Wednesday’s Forecast:
HOUSTON – The flood threat moves back over Houston tomorrow. We’ll be tracking waves of heavy rain from the coast to Houston. In fact more rain with the potential for flooding is possible Thursday too. The heaviest rain looks to fall along our coastal cities.
The rain is coming from low pressure in the Gulf. If this low travels north, rain amounts will be higher. We also have to watch this for tropical development. The end result is the same. Where the low sets up will determine where the heaviest rain falls.
Our first cool front of the season this weekend:
We get our first taste of fall weather this weekend. A cold front moves through southeast Texas early Saturday. While highs are still in the upper 80s, mornings will be much cooler in the 60s with low humidity! Dew points, the level of moisture in the atmosphere, lower dramatically taking us from sticky to comfortable. Sunday morning is when you’ll feel the crispness in the air.
As the dry air settles in morning tempers fall to the 60s. Our average morning temperature this time of year is 76° and we’ll be around 10° degrees lower than this early next week. This means you should enjoy this while we have it - wake up early Sunday! The humidity climbs Wednesday of next week.
Look at the long-range forecast for the United States. Houston is expected to be below average September 9th through the 13th. We are in for a nice stretch of early September weather to finally welcome the Texans back at NRG for football season!
Tracking The Tropics:
The National Hurricane Center is monitoring three regions that have a chance of becoming Tropical Storm Francine in the Atlantic basin. The three areas have a 20%-30% chance of development in the next seven days. We have to watch the system moving into the Bay of Campeche. If it sits there long enough, it may be able to move north at the end of next week.
10-day Forecast:
We have daily chances for showers and storms through Friday. There are street flooding threats through Friday. A cool front will move through Houston early Saturday. This front will lower the humidity Sunday through Tuesday.