Eric Berger

Rainy, slightly cooler pattern to continue through the weekend

Houston’s weather will more or less remain in the same pattern for the next few days, with some subtle variations, before high pressure begins to assert more control next week.

Wednesday and Thursday

These two days will be similar. The atmosphere remains moist across the Texas coast, but the eastern half of the metro area is a little more so, and that’s probably where the best rain chances will lie Wednesday and Thursday. We can again expect some areas to see hot and sunny conditions, while other parts of Houston see threatening clouds, and some areas actually see some heavy thunderstorms. All told, accumulations shouldn’t be significant enough to cause any kind of flooding. Highs should range from 90 to 95 degrees.

Friday

If you’re looking for drier weather this week, Friday’s probably the day. But we’re still going to see a decent chance of showers along with the sea breeze during the afternoon and evening hours. Temperatures will probably be quite warm, with highs in the mid-90s.

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Houston to remain in somewhat unsettled pattern through weekend

This is one of those days that meteorologists dislike. Why? Because we’re going to be wrong. Let me explain.

Tuesday

Atmospheric moisture levels are pretty high, nowhere near record high, but certainly healthy. High pressure hasn’t established itself, so there’s nothing precluding rainfall today. At the same time, there’s no great forcing mechanism in the atmosphere to really drive rain showers. So what does that leave us? Probably about half of the metro area will see some rain. For most areas, this will probably be a quick shower. However, conditions are such that a few very strong, slow-moving thunderstorms may form, so some small areas could see rain bullseyes of 3 inches or so.

What a forecast, eh? You’re either going to get no rain, or three inches, or something in between.

And that’s before the temperatures. For areas that see mostly sunny skies, highs probably will reach the mid-90s. Areas that see rain—probably around 90 degrees. See our dilemma?

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Houston to remain in rainy pattern for first half of this week

The absence of high pressure, summer-like moisture levels, and some atmospheric instability due to an upper-atmosphere disturbance led to some impressive thunderstorms on Sunday evening—what a lightning show—with the northern half of the Houston area generally receiving 1 to 4 inches of rainfall. I don’t think accumulations will be quite so high today, but we’re going to remain in this wetter-than-normal pattern into the middle of this week.

(National Weather Service)

Today

The atmosphere remains moist, and we’re already seeing some showers and thunderstorms develop over Montgomery County. Based upon these trends, rain is likely north of Interstate 10 this morning, and showers should move closer to the coast this afternoon. For the most part we’re looking at a few tenths of an inch of rainfall, but as these storms are slow-moving, some areas could pick up 1 to 2 inches over time. Highs should remain around 90 degrees. As was the case on Sunday evening, storms may well continue late into the evening.

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