In addition to high winds and prevailing fire weather conditions, the Texas Panhandle will likely contend with another freeze as a system invades the state's northern reaches later this week. Forecasters are expecting a cold front to pass into the region overnight Wednesday,

The Pacific cold front will bring gusty winds and high fire danger, but temps will drop to more comfortable levels this weekend.

Cold front sweeping Texas this week bringing a hail and damaging wind threat to North Texas, freezing temps to Panhandle and cooler days to South Central Texas.

As red flag warnings crop up across wide swathes of West and North Texas this week, a section east of Dallas-Fort Worth could see another kind of risk on Wednesday afternoon: punishing severe storms.