The coldest temperatures this week will occur just before dawn Wednesday morning, followed by a big warming of temperatures on Friday and Saturday.

Sleet was reported near Houston after a powerful cold front moved through. Here's what caused it and what to expect through the rest of the evening.

A cold front brought strong winds, sporadic early morning outages and a temperature drop to south Louisiana Monday, and forecasters said temperatures will drop below 40 degrees overnight. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for much of the region until 3 p.

Central Florida government officials and nonprofits will expand access to shelters ahead of a cold front that will move through the region Tuesday, bringing frigid conditions that will last into the new year.

Once the front passes, temperatures will fall fast. We’re talking a 40 to 50-degree drop from Sunday afternoon to Monday morning, with lows in the 30s and wind chills below freezing. Monday stays cold and blustery, with highs only in the 40s and wind chills in the 30s for the afternoon.

A strong cold front sweeps through the region, bringing gusty winds and ushering in a much colder air mass that will make it feel like the dead of winter.

Nearly 35,000 homes and businesses in the Houston area were without electricity as of 8 a.m. Monday, according to CenterPoint Energy's online outage tracker.

By 8pm New Year’s Eve night, most of the area will have temperatures in the 20s with communities in northeastern Siouxland in the teens. By midnight, temperatures will be in the teens and low 20s but it could feel like the single digits for some.

Temperatures will gradually rise overnight into Monday morning, climbing above freezing throughout the region. However, this brief warming trend will be quickly replaced by very windy and much colder conditions on Monday afternoon into Tuesday as a strong cold front moves through the area.

A cold front moving through North Georgia on Monday will bring early rain followed by a significant temperature drop that will last through New Year's Eve.

Wind chills will be colder in Oklahoma City, feeling in the teens Monday morning and rising into the 20s by Monday afternoon. The highest temperatures will be in western Oklahoma, as highs reach 44-46 degrees. The high in the Oklahoma City metro, however, will be 38 degrees.