I’m not sure you could script a string of days better than you could have yesterday, today, and Saturday here in the Houston area. If you know anyone up north, these are the types of days you package up and sell to them in January.
TODAY
Sunshine will dominate the skies once again today. After hitting 65° yesterday, we’ll make a run for the low 70s today.
I think today is most definitely a near-perfect weather day for most people.
A cold front has pushed through the region, bringing some showers that look to continue (especially south and east of Houston) for much of today.
TODAY
Rain showers will continue off and on throughout the day, especially as you work south of I-10 and east of I-45. Radar as of 6:15 AM shows heavy showers in Brazoria County (where a Flood Advisory was just issued) and lighter showers extending north and east from there along the coast to Port Arthur.
As the day wears on, these showers will more or less continue in place. Some parts of Brazoria County have seen 1-2″, mainly north and west of Angleton, so some typical nuisance flooding seems possible there as rains continue. It won’t be until tonight that we kick this stuff out of here, as an upper level trough swings through, ending rain from west to east.
Outside of rain, it will be a notably “raw” day today: Temperatures mainly in the low to mid 50s and edging downward into the 40s as the day wears on. Add in the dampness and some 20 mph wind gusts, and you have the recipe for a pretty wintry day by Houston standards.
First off, a hearty congratulations to Eric for completing the Houston Marathon on Sunday! Great running weather, and the forecast leading into the race was pretty good too.
TODAY
We’ll continue this nice dose of weather for Monday. If you have the holiday off, enjoy it. High temperatures should push 60°, and we’ll see a good bit of sunshine. Pretty awesome for mid-January.
Give yourself a few extra minutes out the door this morning as dense fog is hampering visibility all over the area. A Dense Fog Advisory is posted til 10 AM. Fortunately, we won’t be mired in this weather all weekend.
TODAY/TONIGHT
Once the fog dissipates, we should see some sunshine. But our next weather maker is going to plow through here by mid to late afternoon, allowing for clouds and showers to develop. Similar to Wednesday night/Thursday AM, this disturbance will have some vigor to it, so the possibility of thunderstorms is there. These quick moving systems hitting California and then plowing across Texas can surprise with more thunder or rain than expected sometimes. The difference between today and Wednesday night though will be that the majority of this storm won’t get organized until it’s east of Houston, so the heaviest action with this one will be east of I-45 and perhaps mostly in Louisiana. Still, just be alert for some downpours or thunder any time after 3-4 PM today.
Things clear out after midnight tonight.