Current Radar:
The rain, for the most part, has died out for the day. But a new round of strong storms arrives overnight into Thursday morning.
Thursday’s Forecast:
Our overall weather pattern hasn’t changed much from the previous days. There will be a few cities capable of getting 2″-4″ of rain an hour and that will cause flooding. The focus to Thursday’s storms appears to be from Houston to the coast. Our northern cities are next expected to get the torrential downpour they received Monday and Tuesday. For the first time this week the Weather Prediction Center has increased our flood threat to a level 3 out of 4 for our coastal cities. The front will help to concentrate enough heavy rain again along the coast that there could be some areas that get flooding early in the morning and possibly lasting through the afternoon.
Here is a look at the timeline:
5 AM: Showers and storms are heavy along the coast and begin to move closer to I-10.
9 AM: Storms and rain continue to pour from I-10 on south.
12PM: Showers make for a soggy afternoon, remembers there could still be heavy downpours embedded.
6 PM: Rain becoming less active through the evening.
Tracking the tropics:
There is no tropical activity in the Gulf, Caribbean or Atlantic Ocean. The tropics should become active again during the first week of August.
10-day Forecast:
We stay in this active storm pattern through the week. Stay weather aware because flooding happens quickly. The increase in rain means lower than normal temperatures through Saturday. 95° is our average this time of year. We flip the script next week and turn up the temperatures back into the mid 90s next week.