Asheville shelters have called Code Purple for Jan. 10-12, activating emergency shelter beds for people experiencing homelessness.

As rain and cold mixed Thursday night, the city of Austin says 423 people chose to utilize the city's overnight cold weather shelters.

After receiving community feedback, the city lowered the temperature threshold to open the shelters and started giving people experiencing homelessness more of a heads up.

Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas and Sarasota counties are opening their cold weather shelters on Monday and Tuesday.

With the Upstate and western North Carolina seeing cold, wintery temperatures, shelters are opening to help people stay warm.

Volusia will open a shelter Monday through Wednesday, too. Temperatures are expected to dive into the mid-30s.

Austin mayor held a press conference ahead of the next batch of winter weather moving through Texas. Watch Next .

Right now, we are still 48 hours away from the winter event, but as we get closer, it is likely to be upgraded to a Winter Weather Advisory or a Winter Storm Warning. This system will start initially as snowfall Friday afternoon and evening;