Several Dallas-Fort Worth school districts announced school closures Jan. 26 ahead of an arctic winter storm that will sweep the state this weekend.

What residents need to know: As of Jan. 23, the following school districts and colleges have announced that they will be closed, including:

• Keller ISD
• Northwest ISD
• Carroll ISD
• Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
• Tarrant County College

Love Field Airport and Dallas Fort Worth Airport are preparing for the freezing weather expected to occur this weekend. 

What’s happening? The temperature is expected to drop to 11 or 12 degrees overnight Friday, Jan. 23, according to Community Impact reporting. Wind chills could drop the temperature to between 0 and -10 degrees Saturday and Sunday. 

What you need to know: With any anticipated high volume of passengers and weather impacts, Dallas Love Field staff recommend travelers: 

• Arrive at least two hours before your scheduled departure time.
• Check directly with airlines to verify flight statuses.

Dallas Love Field Airport and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport have seen a large number of cancellations and delayed flights due to the expected impact of Winter Storm Fern.

Zooming in: More than 1,300 flights were cancelled or delayed between Jan. 23 and Jan. 24. According to Flightaware.com, 102 flights into DFW Airport and 29 into Dallas Love Field were cancelled Jan. 23, which accounted for 10% and 9%, respectively, of flights into the airports.

As of 3:30 p.m. Jan. 23, there were 96 delayed landings into DFW Airport and six into Love Field. Travellers leaving both airports had fewer cancellations or delays.

Stay tuned: The largest number of cancellations for flights in and out of those airports are on Jan. 24, according to FlightAware.

Leaving DFW Airport, more than 600 flights have been cancelled, while nearly 600 flights that were supposed to land at DFW Airport are now also cancelled. Love Field’s numbers include 90 flights out canceled and 90 flights into Dallas canceled as of 3:30 p.m. Jan. 23.

The Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex is under a winter storm warning from 6 p.m Friday until Sunday at noon. 

Major takeaways: An Arctic cold front moved into the region early Friday with cold rain expected to turn into a wintry mix in the evening. Freezing rain and sleet will spread southward overnight from Friday into Saturday, according to the National Weather Service's current forecasts. The precipitation is expected to transition into all sleet in North Texas Saturday afternoon with a mix of snow and sleet anticipated Sunday morning. 

Through Sunday evening, the DFW area could see anywhere from one-quarter inch to a half inch of ice accumulation. Residents can expect icy roads, trees and power lines, per the NWS.