The National Weather Service is asking folks to take proper cold weather precautions and protect the four P’s: People, pets, pipes and plants.

The arctic cold front pushing through North Texas this weekend will make temperatures frigidly cold and maybe create snow flurries.

An arctic front will bring cold temperatures to Fort Worth this weekend. The National Weather Service Fort Worth is tracking the front that is likely to arrive in the region by late Friday, Jan. 17, into early Saturday, Jan. 18. A quick batch of showers may accompany the front, but rainfall totals are likely to be low.

The winter storm warning in effect for North Texas has been downgraded to a winter weather advisory, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth. Temperatures in the Fort Worth area remain around freezing, and the precipitation could cause a small amount of additional ice to accumulate bridges and overpasses.

North Texas is likely to see a three-day stretch of bone-chilling cold starting Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. Amid an Arctic cold front that arrived earlier this weekend, the region could experience frigid weather until at least the middle of this week.

Ice and snow are accumulating on bridges and overpasses of major highways, according to TxDOT. Motorists should drive with caution and expect traffic delays.

Parts of North and Central Texas brace for another winter storm this week. The Dallas-Fort Worth area can expect snow, ice and dangerous conditions.

Road conditions are expected to improve in the afternoon before Friday's Cotton Bowl. Here are the latest weather updates from Dallas-Fort Worth:

Drivers in North Texas should be extremely careful Friday morning after the region was blasted with wintry precipitation and below-freezing temperatures overnight, when the region is expected to face the worst travel impacts,

Another blast of winter weather is expected in parts of the U.S. in the coming days, including bone-chilling wind in the Northern Plains and unusual snow and ice in the Gulf Coast area.

In Denton, two shelters will be open to anyone seeking daytime or overnight shelter and looking to get warm: The Salvation Army Denton, located at 1508 E. McKinney St. and Denton Community Shelter operated by Our Daily Bread, located at 909 N. Loop 288.