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A blanket of sleet may be the only ice Austinites will see fall from the sky this season. Many experts are expecting conditions to warm up this afternoon and remain for the rest of the week.

Snow is in the forecast for Central Texas.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the Hill Country from 6 a.m. to noon.

“There is good potential for the precipitation to form into a mixture of light rain, sleet and even light snow.

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The National Weather Service says the Tornado that hit Northeast Austin Early Wednesday morning has been rated an F1 with wind speeds hitting 100 miles per hour.

It formed at 2:58 a.

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National Weather Service officials have recognized The University of Texas at Austin as a StormReady University.

"StormReady encourages communities to take a proactive approach to improving local hazardous weather operations and public awareness in partnership with their local National Weather Service office," said Joe Arellano, meteorologist-in-charge of the National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio forecast office.

@austintexasgov is confirming that the smoke you're inhaling downtown today is just blowover from surrounding counties, not indicative of any fires in our immediate, central Austin area.

DALLAS — The threat of rolling blackouts, constant strain on the Texas electric grid and hunkering down indoors to avoid the relentless summer heat may soon be sweaty memories as the state’s vicious heat wave appears to be letting up.

A cool front crossing the state Sunday was expected to lower temperatures across Texas this week, lessening the demand on the state’s electric grid.

The change comes just as Texans step outside to fire up barbecue grills, splash in pools and shop on Labor Day.

HOUSTON — Crews battling rare East Texas wildfires got some relief Wednesday when rain blanketed the region where blazes have forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes and blackened tens of thousands of acres.

There's a "pretty good downpour right now," Jason Curry, a spokesman for the federal incident management team coordinating firefighting efforts, told The Associated Press.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for central Texas from noon today until noon tomorrow.

The university is participating in city-wide meetings concerning the weather. As we continue to monitor the situation through this afternoon and this evening, we will periodically update faculty, staff and students about any potential delays or…   » Continue Reading

NOAA

A winter storm system is making its way through Central Texas tonight, bringing with it more of the freezing rains that we've seen all day. According to the National Weather Service, we may even see a bit of light snow and possible sleet, especially towards the Hill Country tonight—but "any accumulations would be very short-lived," they're saying.