Widespread cold rain, some wintry mix Thursday
Jan 08, 2025
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- An impactful storm continues to near the region with showers moving in as early as overnight.
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Today
Today will favor mainly cloudy skies and mostly dry conditions, the exception being a few flurries or sprinkles that will not cause any issues. Temperatures will stay chilly all day with this morning's 30s only warming to the low to mid-40s this afternoon. This evening remains cloudy, but mainly dry until after midnight.
Thursday
Spotty to scattered showers will start to arrive in the Hill Country before sunrise tomorrow. Rain, in addition to some freezing rain or sleet showers, will spread west to east across our area through the morning and afternoon.
Future radar: 7AM Thursday
As we get further into the afternoon, the rain will become more widespread while the wintry mix becomes more isolated.
Future radar: 12PM Thursday
Future radar: 6PM Thursday
It will be a cold rain with temperatures staying in the 30s all day, but the rain will be much easier to deal with for most of us than the wintry weather that looked more likely earlier this week.
Rainfall amounts look healthy with many of us picking up close to 1" with areas east of I-35 likely to get even more.
Widespread 1"-2" rain totals possible Thursday
Snowfall amounts look very limited aside from some coatings in the northern Hill Country. More of us may see some flakes mix in, but very few will see accumulation.
As far as ice accretion, the Hill Country is the area most likely to see limited icing, but less than 0.10" in most areas. Some light icing is possible in parts of the Austin Metro, mainly in the western metro Thursday morning. The rest of the Austin Metro should expect only spotty icing.
Potential for light icing on Thursday
Friday and the Weekend
Any lingering precipitation will be gone by mid-morning Friday with temperatures heading deeper into the 40s in the afternoon.
Temperatures this weekend head for the 50s and 60s before our next cold front arrives later on Sunday to knock us down a little bit.
Stay with the KXAN First Warning Weather team as we continue to track the storm.
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