Understanding winter weather alerts can help residents prepare for hazardous conditions including freezing rain, black ice, dangerous wind chill and power outages.

The coldest temperatures of this winter freeze event are expected Monday and Tuesday mornings across Central Texas.

A warm, quiet Thursday gives way to freezing rain, sleet and snow as arctic air pushes into Central Texas this weekend.

A wintry mix arrived in Central Texas and the Austin metro Saturday night and overnight into Sunday, and KXAN viewers sent in their photos and videos that show the accumulation of snow and ice.

The phrase “wintry mix” becomes especially popular whenever we get a one-two combination punch of freezing temperatures and precipitation.