A historic winter storm is poised to produce potentially record-breaking snows from coastal Texas to northern Florida late Monday into Tuesday. The event comes as an Arctic blast affects more than half the U.

Snow totals will be 2-5” with isolated totals at 6” total inches of snow in Houston. Ice accumulations will be hazardous for drivers creating hazardous conditions.

Another Arctic blast of freezing temperatures will test the ERCOT grid during this Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend and early next week.

A combination of frigid air with a low pressure system over the Gulf are behind the storm, which could bring heavy snow just south of the Interstate 20 corridor across northern Louisiana and into Mississippi and a mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain near the Interstate 10 corridor from Houston to Mobile, Alabama.

Frigid conditions combined with widespread precipitation could make for a historic winter storm, which is expected to arrive in southeast Houston by Monday evening and last into Tuesday. While the Houston area has already experienced bitter cold,

The latest on the Houston winter storm including warnings, a timeline or when it will start snowing, icy roads and more.