The coldest temperatures of the season will blow through North Texas in the coming days. A powerful arctic blast partly tied to the polar vortex will bring frigid, bone-chilling weather to Dallas-Fort Worth through at least midweek next week.

Salad And Go: will open late on Thursday. Waffle House will operate at normal hours. Medical emergencies won't wait until the winter storm passes, so North Texas hospitals are preparing to operate in the inclement weather. Click here for a list of open hospitals.

Meteorologists are estimating Dallas-Fort Worth will get snow next week, but the light accumulations won’t surpass a half an inch. The National Weather Service in Fort Worth predicts North Texas will have “some” winter precipitation early-to-mid next week.

U-Haul also said the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex was the leading growing metro of 2024, based on the amount of U-Haul customers taking one-way equipment into and out of metro area

The looming arctic air is putting a freeze on Fort Worth’s annual MLK Day parade. The annual Greater Fort Worth Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Parade and Rally has been postponed due to weather concerns.