Travel impacts and school closures continue Friday, though weather conditions are expected to improve later in the day.

Expect a heavy wintry mix for Thursday in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, with sleet, snow, and rain expected throughout the day. The precipitation is projected to accumulate as slush on wet roads and will change to "all snow after sundown.

Ray predicts 2 to 5 inches of snow could fall for parts of the Metroplex. Up to 8 inches is forecasted to fall in counties closer to the Red River. "Not all of this will stick at first but expect our first accumulating snow in almost a year," Ray said.