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Chilly Sun to Snow Chance

Cold polar winds continue to blow around 20-30mph, providing morning wind chills into the 20s. We'll be in the sun today but temps will only rise to the mid and upper 40s at the warmest. It'll be a quick turnaround as another winter storm takes aim at Texas tomorrow, this time with chilly rain, sleet, and snow possibilities!

Our coldest night of the week comes tonight with an areawide freeze taking metro temps to near 30 and rural/Waco areas in the upper 20s. Pacific winds will start delivering moisture aloft over Mexico back into Texas overnight. This slightly warmer feed of air will overrun the cold air already in place, creating light drizzle aloft that eventually (as the atmosphere becomes more moist) starts to reach the ground in West Texas then spreads east, all ahead of another Pacific disturbance.

Futurecast indicates air cold enough to produce sleet and snow flurries in the Hill Country through I-35 late Wednesday night. Some may wake to 1-2" of a slushy mix of sleet (ice pellets) and wet snow Thursday morning before it changes over to just a chilly rain during the day Thursday as the cold-cored Pacific disturbance moves over the Lone Star State. Rain accumulations may approach one inch along I-10.

As temps drop to freezing again Thursday night, any lingering precip may transition back into sleet and or a few flurries before moving east Friday morning. A snap of dry weather emerges just in time to start another weekend, but, just like the last, we'll transition back to clouds Sunday with at least a slim rain chance as another polar cold front sweeps in Sunday night. Next week's weather? Cooler than normal, at least to start!

Yesterday's Rain... Springlike storms fired up immediately ahead of Monday's polar front, producing some isolated heavy downpours. Smithville reported golfball-size hail and a rain total of 1.65". At Austin-Bergstrom, .46" fell. Check out the LCRA rain report for more.

Keep warm and have a great Tuesday.