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Rain chances continue through the weekend

Rain chances continue through Sunday. (Copyright 2023 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

Thursday’s Storms:

For the first time since July 6th, widespread, heavy rain fell across SE Texas! Thursday was also the first time since June 1st we saw a high temperature in the 80s. Rain amounts range from a half inch to 2 inches with some isolated spots even higher. More rain is expected tomorrow too. Our dry ground was able to handle the heavy rain but low lying areas and some streets saw minor flooding.

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Most of SE Texas saw rainfall on Thursday! (Copyright 2023 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

Tonight’s Forecast:

Rainfall chances will begin to taper off tonight with only a 20% chance of showers or storms tonight. We will be mostly cloudy overnight with temperatures falling to the mid-70s.

Temperatures will be in the mid-70s. (Copyright 2023 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

Friday’s Forecast:

Keep your umbrella handy Friday, we have rain chances once again! Our chances are highest in the afternoon, but we can see coastal showers and storms in the morning. Expect afternoon highs in the upper-80s to lower-90s.

Rain is possible with temperatures topping out around 90 degrees. (Copyright 2023 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

Tracking the Tropics:

Lee is a Category one hurricane moving to the north. Rip currents warnings are posted along the east coast. Nova Scotia, Canada is expected to take a direct hit from what will be a tropical storm. Frank wrote an excellent article on what is expected as Lee moves into the Bay of Fundy.

Lee will have impacts on the coast through the weekend. (Copyright 2023 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

Margot is a Category 1 hurricane moving north. There is also a cluster of storms that will become Nigel soon. These are not a threat to the Gulf of Mexico.

There are three regions. None is a threat to the Gulf Coast. (Copyright 2023 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

For up-to-the-minute alerts during our hurricane season, download our KPRC Hurricane Tracker 2 App.

10-Day Forecast:

After the rain moves out we’ll have a dry feel to start next week. A hot and humid feel is back Tuesday. Temperatures head back to the mid-90s through Saturday of next week.

Temperatures will stay in the 90s for highs. (Copyright 2023 by KPRC Click2Houston - All rights reserved.)

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Chief meteorologist and recipient of the 2022 American Meteorological Society’s award for Excellence in Science Reporting by a Broadcast Meteorologist.

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