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

AUSTIN, Texas — Austin opened its cold weather shelters on Saturday night as an Arctic cold front is set to bring the coldest weather of the season to Central Texas.

All Austin ISD schools and offices will be closed Jan. 21 due to expected winter weather. A winter storm warning from the National Weather Service is in effect from 6 p.m. Jan. 20 into Jan. 21. Daily news about your community is free,

Austin's forecast: mostly sunny with highs of 40°F, warming to near 60°F by Friday, and a chance of showers over the weekend.

When winter weather is forecast, Austin ISD works on making sure families are notified about cancelations or delays before they head out the door.

Despite a surge in cancelations and delays, Austin-Bergstrom International has fared better than the airports in Texas' other ... meteorologists at the National Weather Service.

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

Some severe weather could impact the Austin area on Thursday morning. Afterwards, blue skies and warm temperatures are expected through Monday.

As of now, the Storm Prediction Center includes the majority of our area in Level 1 of 5 "marginal" severe weather risk Wednesday night into Thursday morning. The main risks will be strong winds and hail, but an isolated tornado also can't be completely ruled out.

Parts of metro Phoenix saw rain on Monday. However, the dry streak continues. Here's why that is, plus rainfall totals, forecast and weather radar.

With storms and heavy rain likely, Meteorologist Zack Shields has the timing, expected rain totals and the severe weather risk.

However, as we track through the beginning portions of next week, we're tracking only modest 20% rain chacnes for Monday and Tuesday with highs slowly increasing each day. The best rain chances don't come until Thursday and Friday.