DALLAS - A stubborn battle between a massive arctic air mass that has settled into the Northern Plains and the ever-present warming effects of the Gulf of Mexico are going to spend days duking it out across the Southern Plains and mid-South this week, creating a multiple-day threat for disruptive freezing rain and other wintry-weather threats.

Winter Storm Watches are in effect for parts of Northern Texas, including the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, Waco and Wichita Falls. Winter Weather Advisories are in effect for the Oklahoma City area.

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(FOX Weather)

Precipitation will get going Monday morning, with a light drizzle possible along the Interstate 35 corridor from Oklahoma City to Dallas. With temperatures below freezing, this would likely fall as freezing drizzle, according to the FOX Forecast Center.

At the same time, precipitation will develop in West Texas, but the forecast remains challenging. With the arctic frontal boundary draped across the region, where the boundary of freezing air sits during this time is critical. Areas well south of the front will stay warm enough for just a cold rain, but it's likely freezing rain just to the north of this line. This fast moving band of precipitation will shift east to the I-35 corridor by midday, and move east out of Texas by the evening. Up to 0.10" of ice accretion will be possible with this first wave.