As a significant winter storm approaches the Houston area, snow, sleet and ice are all becoming certainties as the temperatures decrease and conditions are forecasted to be more frosty than expected.

Brutal cold will open the door for a winter storm to take a somewhat unusual track through the South and create treacherous conditions.

Two storms are brewing through this weekend that can bring just enough snow and icy conditions to make travel slippery from parts of the interior Southeast and the Northeast as the coldest air of the winter prepares to move in,