cold day for a Martin Luther King Jr Day parade on Monday.
There are some hints of some winter precipitation falling either Monday or Tuesday. The First Alert Weather team will be monitoring the long-range models to see what unfolds. Right now, we are just going with some cloud cover next Monday for the holiday and inauguration day. We'll be watching closely.
Long-range models are already pointing to the cold sticking around for most of the rest of the month. Look for a higher heating bill by the end of the month.
