Good morning. Houston’s very hot, but not extremely hot, weather pattern will continue for the rest of this week, and well into next week. Truth be told, as we slide into August in a few days, this is the warmest time of the year in Houston. So we’re probably not going to see any significant relief, temperature-wise, for awhile. The best we can do is cloudier days with some rain-cooled air. There is a chance we may see a little bit more of that in a week or so.

Wednesday
This week we’ve seen a pattern of isolated-to-scattered showers and thunderstorms developing during the afternoon hours, most commonly south of Interstate 10, and this will continue today. Rain chances are about 30 percent for southern parts of Houston, and just 10 percent or so further inland. Otherwise we’re going to see highs in the mid- to upper-90s with mostly sunny skies. Winds will be light, from the south, and lows tonight will drop into the upper 70s.
Thursday
A day that will be a lot like Wednesday, except that rain chances will be just a bit lower.
Friday
Rain chances drop to about 10 percent area wide, as highs push into the upper 90s. Skies remain sunny.
Saturday and Sunday
High pressure will strengthen a bit over Texas this weekend, and this should lead to a pair of hot and sunny days with highs near or at 100 degrees. Rain chances both days will be on the order of 10 percent; which is to say very low.

Next week
The aforementioned high pressure system should start to retreat to the east next week, and this may open us up to the possibility of at least scattered showers, if not more widespread rainfall. To be clear, I’m not predicting any kind of washout. But we may get to the point where we’re seeing daily chances on the order of 40 percent by mid-week. Highs probably will remain in the mid- to upper-90s.
