Houston has had consecutive days of 97-degree temperatures, and I don’t foresee this heat wave breaking soon. However some relief should eventually arrive in about 10 days time.
Today through Friday
Easy forecast. With high pressure anchored in place highs will be in the mid- to upper-90s, and a heat advisory in effect for today may be extended for much of this week. Lows will be around 80 degrees. Skies mostly sunny. Skin mostly sweaty.
Saturday through Monday
Forecast models suggest the high pressure will move a little bit away from the area, which should allow for the development of some sea breeze showers. I don’t expect any organized storms, but we should see some isolated or scattered development during the late morning or afternoon hours. Temperatures will remain more or less the same, with only brief cooldowns for areas where it rains.
Tuesday and beyond
Sometime next week forecast models indicate the region entering a more wet pattern. This is not to say we’re going to see any kind of flooding, but I have some hope that Houston might see accumulations of 0.5 to 1.0 inch of rain next week. It’s not a tremendous amount, to be sure, but when you have no rain at all for the first 9 or 10 days of July it’s nothing to sniff at, either. High temperatures may fall back into the lower 90s, too. (He wrote, hopefully).
Note: I apologize for the later than normal post this morning, but I was up late last night covering the spectacular insertion of the Juno spacecraft into Jupiter’s orbit. Bravo, NASA!
Posted at 9am CT on Tuesday by Eric Berger
Eric, thank you so much for all the information! Do you have any knowledge of air quality? I’ve been using my inhaler for asthma more than usual and was wondering what’s up!
Let me look into that, Leslie.
No apologies needed! I, too, was watching and waiting. Great science and Congrats to th scientists who made this possible! Back here on earth and in my yard…we need that rain and I will be thrilled for half an inch. No measurable rain in my yard since 23 June…a whopping .1″ if you squint just right. June 12 was the last day of rain that did any good…1″. Burning up!
Yeah, I’m worried about conditions a week from now when we might begin to have the expectation for that half inch of rain.
Eric, you said:
“I don’t expect any organized storms, but we should see some isolated or scattered development during the late morning or afternoon hours.”
Any danger of them being locally strong or severe, with serious lightning issues?
This does not seem likely, Paul.