A hot finish to the week, followed by delightfully splendid weather for Houston tomorrow into much of next week

After a fairly nice Thursday, today will see us harken back to summer a bit, with hotter temperatures and relatively high humidity. But a cool front tonight will end that quickly, leading to a lengthy stretch of decent weather.

Today

Well, hot it will be. Look for upper-80s. The cold front is expected to get into the Brazos Valley and College Station in the afternoon hours and into the Houston area in the evening hours.

It’s possible we hit 90 in spots today, along with high humidity which will make it feel moderately uncomfortable. But it will be short-lived as a cold front arrives this evening. (Pivotal Weather)

That should prevent any real cool risk, though I suppose areas north and west of Houston could see cooler temps late this afternoon if the front picks up some speed. This front looks fairly moisture starved, so any rain showers would be very isolated and probably on the weaker side. Otherwise, look for partly cloudy skies today and tonight.

Saturday

For eclipse viewing in the Houston area, I think we’re good! Our maximum coverage of the sun in Houston will be just before Noon. As such, here is a cloud cover forecast for 12 PM CT tomorrow from the National Blend of Models:

A few high clouds may interfere with eclipse viewing, especially south of Houston, but it looks pretty good overall. The best conditions may be from the Permian Basin into Waco, while the worst will be south and west of Corpus Christi. (Pivotal Weather)

We look good in the Houston area with just a few high clouds. The only real trouble spots in Texas may be the Panhandle and the Rio Grande Valley upstream from McAllen. Corpus and Brownsville may also be 50/50 tomorrow. My pick of the litter might be Midland. But most of the southern and western halves of the state, closest to the path of total annularity will have at least some view. Remember the eye protection!

As far as comfort goes, it’s nearly perfect looking Saturday with highs near 80 degrees and low humidity. There will be a bit of a breeze with 20 to 25 mph gusts inland and perhaps 30 mph gusts offshore.

Sunday through Wednesday

It doesn’t get much better than this. We expect sunshine, highs in the 70s, lows in the 50s, and low humidity for most of this period. We could nudge up near 80 again by Wednesday, but regardless of the nitty gritty specifics, it looks absolutely delightful.

Beyond Wednesday we’ll add back some humidity and warmer temperatures. I think our next crack at rain will be next Thursday or Friday with another cold front. But whether that’s isolated or scattered is still an open question.

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  2. There doesn’t seem to be much excitement over the annular. Different story for the total eclipse in April, already hard to find a hotel room in Austin and Dallas that isn’t price gouged. And I imagine the freeways will resemble a hurricane evac that day.

  3. I’m looking forward to a great airshow weekend and both eclipses. The camp my daughter went to is in the totality path for April and they finally agreed to host people (I first asked them to just before the last total eclipse) for the April eclipse 🙂

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