{"id":410379,"date":"2026-08-19T02:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T02:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/410379\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T02:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T02:00:18","slug":"north-texas-raised-meteorologist-lands-new-role-at-nbc-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/410379\/","title":{"rendered":"North Texas-raised meteorologist lands new role at NBC 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Worth<\/p>\n<p>A North Texas-raised meteorologist has a new role at <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/\">NBC 5 (KXAS-TV).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcI0seWDgbY\/?hl=en\">Ryann Jones announced on Monday, Aug. 17,<\/a> that she\u2019s joining the NBC 5 Today team as the new traffic and weather anchor. Viewers can catch her reports at 5 a.m., 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. daily.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew job title, same tv station, MUCH earlier alarm clock!\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DcKSuMbC4Po\/?hl=en\">Jones wrote on Instagram<\/a> in her announcement post.<\/p>\n<p>Jones was born in Florida but was raised in Justin for most of her life, according to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/author\/ryann-jones\/\">her NBC 5 author page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She attended Justin Northwest High School and graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach,  Fla. in 2024. During her collegiate studies, Jones actually interned for NBC 5 back during the summer of 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Jones then worked at KYTX-TV in Tyler, Texas, followed by a stint at First Coast News in Jacksonville, Fla. In 2024, she joined NBC 5 as a meteorologist associate.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfac In case you missed it: <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this summer, longtime <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/entertainment\/fort-worth\/article316491984.html\">NBC 5 meteorologist Samantha Davies<\/a> left the station after 17 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary gray\">This story was originally published August 18, 2026 at 1:46 PM.<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/259144728\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BraydenHeadshot.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Brayden Garcia\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/259144728\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brayden Garcia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Brayden Garcia is the entertainment reporter at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, where he mainly writes about how the film and TV industry impacts North Texas, from Taylor Sheridan shows to the Fort Worth Film Commission and everything in between.\n            <\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Worth A North Texas-raised meteorologist has a new role at NBC 5 (KXAS-TV). Ryann Jones announced on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410380,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-410379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410379","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=410379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}