Fort Worth road crews are working diligently to pretreat the roadways in case this weekend brings any kind of freezing precipitation.
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Due to the expected arctic air coming into North Texas this weekend, the Fort Worth MLK parade has been postponed until President’s Day
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The TxDOT Fort Worth District is already pretreating roads in case there is any wintry precipitation or hazardous road conditions.
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The city of Fort Worth’s public works department is also pretreating roads, focusing on hospitals and emergency zones.
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Due to the expected arctic air coming into North Texas this weekend, the Fort Worth MLK parade has been postponed until President’s Day
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The TxDOT Fort Worth District is already pretreating roads in case there is any wintry precipitation or hazardous road conditions.
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The city of Fort Worth’s public works department is also pretreating roads, focusing on hospitals and emergency zones.
Texas’s Fort WorthCity officials are not taking any chances when Arctic air returns to North Texas this weekend.
We know:
On Saturday night, cloud cover and the possibility of snowflakes accompany the cold temperatures.
Late Monday could see light, fluffy snow or flakes due to a storm that formed in the Gulf on Sunday night. Waco and other areas south of DFW are more likely to experience some snow accumulation.
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Dallas weather: Freezing temperatures, snow possible MLK weekend
Savor the final day of pleasant weather. An arctic blast is bringing frigid temperatures and the potential for flurries for MLK weekend, as a cold front is moving toward the metroplex.
Crews were still out pretreating roads as a precaution, even though there was very little possibility of precipitation for the DFW Metroplex.
Fort Worth MLK Day Parade Postponed
For the second consecutive year, a sharp decline in temperature is forcing chair Krista Daniels to postpone the Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in Greater Fort Worth.
“When the weather drops to certain temperatures, they do not want to put the children at risk,” she said.
This weekend, an arctic front will blow through, bringing lows into the 20s, making Monday the coldest holiday.
The 40th annual event has now been moved to President’s Day on February 17.
Daniels remarked, “The city officials are helping out,” “Be calm, they said. Everything will be OK. “All right,” I said. I have faith in you all.
Fort Worth Pretreating Roads
According to Val Lopez of the TxDOT Fort Worth District, pretreating was completed on Friday.
“We started pretreating our system Wednesday,” he stated.
Although flurries are expected early next week, North Texas is not anticipating significant precipitation during this artic front.
To drop brine, TxDOT teams hit the state highways.
“Out of an abundance of caution, we did pretreat in anticipation for chilly weather,” Lopez explained. “We are not sure about the precipitation.”
Roads near hospitals and emergency areas were treated with brines on Friday, according to Lane Zarate of the Fort Worth Public Works Department.
“We usually stockpile around 800 tons of salt and 4,000 tons of sand,” he stated.
The sand trucks will then operate their routes with city workers on 12-hour shifts from Monday night into Tuesday morning.
“Right now, the forecast isn t calling for a lot of winter precipitation,” stated Zarate. But we’re keeping an eye on the forecast. We are aware that it is subject to rapid modification. Therefore, we always want to hope for the best and be ready for the worse.
ERCOT Issues Weather Watch
Because of the high cold, the Texas Electric Reliability Council has issued a weather watch.
Currently, a weather watch is in effect for Monday through Thursday of next week, during which time they anticipate increased demand for electricity.
The sources for this story are the public works department of the city of Fort Worth, the TxDOT Fort Worth District, FOX 4 Weather, and the organizers of the MLK procession in Fort Worth.
