In brief: A weak front arrives in Houston this morning to drop humidity levels down for a couple of days. Beyond this, the region will see warm weather for the next 10 days, with sunny or mostly sunny skies. Really conditions won’t change much. If Houston’s weather were like this all of the time, Matt and I would be out of job. Or, in this case, a hobby. Have a great weekend!
Friday
Temperatures are in the low 60s this morning, and we are again going to have sunny skies today. What will be a little different is winds, which will shift to come from the northeast this morning at 5 to 10 mph. This is due to the passage of a weak front that will move offshore, bringing dewpoints down into the 40s for today and Saturday before the onshore flow brings them back up. Highs today will reach the mid- to upper-80s in Houston. Lows should drop into the mid- to upper-50s for most locations, and this will be our coolest night for some time.
Saturday and Sunday
This weekend looks to bring sunny weather into the Houston region should you have any outdoor plans. And really, you should. Look for highs in the low 80s with sunny skies on Saturday, and continued dry air. As light southerly winds return later in the day look for lows to only drop to around 60 degrees in Houston on Saturday night. Sunday will be a little less ideal, with southerly winds picking up to 10 to 15 mph, and it looks like we may see some gusts in the range of 25 mph. So expect higher humidity to go along with temperatures in the mid-80s. Lows on Sunday night will drop into the mid-60s.
Next week
As Matt mentioned in yesterday’s post, next week’s weather looks to be more or less the same. Most days will bring highs in the 80s with nighttime temperatures in the 60s. We may push upwards toward 90 degrees by the end of the work week. Dewpoints are going to hover around the upper 50s to lower 60s which is a tad humid, but far from uncomfortable like we can see in Houston. Days should bring a few more clouds than this week, but we’re still going to see lots of sunshine. Rain chances look low until at least next weekend. Speaking of next weekend, I don’t yet have great confidence in the forecast for Easter Sunday, but highs in the 80s seem most likely. At this point, however, we cannot rule out a chance of showers.
“April is the kindest month. April gets you out of your head and out working in the garden.” – Marty Rubin
It looks like we will have to be watering our garden a little more often if we do not get some rain soon…
Yes – watering is necessary now for shallow roots. Surface soil is dry and pressure is high and steady. The western ridge has control until at least the week of 20th. Then looks to be ‘pattern change’. Water this year is right at normal • 10” thru April 10 • so I can’t complain.
Cheers to Eric and Matt for appreciating moderate southeast Texas weather. There is no grumbling like distance thunder from them.
They’ll lose their job enjoying this nice weather. And then engage in a maddening cycle of blaming the other that it was their turn to create the post.
“Matt, it is your turn to post on Space City Weather.”
“No, Eric. Don’t you remember I posted yesterday? It is your turn.”
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so the strong cold front in north texas including dallas isnt making it down here?