{"id":468829,"date":"2026-10-17T13:34:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T13:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468829\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T13:34:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T13:34:52","slug":"austin-weather-cold-front-to-bring-temperatures-in-the-40s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468829\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin weather: Cold front to bring temperatures in the 40s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/0oonseu8fvoa20ep.jpg\" alt=\"Austin weather: Hot day and then cool down\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/0oonseu8fvoa20ep.jpg\" alt=\"Austin weather: Hot day and then cool down\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image vod-poster-image--embedded\" data-v-fab1b86c=\"\"\/>   <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/video\/fmc-i4cp9inldb2pupwt\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin weather: Hot day and then cool down<\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-892ef6a8=\"\">Temperatures will be in the 90s today and then a steep drop where you&#8217;ll probably need to dig out those sweatshirts and jackets. Zack Shields has all the details in his full forecast.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; The wait is almost over as the first strong cold front of the season is less than 24 hours away.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Timeline:<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/explainer-summer-pattern2.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-7f188271=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">The cold front will unleash the Fall feel into Texas tomorrow and going into the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">As the front plows into the moisture, we have a chance of scattered showers from midnight to sunrise on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/temp-trend-5-days-animate-skyline.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-7f188271=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">We won&#8217;t have enough upper level energy to worry about strong storms or widespread heavy rain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">The rain totals will be low and stay under a half an inch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/local-future-cloudsradar-rpm-4k-motionhrrr2.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-7f188271=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">The showers are gone by sunrise and the strong northerly winds will take charge the rest of the day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph are likely and will team up with the low humidity to increase the fire danger from high to extreme risk.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/local-future-cloudsradar-rpm-4k-motionhrrr.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-7f188271=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Please avoid outdoor burning on Friday because it will be too dangerous, plus stay off the lakes as the water will be choppy.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/local-future-rain-totals-rpm-12km.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-7f188271=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Why you should care:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">The main headline behind the front will be the cooling trend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">We will trade in the 90s for 60s for highs Friday and Saturday and lows dropping in the 40s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/local-future-temps-rpm-4k.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-7f188271=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Get ready for the temperature whiplash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">This cooldown won&#8217;t be a quick hitter. The chill will linger for several days and nights.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/local-future-temps-rpm-4k2.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-7f188271=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KTBC\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">What you can do:<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/fire-danger-leslie3.png\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-7f188271=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Stay weather aware and 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-2c6143fb=\"\">The design gives you radar, hourly, and 7-day weather information just by scrolling.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2c6143fb=\"\">Our weather alerts will warn you early and help you stay safe during storms.<\/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-2c6143fb=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox7austin.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/travis-county\/austin\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2c6143fb=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Austin<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Austin weather: Hot day and then cool down Temperatures will be in the 90s today and then a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,394,216,393,172],"class_list":["post-468829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-travis-county","tag-tx","tag-us","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468829","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=468829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}