It Is Feeling Like 17 Degrees This Windy Thursday Morning In North Texas

 I was a little surprised this morning when I stepped outside to take a picture of the view through the bars of my prison cell patio to find water falling from the sky.

Water falling and wind blowing.

As in a heavy wind blowing, so much so that the current temperature of 34 degrees, with the Wind Chill Factor, supposedly causing a Real Feel of  17.

It did feel cold out there taking a picture with the wind blowing rain on me.

I did not realize we were scheduled to have a return to be frozen with the low today possibly getting as cold as 21.

The Nation Weather Service has issued one of its Severe Weather Alerts in shouting mode, as in ALL CAPITALS. Below is a screencap of the current cold conditions and the forecast for my zone of Texas and below that is the National Weather Service shouting a Severe Weather Alert at you.

...WINTERY PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF NORTH TEXAS TODAY...

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY BEHIND THE FRONT WHICH WILL USHER IN MUCH COLDER AIR. THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN ACROSS MOST OF NORTH TEXAS THIS MORNING...WITH PRECIPITATION CONTINUING INTO THE AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF THE I-35 CORRIDOR. AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW FREEZING...THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-20 CORRIDOR. THE PRECIPITATION MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SLEET OR SNOW ALONG AND EAST OF A BONHAM TO CANTON LINE THIS AFTERNOON. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT SO NO ADVISORIES ARE BEING ISSUED. SOME LIGHT ICING IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ON ELEVATED SURFACES. AREAS NORTHEAST OF A SHERMAN TO EMORY LINE APPEAR TO HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT OF HAVING SOME TRAVEL IMPACTS...AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON IF THE PRECIPITATION IS A LITTLE HEAVIER THAN IS CURRENTLY FORECAST.

RESIDENTS ACROSS NORTH TEXAS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER CLOSELY TODAY FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL WINTRY WEATHER EVENT.