Arctic cold front arrives bringing hard freeze, dangerous wind chills

Arctic blast: Hard Freeze Warning continues until noon Saturday

Central Texas is waking up with wind chills in the single digits and some of us are even in negative territory. Limit outdoor activity until at least noon today. Adaleigh Rowe has the latest on the arctic blast.

AUSTIN, Texas - The Arctic Blast is here! The very strong cold front arrived right around noon on Thursday.

Temperatures tumbled behind it and the winds increased to 25 to 35 mph.

This morning temperatures were in the teens, and feels-likes were in the single digits! We even had some negative numbers on the map.

On the bright side, we have sunny skies that will allow us to warm up to about 30 today.

A WIND CHILL WARNING is in effect from 6 p.m. Thursday until noon on Friday. During this time, it's important to limit time outdoors. In this weather, it only takes a couple of hours to experience frostbite.

Know the signs of hypothermia.

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The HARD FREEZE WARNING goes from 6 p.m. Thursday to noon on Sunday.

Protect the 4 Ps: people, pets, plants and pipes.

Arctic blast: Local power outages increasing, state power grid holding up so far

ERCOT says Texas was expected to hit peak demand around 8 a.m. on Friday.

Luckily, we will warm up into the mid to upper 30s for Christmas Eve.

If you miss the warmer weather, wait until about a week from now. We will be right back in the 70s!

Stay warm and Happy Holidays!

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