NWS reiterating Arctic cold threat, possible ice could linger into early next week The latest forecast from the National Weather Service's Houston/Galveston office is sharpening the threat of a prolonged and potentially dangerous freeze as an Arctic air mass settles over Southeast Texas this weekend.

"It doesn't take much in the Houston area for conditions to become hazardous. " A dangerous Arctic outbreak is closing in on Southeast Texas, prompting forecasters to issue a Winter Storm Watch for much of the region this weekend as a powerful cold front barrels toward the state -- bringing the threat of freezing rain, ice-covered roads, and prolonged sub-freezing temperatures.