Austin Area Gets Its First First Freeze Warning This Week

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Katie — and the rest of you too — bar the door. A cold front arrived on Monday to the Central Texas region, along with wind gusts reaching up to 25 miles per hour, and the first freeze of the year expected by Monday night.

If rainy days and Mondays always get you down, then today's soupy climactic mix were the perfect storm for your state of being. The day has been mostly cloudy, cool, and rainy across South Central Texas with highs topping out in the 50s, as reported by the National Weather Service. But one need only step outside to feel and see those conditions, without the benefit of visiting the weather site.

The low on Monday night will be around 32 degrees, according to the National Weather Service, with a low below freezing at 29 degrees on Tuesday. And don't count on there being a famously Texan sudden reversal either. Often, people in Texas will joke that if you don't like the weather, just wait five minutes and it'll change.

Not this time, fellow Texans. Sorry to burst your bubble, warm weather fans.

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The remainder of the week will remain cold and cloudy, according to National Weather Service forecasters. Here's the rundown for the remainder of the week:

• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 45. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. By nightfall, it will be clear, with a low around 29. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
• Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 53. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday night is expected to be clear, with a low around 34. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Thursday will get comparatively warmer, with sunny conditions, a high near 61 degrees with a nearly imperceptible west/southwest wind around 5 mph. Thursday night, the low will be around 41 degrees. South winds will blow around 5 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.
• Friday will be sunny, with a high near 67, forecasters say. Southwest winds will be around 5 mph. Nightfall will bring clear conditions with a low around 44 degrees.

Graphic via National Weather Service

So hunker down, bundle up, grab some cocoa or hot tea, take out the coat from mothballs, keep an eye on your plants, pipes and pets and brace yourselves. Mother Nature has spoken, and she appears to be serious.

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