MORNING NEWS BRIEF
Clocks fell back • Fog, then warmth • Election Day Tuesday
November 1st, 2026AD
TODAY’S HEADLINES
1. Daylight saving time ended
2. Election Day is Tuesday
3. Loop 567 filming stops
4. Boca Chica agenda dispute
5. Alamo rally plans in doubt
WEATHER
CURRENT: 59° with dense fog and visibility under a quarter mile at Granbury Regional Airport at 5:15 a.m., according to the National Weather Service.
TODAY: Patchy fog before 9 a.m., then mostly sunny with a high near 83°, according to the National Weather Service’s Granbury forecast.
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65°.
NEXT 12 HOURS: 6–9 a.m. patchy fog, 60° to 63° • 9 a.m.–noon mostly sunny, 69° to 77° • noon–3 p.m. mostly to partly sunny, 80° to 82° • 3–6 p.m. mostly sunny, 81° to 83°
HAZARDS: No NWS alerts for Hood County were listed at 5:36 a.m. Central. Patchy fog is forecast before 9 a.m.
3-DAY OUTLOOK
Monday: partly sunny, 85°/61°
Tuesday: sunny, 75°/50°
Wednesday: sunny, 74°/49°
TRAFFIC
Film production may cause stops of up to 10 minutes on Loop 567 between FM 4 and Highway 377 near Granbury Regional Airport. The City of Granbury lists the daytime window as 7 a.m.–7 p.m. through Tuesday, Nov. 3.
LOCAL LEAD
CLOCKS FELL BACK; FOG FIRST, STORMS NEXT
Clocks moved back one hour at 2 a.m. today as daylight saving time ended. Check any clocks that do not update automatically before heading out Sunday.
Granbury’s forecast calls for patchy fog before 9 a.m., followed by mostly sunny skies and a high near 83°, according to the National Weather Service.
The next storm system is expected Monday night into Tuesday. NWS Fort Worth describes the severe-weather risk as low, with details still being refined.
Granbury’s rain chance for Monday night is 90%. That is the chance of precipitation, not the chance of severe weather. Keep an eye on forecast updates as Election Day approaches.
LOCAL PRIDE
ELECTION DAY IS TUESDAY
Hood County voters can use any Election Day polling location in the county on Tuesday, Nov. 3, according to TexPolls.
Through Oct. 29, Hood County had recorded 17,965 early votes, or 33.2% of registered voters, in Secretary of State figures compiled by TexPolls. That excludes Friday’s final early-voting day and can be revised.
Statewide, about 7.4 million Texans voted early, roughly 40% of registered voters and matching the 2018 midterm turnout rate, The Texas Tribune reports. Those figures remain preliminary.
Mail voters should check with Hood County Elections for the deadline and delivery rules that apply to their ballot.
INFRASTRUCTURE WATCH
LOOP 567 CLOSURES CONTINUE THIS WEEK
The City of Granbury’s filming schedule calls for lane closures on Loop 567 on Wednesday, Nov. 4, after the daytime stops scheduled through Tuesday.
Full closures in both directions are scheduled from 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, to 6 a.m. Friday, and from 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6, to 6 a.m. Saturday.
The affected stretch is between FM 4 and Highway 377 near Granbury Regional Airport.
NEWS FROM AROUND TEXAS
PARKS AGENCY SEEKS TO WITHHOLD DRAFT AGENDA
Texas Parks and Wildlife is fighting release of a draft agenda that included a closed-door discussion about ceding control of about 1,300 acres in Cameron County, The Texas Tribune reports.
Boca Chica Beach and SpaceX’s launch site are in the area. According to the Tribune, the discussion was removed from the final agenda. A draft discussion item does not establish that a sale has been approved.
PAXTON’S ALAMO RALLY PLANS IN DOUBT
U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton appears to have dropped plans for a rally at the Alamo on the eve of Election Day, The Texas Tribune reports.
His campaign added Monday events in Conroe at 11 a.m. and Allen at 5:30 p.m., according to the Tribune. The report describes an apparent change in plans, not a confirmed explanation from the campaign.
BOTTOM LINE
Check clocks after today’s one-hour change; allow for morning fog.
A low severe-weather risk accompanies Monday night’s storm system.
Election Day is Tuesday; Loop 567 filming may slow travel.
Hood County Express — Est’d 1/26
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