National Weather Service locations across Texas have forecast totals from a half-inch to five inches of snow between Monday and Tuesday.

Central Texas school districts are closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but Austin school officials sent out communication to families Sunday night school would be closed Tuesday in anticipation of bad weather. Multiple other school districts in Central Texas also canceled classes ahead of expected icy conditions.

A widespread 2 to 3 inches of rain is possible overnight, which is why our First Alert Weather Team will be monitoring the event and covering it on our 24/7 stream. However, it's looking more likely that some isolated higher rainfall amounts will be possible - potentially as much as 7 inches of rain.

Up to one and half inches of snow accumulation is possible from 6 p.m. this evening through 9 a.m. Tuesday, according to the NWS. Roads and bridges will likely become

The National Weather Service issued a cold weather advisory for North and Central Texas, with wind chills as low as 5 degrees.

It’s important to understand the types of severe weather that affect our area and start preparing for the active weather season.

Much of Central Texas will be under a Winter Storm Warning starting Monday at 6 p.m. AUSTIN, Texas - Much of Central Texas is bracing for bitter cold Monday and Tuesday after arctic air arrived Saturday. The Hill Country will be under a Winter Weather Advisory beginning at 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20 and lasting until 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21.

Cold air will be in place through the middle of the week, according to the National Weather Service Fort Worth. Here is what to expect.

“Everywhere in Texas is going to be colder than what it is today,” she said. “With that burst of Arctic air for North and Central Texas, we are going to see lows in the teens and 20s starting on Sunday morning and then highs in mainly the 30s starting on Sunday, going into almost next Wednesday.

North Texas is likely to see a three-day stretch of bone-chilling cold starting Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.

A sprawling winter storm that is pushing slowly across the United States will bring a risk of severe weather and excessive rainfall to a large part of the south-central United States from Wednesday into Friday. Isolated thunderstorms, flooding rains and damaging winds are all possible in an area between East Texas and western Kentucky.

The storm front that has provided a rainy respite for firefighters in California was beginning its roll across the nation Tuesday, forecast to spread rain, snow and ice along a 2,600-mile stretch from the Southwest to Northeast by the weekend, meteorologists say.