Apologies for the late post this morning—I had to travel to Los Angeles very early on Monday morning, and only returned around midnight last night. Fortunately, there’s not much to say about our weather. It will be hot and mostly sunny this week. Normally that is something I would grouse about, but after what happened during the last week of August last year, I’m now less inclined to complain about hot and sunny weather during August.
Tuesday
Enough drier air remains today such that rain chances will be near nil, with mostly sunny skies and high temperatures in the mid-90s. Low temperatures Tuesday night, and for the rest of the week for that matter, will be around 80 degrees near the coast, and in the mid-70s for far inland areas. This is August. This is summer. This is Houston.
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
The pattern remains more or less the same; but with slightly higher moisture levels and high pressure present but not dominant, we could see some isolated showers during the early morning and then later afternoon hours. Rain chances are probably in the range of 20 percent most days, with any accumulations pretty darn slight. High temperatures will remain in the mid-90s.
Saturday and Sunday
Rain chances may bump up a tick for the weekend, but at this point the best bet probably remains isolated to widely scattered showers with mostly sunny skies. If you’re planning a barbecue or beach weekend, I’d feel pretty good about seeing mostly sunny skies most if not all of the time. Highs will remain in the mid-90s.
Next week
At some point a cold front will slog into Texas, probably early next week. Depending on how far south it makes, we could see some real rainfall—on the order of 1 to 2 inches with somewhat cooler temperatures—or not much change in our weather pattern at all. Given that it’s still August, I don’t have much faith in the front making it all the way to Houston, but the European model seems to think there’s a chance. For now, we’ll just have to wait and see.
The Atlantic tropics present no threat at this time, and I’ll discuss the outlook for the rest of the month a bit more on Wednesday.
Hey, welcome back from one of my favorite cities in the whole world to another of my favorite cities in the world. How is L.A.? Where’d you stay? See anybody famous? 😎
I had no “water issues” last year where I live in The Woodlands. As far as I’m concerned, after last year, dry is excellent
Hi There,
What models do you prefer when it comes to long range hurricane forcasting.
Thank you