Temps have already plummeted across Southeast Texas, but the main story will be the chance of significant snow and ice later this week.

Snow and ice will spread through the South early this week, including near the Gulf Coast where wintry weather is rare.

Southeast Texas' outlook for next week's winter storm continues to worsen, with a growing likelihood of a deep freeze and substantial wintry precipitation, snow and sleet in the Houston area. Space City Weather's Eric Berger published an atypical afternoon report on Friday warning of an "increasingly likely" and drastic mix of hard freeze and snowy conditions expected in Southeast Texas early next week.

The watch is in effect from Monday evening through Tuesday afternoon. Heavy accumulations of sleet and snow are possible.

The NWS has issued a winter storm watch for several counties in New York, with heavy lake effect snow expected.

Lancaster County is under a winter storm watch ahead of more accumulating snow in Sunday's forecast. National Weather Service in State College issued the watch from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday. Other counties included in the watch are Franklin,