A very cold Tuesday is ahead for North Texas, with several winter weather alerts and advisories in effect. CBS News Texas meteorologists have issued First Alert Weather Days for Tuesday through Thursday.

An arctic cold front will send temperatures plunging in North Texas around sunset Tuesday. The expected impacts of the cold front prompted the National Weather Service to issue both a winter weather advisory and extreme cold warning for Dallas-Fort Worth and surrounding areas.

Metroplex residents should prepare for temperatures ranging from 7 degrees to 17 degrees, but the wind chill will make it feel even colder.