Pasadena ISD, San Jacinto College Closed Ahead Of Winter Blast

PASADENA, TX — School districts in the Houston area are not taking any chances as the threat of freezing rain and sleet forced schools to close on Tuesday.

Temperatures are expected to plummet below freezing and into the 20s, and forecasters are predicting a wintery mix of freezing rain, sleet and possibly snow.

As a result, schools opted to close with Huntsville, Sealy and Navasota announcing early Monday that school would be closed.

PasadenaISD and San Jacinto College anounced they will be closed and districts Dickinson, Clear Creek, Friendwood and Alvin are expected to close as well.

Other school districts in the Houston area that are closed on Tuesday include:

• Houston ISD
• Pasadena ISD
• San Jac College
• Spring ISD
• Huffman ISD
• New Caney ISD
• Humble ISD
• Willis ISD
• Montgomery ISD
• Conroe ISD
• Spring ISD
• Magnolia ISD
• Cy Fair ISD
• Spring Branch
• Royal ISD
• Galena Park ISD
• San Jacinto ISD
• Cleveland ISD
• Splendora ISD
• Klein ISD
• Alief ISD
• Lamar CISD
• Stafford MSD
• Katy ISD
• Fort Bend ISD
• HCC
• Lone Star College

On Monday, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning from 3 a.m. to midnight Tuesday for Trinity, Madison, Walker, San Jacinto, Polk, Burleson, Brazos, Washington, Grimes, Montgomery, Liberty, Colorado, Austin, Waller and Harris counties.

The Houston area was the recipient of about four inches of snow on Dec. 8, but it wasn’t enough to close schools or cause delays.

Although snow accumulation isn’t expected, it’s the threat of ice and the wintry mix that is predicted to hang around from Tuesday through Thursday.

Forecasters indicated that temperatures will begin dropping significantly early Tuesday, and hang around the area for several days.

The wintry mix that’s anticipated will likely began to impact the area late Tuesday into Wednesday, before clearing out early Friday.

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