North Texas braced for potentially dangerous wintry conditions and freezing temperatures as a powerful winter storm began moving into the area Friday. <\/p>\n
Across Dallas-Fort Worth, officials and residents prepared for the storm, which is expected to cause plunging temperatures, strong winds and wintry precipitation<\/a> for multiple days. <\/p>\n According to the National Weather Service\u2019s Fort Worth office, forecasts call<\/a> for up to half an inch of ice, with additional accumulations of 1 to 3 inches of snow across most of North Texas. The weather service, which has issued<\/a> winter storm and extreme cold warnings, warned of possible power outages and that \u201ctravel could be impossible\u201d in some areas. <\/p>\n Throughout Friday, temperatures are expected to fall as rain drenches the area. That precipitation will later transition to a mix of freezing rain and sleet after temperatures dip below freezing, according to forecasts. Over the weekend<\/a>, temperatures are expected to become dangerously cold, dipping into the teens and single digits with bone-chilling wind chills. A thaw isn\u2019t anticipated until early next week. <\/p>\n D-FW Weather Wise<\/p>\n