This North Texas winter weather guide provides the latest Dallas-Fort Worth snow and sleet totals, NWS timing for Winter Storm Fern and essential tips for protecting pipes and the Texas power grid during the current Extreme Cold Watch.

Sunday and Monday mornings will bring the coldest temperatures with lows in the teens and wind chills in the single digits to below zero. There may be a brief window for snowfall early Sunday, but drier air will be pushing in and precipitation will be coming to an end around midday Sunday.

After Wednesday, all eyes are on our winter system.

"We are well-prepared. This is what we do," Justin Ball, Dallas Fire Chief, said during the news conference. "If you don't want us to be quite as busy, then stay home. That's the advice. Stay home, because there will be a lot of car accidents.

Ground temperatures are in the 40s-60s across north Texas as of midday Thursday. How fast will the roads freeze Friday night?

As an arctic front moves toward North Texas, the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a Winter Storm Watch for the region. Many viewers have reached out to ask exactly what that means and how it differs from a warning.

Winter Storm Watch issued in North Texas, including Dallas-Fort Worth, for heavy mixed precipitation and travel disruptions.

Texans across the state are preparing for unusual and extreme cold this weekend, as well as snow, sleet and rain. The National Weather Service’s Fort Worth office issued a winter storm watch and an extreme cold watch ahead of the weather this weekend,

Attention Dallas-Fort Worth: today is the final window to get everything ready before the winter storm moves in. Meteorologist Brian James has your full forecast.