Temperatures across parts of Texas will nosedive this week, from balmy highs Wednesday in the 70s and 80s to below freezing Thursday night into Friday, with the chance of a wintry mix.
Summary
- A quick burst of wintry precipitation could arrive along the front, including in parts of Southern states and the Mid-Atlantic socked this week by a winter storm.
- “Take Corpus Christi, (Texas,) which could touch 80 degrees today but will see plummeting temperatures and possible snow and ice by Thursday evening,” he said.
- That means winter weather is possible over the coming 48 hours.
- “You don’t see this everyday.. A Winter Storm Watch for the eastern Carolinas and south Texas,” tweeted the Greenville, South Carolina, weather officeWinter storm watches have been issued for parts of South Carolina and North Carolina.
- “Power outages and tree damage are likely due to the ice,” the National Weather Service office in Raleigh, North Carolina, said .