The North Texas Tollway Authority began plowing toll roads with convoys Thursday night, using motor graders and truck-mounted plows to move snow and slush to the shoulder and applying deicer. That work will continue throughout Friday as staff work 12-hour shifts.

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

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.