Sorry I’m late this morning with an update, but there was a surprise announcement this morning from Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ rocket company. They’ve successfully landed a rocket booster in West Texas and that’s a huge deal.
Anyway, on to the weather. After lows in the 40s this morning Houston is warming quickly and we’ll get into the low 70s today under partly to mostly sunny skies. Should be a great day.
WEDNESDAY and THANKSGIVING
We’ll continue to see warming conditions for the middle of this week as the onshore flow resumes and humidity levels rise. Highs on Wednesday and Thursday will likely climb to nearly 80 degrees. Rain will also be possible later on Thanksgiving, especially during the afternoon and evening hours, although I’d expect light rain at most.
FRIDAY and THE WEEKEND
My official forecast for the weekend is: Who the heck knows.
That’s because the forecast models are continuing to struggle with the timing of a cool front, and how far south it moves. The slow-moving system is likely to generate rain showers, so there’s the possibility of light to moderate rain from Friday through Sunday, but I don’t expect accumulations of above 1 to 2 inches for most areas. Expect higher amounts inland than along the coast. As for predicting when it will rain? Hah. Who the heck knows.
Temperatures are also highly dependent on the front. We could be anywhere from the low 60s on Saturday to the mid-70s, and lows could be relatively cool, in the 50s, or pretty muggy in the upper 60s.
I’m hoping for the former because I’ve got to knock out a 16 mile run on Sunday morning, and I’d rather not sweat like an omnivorous domesticated hoofed mammal with sparse bristly hair and a flat snout.
Posted at 9:50 a.m. CT
Good luck with your run, and thanks for the honest forecasting! And thank you also for the tidbit about the rocket booster 🙂
Thanks Nida!
I am hoping there won’t be too much rain for the UH vs. Navy game! A lot of Cougar fans will be going!
Hope that the weather behaves for your Sunday endeavor…
Looking forward to mild weather for the big holiday – keep it under 80, my friend. 😉
Good luck with the run. I did a 20-miler this past Sunday, and the chilly weather was a major help in getting through that. I’m not sure I would have been able to handle it this coming weekend.
Yes, it was wonderful!
So for the Cougars’ game at 11 AM Friday, sounds like a poncho might be in order? Appreciate any updates as Friday nears.
I will of course continue updating, and I expect the forecast will become clearer by tomorrow. But yes, a poncho might be in order.
I don’t believe pigs have sweat glands so they wallow in mud to cool off.
Welp … you got me there.
What I would like to know is when we might expect a real Arctic like cold front ? It will be Xmas season soon so it’s time to see one coming down. Please Eric make it happen.
For November that’s about as Arctic as it gets in Houston. I don’t think we’re going to get that cold again for the next couple of weeks.
Who the heck knows? I have to play an outdoor concert Friday night. The suspense is killing me.
I hear you, Powergirl. Mine is a week from Thursday in the wind tunnel of office buildings just off Post Oak north of the Galleria. Like we are reminded, dress for the weather for ’tis almost the season … windy or not, chilly or not, rainy or not. Non-glare sheet protectors in a binder with large rubber bands to hold it open…
As a fellow runner, I’m sure you’ve appreciated the cooler temps as of late. It’d been a rough fall for running prior to this week. The cooler/drier the better!
Any chance that we will have to worry about Sandra next week?
Just posted on that.
Just wanted to say thank you. It’s icing on the cake to get exciting space news along with a detailed, trustworthy, and humorous weather forecast. Thank you Eric, & good luck on Sunday!
Thank you!