Well, that’s all over. We survived Wednesday afternoon’s storms, the rains ended long enough for most people to do some trick-or-treating, and then a strong front blew through Wednesday night. The squall line of storms produced wind gusts of up to 50mph along the coast. Rain totals over the last 24 hours were impressive, too, ranging from about 1.5 to 4.5 inches, enough to cause some street flooding, but those concerns are ending now with drier air moving into the area, behind the front. Some splendid weather lies ahead.
Thursday
It’s chilly outside this morning, so don’t forget to bring a light jacket. Temperatures are generally hovering around 60 degrees in the city, with a brisk northerly wind at around 15 mph. Highs won’t rise too much, probably into the upper 60s, even as skies clear later today. All of this colder, drier air moving into the region should bring Houston its coldest night of the season on Thursday night, with inland areas likely seeing low temperatures in the 40s.
Friday
This should be an amazing day, with a cool start, sunny skies, and high temperatures of around 70 degrees for the most part. We’ll see another chilly night on Friday into Saturday morning, but overnight temperatures will be a few degrees warmer across the area.
Saturday
This will be another nice day, with highs in the upper 70s, and mostly sunny skies. However, the seeds will begin to be planted for a potentially moist second half of the weekend later on Saturday, as onshore winds resume. These southerly winds will ensure that nighttime temperatures Saturday night only fall into the 60s.
Sunday and Monday
By later this weekend our sunny, dry weather could well be interrupted by kink in the upper atmosphere that brings some better rain chances to the area. We’re not looking at any kind of a washout—accumulations right now seem likely to be a few tenths of an inch of rain—but just be advised that for any plans on Sunday you could be dodging a few showers. Skies should be mostly cloudy regardless. Some rain chances could linger into Monday, as highs stay in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees to start next week, with correspondingly warmer nights.
Later next week
By Tuesday (or so) the models want to bring in a modest cold front that should bring our rain chances back down to zero, but truth be told there’s not much clarity yet on how strong the front will be.
The storms weren’t too scary in Pearland and it’s great out there right now! And no mosquitoes! Thank you, Eric ❤️
We had about an hour and a half window last night in Pasadena to get trick or treating done. Yesterday’s weather forecast really helped out a lot. My brother, Brent, was able to dress up as a peacock and go out with his kids. Great evening!
Y’all nailed the forecast yeaterdye for trick or treating. Thanks for tbat!
Ready for some fronts with some staying power behind them.
Grateful for some “teaser” fall days but definitely need the real cold to stay for awhile!
Awesome call yesterday for the expected time frame for the storms! We started at 7:00 and fjnifiniour last house at 8:45 just as the winds started to blow hard.
Yalls forecast and diligence helped my son and his friend have an awesome Halloween!
*finished our last house at…
I thought you suddenly became Swedish there for a moment.
Plenty of weather fun in Westbury yesterday with 3” in an hour (during school dismissal) and a tornado warning. Thank you for the advice on catching the gap around 6pm- the kids had a lot of hope pinned on that and it worked (with rain boots)!
Very nearly another disaster in my little part of Meyerland.
Rainfall rates were fast and furious right after school. Metro buses served as ‘wave-machines’ sending rounds of water closer and closer to getting into my home. Good times. Trees and tree limbs down everywhere and the telltale tire marks of all the vehicles lining what was once a nice looking yard. Buses and cars parked in neighbors lawns. Heck — one’s still parked in my yard…
Just another weird Halloween.
Did anyone else notice that on the Action 13 News 10 PM live coverage of the apocalyptic street flooding in Houston the water wasn’t even to the tops of the curbs? Maybe half way at best?
One guy wasn’t even wearing rain gear – because it wasn’t raining. Imagine he got fired this morning.
There were areas of the region where the flooding was very real….a Walker county sheriff’s deputy died overnight after his vehicle flipped into floodwaters…
Waller county, not Walker County…darn autocorrect….lol
Her vehicle not his
Understand – but this was their “live” coverage. Event was over by then.
You forgot to mention the acorn storms last night. My car was battered by them during a wind-driven storm on an oak tree-lined street.
We had lot of dead sticks down from trees into peoples’ yards. One old live oak lost two big branches (I mean 6-12 inches in diameter). Won’t be a “live” oak much longer I fear.