After a bit more drier air, a warmer, more humid weekend looms

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Thursday

It’s much warmer across the region this morning, with lows in the low 60s in the city and partly cloudy skies. Expect high temperatures to reach around 80 degrees later today, under mostly sunny skies. Although it is fairly humid outside, a pocket of drier air should move into the area later today, and this should allow for a slightly cooler nights. I think most of Houston, except for the coast, will probably dip into the 50s under partly cloudy skies tonight.

Friday

This should be a pretty glorious day with highs in the upper 70s to 80 degrees, sunny skies, and reasonably dry air. Lows Friday night should be a degree or two warmer than Thursday night.

Saturday and Sunday

By this weekend we’re going to see a more pronounced onshore flow, and this will begin to ramp up humidity levels. I think daytime temperatures are still going to remain around 80 degrees, but nights will be warmer—in the mid- to upper-60s. I still expect skies to remain partly to mostly sunny, although the coast may see a few stray showers.

Next week

The start of next week looks warm, with highs pushing into the mid-80s and more clouds. We start to see some slightly better rain chances on Monday and Tuesday in advance of a front, but right now I would not expect more than light showers. The front will cool us off, but it remains to be seen how much cooling will take place, and how long it will last. A stronger front may be in the cards for Friday or Saturday of next week.

Tropics

Hurricane Eta has wrought devastation in Nicaragua and Honduras. The storm’s center, now over Honduras, barely exists now, but it should move into the Caribbean Sea on Friday, and will pose a rainfall threat to Cuba and South Florida by Sunday. After that? The eastern half of the Gulf of Mexico will need to pay attention to the storm, which may be out at sea for another week or so before finally coming ashore.