VIDEO FORECAST

WEATHER DISCUSSION: Cold high pressure is sitting across the ArkLaTex this evening while reinforcing cold air is centered to the north. This dry front will push across the Cape Fear overnight bringing a wind shift from southwest to northwest. Look for clear skies with bitterly cold lows in the lower 20s… and wind chills potentially as low as the lower to mid-teens by morning. We expect sunshine and scattered cloudiness Thursday with very cold highs only reaching around or a little over 40. Friday will bring clouds and partial sunshine with continued cold highs in the mid 40s. A disturbance will move from the southeast states and strengthen offshore the east coast this weekend bringing the risk of a significant winter storm to the Carolinas. There is an increasing confidence of snow with a low confidence on amounts at this time. Dangerous cold will create wind chills in the single digits Saturday night and Sunday night. Hazardous winds and seas for the coastal waters over the weekend. Hazardous travel develops with potential for accumulating snow. As for the forecast details… there is the potential of a winter mix late Friday night into Saturday morning (rain… freezing rain… sleet and snow) changing to all snow Saturday afternoon into early Saturday evening with highs in the mid to upper 30s. Snow Saturday night with frigid temps in the middle to upper teens and wind chills as low as 0-5 by morning. Sunday will bring a chance of snow in the morning followed by dry weather for the afternoon. Highs will only reach the lower 30s. Early next week very cold high pressure rebuilds across the region. Look for mostly sunny skies next Monday and Tuesday with highs from 40 to 45 and lows from 15 to 20. By next Wednesday we will start to see some air mass modification… with partly cloudy skies and highs in the lower 50s and low in the upper 20s. Stay tuned to StormTrack 3 for the latest on this unusual cold and what might lie ahead for winter weather this coming weekend.   

WWAY FORECAST:                           

Overnight: Clear and bitterly cold. Low in the lower 20s. Wind chill as low as the lower to mid-teens by daybreak. Winds southwest becoming northwest at 5-10 mph. 

Thursday: Sunshine with scattered clouds moving in. Very cold high around or a little over 40. Wind chill in the 20s in the morning… 30s in the afternoon. Winds north becoming northwest at 10-15 mph. 

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy and very cold. Low in the lower 20s. Wind chill as low as the upper teens to around 20 by daybreak. 

Friday: Partly sunny and continued cold. High in the middle 40s.