{"id":130612,"date":"2026-01-20T17:43:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/130612\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T17:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:43:14","slug":"austin-weather-winter-storm-hitting-texas-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/130612\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin weather: Winter storm hitting Texas this weekend?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/sdbx7gdoszak2jl2.jpg\" alt=\"Austin weather: Wintry setup possible \" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/video\/fmc-bbgin4i0l6idpr25\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin weather: Wintry setup possible <\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">Zack Shields is keeping a close eye on things as we look like we might get some freezing rain this weekend. He has the latest details in his full forecast.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; For the fourth day in a row, the long-range computer weather models are hinting at a winter storm hitting Texas this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Timeline:<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/us-future-temps-rpm-12k-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">An Arctic front is scheduled to arrive on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">At the same time, a Western Low will pump in moisture from the Pacific and push it above the cold air. This interaction will create clouds and more precipitation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">If it is cold enough, the cold rain could transition into freezing rain in the middle of the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wintry-mix-threat.png\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Why you should care:<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/centex-future-5-day-ice-totals-nam2.png\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Confidence is high we will have freezing weather and precipitation, but low confidence about the timing and placement of precipitation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The panic meter has shifted a bit, and we may have travel issues from Saturday night into Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/wintry-mix-confidence-meter-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Track your local forecast for the Austin area quickly with the free <a href=\"https:\/\/fox7austin.onelink.me\/ObBw?pid=Web&amp;c=in_article&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fox7austin.com%2Fapps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">FOX 7 WAPP<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The design gives you radar, hourly, and 7-day weather information just by scrolling.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Our weather alerts will warn you early and help you stay safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information from meteorologist Zack Shields.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/weather\/winter-weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Winter Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\/austin\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin weather: Wintry setup possible Zack Shields is keeping a close eye on things as we look like&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[132,27,29,28,394,216,393,172,9181],"class_list":{"0":"post-130612","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-austin","9":"tag-texas","10":"tag-texas-headlines","11":"tag-texas-news","12":"tag-travis-county","13":"tag-tx","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-weather","16":"tag-winter-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130612","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=130612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}