Eric Berger

Warming up through Wednesday, and hark, is that a decent weekend forecast?

Good morning and welcome to my look at the week ahead.

TODAY

Moist air has begun returning from the Gulf of Mexico, in fact the relative humidity at Bush Intercontinental Airport was 100 percent this morning at 6 a.m. We’ll nonetheless have a pleasant enough day, with highs in the upper 70s and mostly sunny skies.

A gorgeous morning across Houston. (Matt Lanza)
A gorgeous morning across Houston. (Matt Lanza)

 

WEDNESDAY

We’ll see very warm conditions for mid-November on Wednesday, with high temperatures likely rising into the low 80s across most of the area and ample humidity. During the afternoon and evening hours we’ll also see scattered rain chances as a front approaches Houston, and crosses through sometime on Wednesday evening or Thursday morning. I can’t see most areas getting more than a few tenths of an inch of rain, if that.

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Thanksgiving … is beginning to feel a lot like Christmas?

I will get to the outlook for later this month in a minute. Let’s start with today.

TODAY

It’s a wonderfully cool start to the morning, with temperatures in the low 50s across most of the Houston area. We’ll have another dry, pleasant day with highs in the low 70s. Enjoy the splendid fall weather!

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY

Beginning tonight we’ll see a return flow of more moist air from the Gulf of Mexico, allowing highs to rise into the upper-70s on Tuesday, and low-80s on Wednesday. Additionally Tuesday night’s low temperatures should fall only to around 70 degrees for much of the metro area. Blech! But it won’t last.

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Rain possible later today as blustery front moves through

Houston remains, for the most part, a warm, humid city this morning. But that will soon change.

By around noon today much stronger winds will begin to bring drier air into the region, limiting highs this afternoon to the mid-60s with lower humidity. As the front moves in we may see some light- to moderate rain showers, but as I’ve been saying all week these rains are not going to produce any significant, widespread flooding. They also will not be continual, for hours on end. However they may be briefly intense. Some areas in West University Place received more than 2 inches of rain last night, while most of Houston saw little rain.

Texas is seeing scattered light- to moderate showers today and some of that should move into Houston later today. (Intellicast)
Texas is seeing scattered light- to moderate showers today and some of that should move into Houston later today. (Intellicast)

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Much cooler air is coming, will begin arriving on Saturday

The forecast for Houston remains pretty much the same as I’ve been saying all week.

A weak cool front today, followed by a stronger front on Saturday, will bring Houston a good chance of light to moderate rain today, Saturday and Sunday morning. Accumulations for most areas — with the possible exception of areas far to the northwest such as College Station — are unlikely to exceed 1-2 inches. If that.

Rain seems most likely Saturday, from sunrise to early afternoon.

As the stronger cold front arrives on Saturday we’ll see increasing winds throughout the day, with gusts in the mid-20s possible during the afternoon and evening hours.

There's quite the temperature gradient across Texas this morning. That cooler air is one the way. (Weather Bell)
There’s quite the temperature gradient across Texas this morning. That cooler air is one the way. (Weather Bell)

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