It’s a very warm morning for early November across the Houston area, with low temperatures ranging from 68 degrees north of Houston all the way up to 76 degrees down in Galveston, which likely will tie a record for a warm low temperature. We’ll continue to see these kinds of conditions, along with scattered storms, for a couple of more days before this warmth finally breaks.
Today and Thursday
The pattern remains more or less the same. With moisture streaming in off the Gulf of Mexico, expect to see more cloudy days, with scattered rain showers. Some areas of Houston, especially west of the city, saw brief, heavy storms on Tuesday, and that pattern should continue for the next couple of days. Meanwhile, high temperatures will reach about 80 degrees where there are heavy clouds, and could climb all the way into the mid-80s for areas that see a bit of sunshine. Overnight lows will remain anomalously warm.
Friday
A cool front will push into Houston late on Thursday or early Friday, but the cooler and drier air will lag somewhat. As I noted yesterday, we’re going to have to wait until Friday evening to really see dewpoints begin to fall and the air to dry out. So expect one more day with highs of around 80 degrees. Rain chances will be near zero.
Saturday and Sunday
The weekend still looks really nice for Houston. As drier air moves in, expect highs in the upper 70s, and lows in the upper 50s to low 60s right along the coast. Skies will be mostly sunny, with moderate winds. Really, it will be great for doing anything you please outside.
Next week
There’s a fair amount of uncertainty with next week’s weather, at least in terms of rainfall. Some of the models have backed off their projections of widespread storms, but given the returning moisture and likelihood of some upper-level low pressure systems, I think we’ll see at least some decent rain chances. As for temperatures, I think we’ll be a lot closer to highs (mostly) in the 70s, and lows in the 50s and 60s, than what we’ve been experiencing for the last few weeks. I continue to believe this is a pattern change toward significantly colder weather later this month.
Posted at 6:45am CT on Wednesday by Eric
It’s good that cooler weather is on the way… the A/C in our building has broken down three times in the past two weeks.
Imagine that happening in August!