Houston’s long slog through soggy weather to end soon—great weather awaits

Good morning. For part of the Houston area it’s been a stormy night, from Conroe northward late Sunday night, and from Pearland southward to Galveston early this morning (a coastal flood advisory is in effect until 11am CT). More than 2 inches of rain have fallen on the island during the overnight hours. Fortunately for most of Harris County, including the western parts of the metro region, we’ve seen scant rain during the overnight hours.

Houston radar at 5:55am CT. (Intellicast)
Houston radar at 5:55am CT. (Intellicast)

 

TODAY

Change is on the way. For the rest of the morning, with a moist airmass in place, we’ll see the continued threat of showers and thunderstorms across the area. However a merciful cold front should finally move through later today, and we should see an end to the heavy rain threat by around noon or shortly thereafter. Between sunrise and around noon there isn’t the potential for more than some minor street flooding to occur in Houston, and since the showers have generally remained to the south and north of the city of Houston, we can probably expect that trend to continue. The bottom line: This moist airmass is departing soon.

As our reward for all of this we’re about to see some glorious weather.

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Storms to return to Southeast Texas today

While we’ve mostly gotten off easy here in Southeast Texas the last couple days, areas to our north and east have been pummeled by storms. The maps below show estimated rainfall for Friday into Saturday and Saturday into this morning.

Rainfall estimates since Friday show Northeast Texas and Louisiana have been clobbered. (NWS)
Rainfall estimates since Friday show Northeast Texas and Louisiana have been clobbered. (NWS)

Areas in Northeast Texas saw tremendous rains Friday night, that unfortunately ended up being tragic in Palestine, TX. Yesterday morning and again this morning, the Lake Charles area was particularly hard hit as well, with totals of 6-8″ over a large area leading to widespread street and highway flooding.

So with all this in mind, today is a new day, and some changes will take place atmospherically that should lead to increasing storm chances.

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