A very nice Thanksgiving on tap, with a cold shot early next week

On the day before Thanksgiving, Matt and I just wanted to share our appreciation for our readers. When this site started in 2015, it was little more than a hobby. But now, three years later, we’ve been made to feel like full-fledged members of the greater Houston community. This has been a wonderful ride to be a part of, and it all begins with the kind words and enthusiasm of our readers. Thank you!

Wednesday

It’s a chilly start to the day, with lows generally in the 40s across the metro area. With partly to mostly sunny skies, we’ll see highs push up to around 60 degrees. A low-pressure system in northern Mexico and South Texas will bring some rain chances (likely around 50 percent) into the forecast this afternoon, and evening, but the system looks to remain far enough offshore that most of the heavy precipitation should stay there. Coastal areas will see the best chance of rain, but even there we’ll probably measure accumulations in tenths of an inch.

Thanksgiving Day high temperatures: Nice! (National Weather Service)

Thanksgiving

Some rain chances may linger from midnight into the wee hours of Thanksgiving, but as the low moves east, any rainfall should go with it. This will leave us with what should be a really nice Thanksgiving day. I’m looking for highs in the low- to mid-60s, with partly to mostly sunny skies. Mother Nature will provide us with, dare I say, a cornucopia of good weather?

Friday

Black Friday will see the return of darker skies. An approaching (not particularly strong) front will push rain chances up on Friday morning probably to around 50 percent for most of the area. Again, we’re not expecting anything too extreme, maybe a tenth or two of an inch of rain or so. Skies should begin to clear by Friday afternoon, as highs reach up to around 70 degrees.

Saturday

The first half of the weekend looks splendid, after starting out at about 50 degrees, highs will climb in the mid-70s and mostly sunny skies. As winds pretty quickly return out of the southwest, this day will feel fairly warm after our cooler weather this week.

Sunday and early next week

A stronger cold front arrives on Sunday. There is a slight chance of rain with this front, but it will depend upon just how much atmospheric moisture moves in on Saturday, and I’m guessing for most of Houston the passage of a second front in two days will be fairly dry.

This GFS forecast for dewpoint temperatures at 6am Sunday shows a front near Houston, and moving quickly toward the city. (Weather Bell)

This should limit highs on Sunday to the upper 60s, and early next week may see highs only in the 50s. Although it will be cold, I don’t anticipate freezing nighttime temperatures for any part of the Houston region right now.

32 thoughts on “A very nice Thanksgiving on tap, with a cold shot early next week”

  2. Surely, if anyone can predict a cornucopia of good weather, it is you, Space City Weather!

    Happy Thanksgiving and thank you for all you do here.

  6. I read Space City Weather before anything else in the morning. I appreciate your terrific writing and weather reports. Thanks so much, and have a great Thanksgiving.

  7. Eric & Matt…very pleased with ” Spacecityweather” reporting…thanks…wish you & your families a pleasant and safe Thanksgiving period…late afternoon Monday for Texan tailgating should be dry?

  9. Thanks for the great job you both do! I count your website among my blessings this Thanksgiving. I am originally from Florida, so of course I then had to recount them…

  11. I am thankful that I found this great website – and thankful for both Eric’s and Matt’s truly no-hype weather reporting! Until today, I wasn’t sure when it started (3 years ago) but it is now bookmarked for daily reading!

  12. Space City Weather is the first thing I read each day. Thank you for your calm, no hype reporting. May you both have a wonderful holiday with your families.

  16. The very best readable/viewable weather reporting available from any source! I read/use it daily. Thank you!

  18. The weather iOS so nice all the media nannies at Fox 26 could do this morning was warn people to be safe in grocery store parking lots.

  19. Really thankful for you guys and your site and your level-headed voice. I read your posts every day and I think I may be becoming a weather geek!

  20. You guys give me the best feel for the weather. I’m a retired engineer so I appreciate the background information you offer. Thank you!
    Carl

  21. You are one of the Best weather services in Houston. You called Harvey right on. Thanks for all you do.

  25. Thank you
    I do appreciate your accuracy in yhe weather for ast.
    Always right.
    Compared to most news.

  26. Thank you for your reports that don’t hype weather into a catastrophe at every turn. Your good, clear, common sense approach is great and I look forward to reading your posts. Hope both of you have a wonderful Happy Thanksgiving with family and friends!

  27. Thanks for you awesome, common sense approach to the weather without all the hype. I look forward to reading your posts. Hope both of you have a Wonderful, Happy Thanksgiving with family and friends!

Comments are closed.