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HOUSTON – After what felt like two solid months of rain and a region that is no longer in a drought, a strengthening ridge of high pressure will take control this week, bringing hotter temperatures, fewer clouds, and no rain. The result will be a quieter forecast overall, but one that comes with increasing heat and humidity.
Afternoon highs will generally range from 92 to 96 degrees through much of the week, with overnight lows falling into the upper 70s and lower 80s.
While this won’t be an extreme heat wave by Houston standards, the lack of rainfall combined with several consecutive days of triple-digit heat indices will make for a prolonged stretch of summer heat. Most afternoons will feature heat index values between 104 and 107 degrees, and there may be isolated spots that briefly exceed those numbers.
Saharan Dust Sunday:
We continue to monitor Saharan Dust, a dense plume will move into southeast Texas Sunday and move out Tuesday. Expect hazy skies, poor air quality and vivid sunrises and sunsets.
Saharan dust is back! How it will impact traveling, hurricanes, air quality, and sunsets in Texas
Tropical Trouble:
Also, monitoring an area of tropical development off of the Southeast Coast. It has a low chance to form into a named storm.
Read more about it here: Tropical Trouble: Tracking a new area for tropical disturbance near Florida’s coast
10 Day Forecast:
For now, Houston’s weather pattern is firmly locked into summer mode: hot afternoons, warm nights, plenty of humidity, and very few opportunities for cooling rain.
The beginning of July, hit and miss daily showers and storms are possible through 4th of July. Thankfully, no widespread rainfall is expected at this time.