{"id":122778,"date":"2026-01-14T12:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/122778\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:35:10","slug":"cold-front-brings-gusty-winds-elevated-fire-threat-to-north-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/122778\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold front brings gusty winds, elevated fire threat to North Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Temperatures across North Texas early Wednesday are in the 40s, so jackets will be needed when heading out the door. <\/p>\n<p>As a cold front moves through, gusty winds are expected in the afternoon up to 40 mph. Expect cooler highs near the 60\u00b0 mark and an elevated fire threat west of I-35 due to the gusty winds and low humidity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bd43fa0d-615b-4172-8264-50dc82ffba3f.png#.png\" alt=\"bd43fa0d-615b-4172-8264-50dc82ffba3f.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/7eb2533b-ef29-4ab1-a241-4ea3c10e16a3.png#.png\" alt=\"7eb2533b-ef29-4ab1-a241-4ea3c10e16a3.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Behind this front, temperatures drop to near freezing by Thursday morning across the DFW, with other areas likely falling below freezing. Winds shift back to more of a southerly flow, which keeps North Texas above average Thursday afternoon. Low temperatures will dip back into the 40s overnight into Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Another cold front moves through on Friday, which will drop temperatures below average on Saturday, with highs in the 50s. <\/p>\n<p>Most of North Texas likely will wake up to temperatures in the 20s by Sunday morning; however, temperatures will climb back above average by the afternoon. Conditions remain dry into Martin Luther King Jr. Day.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ada02adc-b18c-4bff-8ce9-7245ed0f2fd9.png#.png\" alt=\"ada02adc-b18c-4bff-8ce9-7245ed0f2fd9.png \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Temperatures across North Texas early Wednesday are in the 40s, so jackets will be needed when heading out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122779,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28,443],"class_list":["post-122778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-weather-forecast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}