Eric Berger

Good morning. I just wanted to say a quick thank you to Matt for covering the site last week while I was on vacation—it felt good to fully unplug for awhile. I am sorry to have missed some great weather last week, however. Now I’m back, and ready for the spring storm season (some northern areas, such as Montgomery County, got a taste of severe thunderstorms on Sunday evening), and summer is lurking around the corner as well.

Monday

The radar is clear this morning across the Houston area, but that should change shortly after sunrise as a cool front approaches the area. I expect a broken line of showers, and possibly a thunderstorm or two, to develop along the front as it reaches Houston during the morning hours, and moves well off the coast by noon. Over the areas they develop, these storms should not produce significant accumulations as they will be fast moving. I was actually hoping for a bit more widespread showers today, because that might help shake some of the extremely heavy tree pollen levels out of the air.

With sunny skies today, and very dry air moving in behind the cool front, we should see highs climbing into the low to mid-80s across the area. Given the very dry air mass—humidities could be in the teens across the area—please take care if handling fire as it won’t take much to start a wildfire, and for it to spread. With the drier air, temperatures will drop off pretty quickly tonight as the sun sets.

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Chilly temperatures have descended across the greater Houston area this morning, with lows generally in the 40s and 50s. This drier air will begin to exit the region as a more moist flow replaces it. This will lead to a general warming trend through Saturday, before the next cold front arrives on Sunday. As discussed on Wednesday, the week of Spring Break still looks pretty fine.

Thursday

The region will see partly sunny skies today, with high temperatures likely in the upper 60s. Some clouds are mixing into our skies, too, and this trend should persist later today as the onshore flow reestablishes itself. Low temperatures tonight will probably be in the 50s for most of Houston, and warmer along the coast.

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It’s a cool morning across the Houston region, with temperatures ranging from the mid-40s up north to the upper-50s on Galveston Island and right along the coast. Wednesday night should be even chillier across the region before a warm-up heading into the weekend. We’ll also take a look at the Spring Break forecast for Houston.

Wednesday

Clear, cool, and sunny with a high in the upper 60s. As additional dry and cool air works its way into Houston today, we’ll have a colder night, and I expect low temperatures to fall into the upper 30s for inland areas, and mid-40s in most of the city. Definitely a fireplace night!

Thursday

Another nice, mostly sunny day with highs in the upper 60s. We can’t rule out a few clouds as the onshore flow likely resumes sometime later in the day. Nighttime temperatures will probably be about 10 degrees warmer than on Wednesday—so cool, but not cold.

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The cold front has moved off the coast this morning, and rain showers are following suit, with the bulk of the rain likely fully offshore by mid-morning. If they’re not already, skies will be clearing out today bringing some lovely, spring-like weather to the region for the next several days.

Tuesday

Cooler air will move into Houston later today, but highs should reach the lower 70s before it does so. Winds will be modest out of the northwest, and mostly clear skies will allow temperatures tonight to fall to around 40 degrees for far inland areas, and mid-50s along the coast.

Wednesday and Thursday

Very nice weather continues, with mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 60s for the most part. Wednesday night/Thursday morning looks to be the coldest of the week, with far inland areas possibly seeing the upper 30s, and most of Houston solidly in the low- to mid-40s. By Thursday night conditions should be about 10 degrees warmer as some clouds are likely to move in during the overnight hours.

Friday

As the onshore flow resumes, we’ll begin to warm up, and humidity levels rise. Skies should still be partly sunny, with highs in the 70s.

Saturday and Sunday

We can’t rule out some scattered showers and thunderstorms on Saturday, as a weak disturbance moves in, but I think only 20 or 30 percent of the region will see rain. Expect cloudy skies and highs near 80. Another front should push into the area on Sunday, and right now I’m expecting partly to mostly sunny skies, with highs in the mid-70s. All in all, the second half of the weekend looks nicer than the start at this point.