The Nationwide Climate Service has issued a chilly climate warning for Saturday morning. Metropolis of San Antonio officers have already opened in a single day shelters for residents who want a spot to remain heat.
The NWS is issuing its warning between 3 a.m. and 10 a.m. Saturday morning.
“That is extra of a wind chill chilly climate advisory,” mentioned C.J. Magnussen, a meteorologist within the Austin/San Antonio workplace. “Temperatures are 49 levels, however it’s not going to really feel that means. It’s going to really feel prefer it’s within the low 20s to teenagers due to the wind.”
The Metropolis of San Antonio is working with a number of native teams to open six short-term warming shelters Friday afternoon by 8 a.m. Sunday.
Metropolis of San Antonio Bode Group Middle, 901 Rigsby Ave.
Communities Underneath the Bridge (CUB) – 724 Chestnut St.
New Route Church -1139 Gembler Highway, 1802 Guadalupe St. (girls solely)
Haven for Hope – 1 Haven for Hope Manner
Corazon Ministries – 504 Ave. E
SAMMinistries will even be sheltering residents by referral
It’s the second straight weekend that metropolis officers have opened in a single day shelters.
Final week’s winter storm warning prompted 11 shelters to open throughout San Antonio and Bexar County as temperatures dipped beneath freezing, bringing freezing rain and icy situations to components of Central Texas.
Metropolis-run warming places recorded 47 individuals sheltering on the metropolis’s six resilience hubs from Saturday evening into Sunday morning and one other 70 residents staying in a single day from Sunday into Monday, in response to metropolis officers. County officers reported a peak occupancy of 19 people and one canine at Bexar County’s warming services, however didn’t present nightly totals.
Short-term in a single day shelters operated in partnership with native nonprofits noticed even larger utilization, serving 398 individuals the primary evening and 434 the next evening.
Magnussen mentioned temperatures this weekend won’t be as chilly as final weekend. NWS forecasts confirmed hotter winds blowing in by Sunday afternoon, he added.
To arrange for the chilly, Magnussen instructed San Antonio residents decrease their time outside, be certain pets are dry and heat and test on pipes.
“You simply need to bundle up,” he mentioned.
