If you like sunshine and pleasant temperatures, enjoy the rest of this morning. If you like sunshine and increasing humidity, enjoy the next several days. If you like rain, I sincerely apologize.

Today

Friday is opening in the upper-50s to low-60s, a fine morning with nothing more than a few passing high clouds. We will warm up quickly this morning and afternoon. Look for us to see highs in the mid-80s this afternoon with mostly sunny skies and mostly light to moderate winds.

Weekend

Both Saturday and Sunday look fairly similar in terms of weather. We could see some morning low clouds, especially on Sunday, giving way to mid to late morning sunshine. If we want to be overly cautious, we will mention that both mornings could see some very light rain or sprinkles underneath any of those low clouds. But the afternoons should be fine.

Winds will pick up a bit this weekend, with daytime winds out of the south around 5 to 15 mph, gusting to 20 mph, especially close to the coast and to the west of Houston.

High temperatures on Saturday will peak in the mid to upper-80s and Sunday in the upper-80s. Some spots north and west of Houston will likely test 90 degrees by Sunday. Morning lows will be generally in the 60s, though Sunday could be around 70 degrees or so.

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Good morning. Before we jump into the forecast here’s a quick look back at some of the damage caused by storms that bulled through the Houston area on Wednesday morning:

• One man was killed in Huntsville when a tree fell on his master bedroom
• 73 mph wind gust recorded on North Jetty in Galveston
• 71 mph wind gust in Caldwell
• Downed power lines in New Waverly, Galveston, Friendswood
• Numerous areas reported tree damage and fallen trees

Wednesday’s early morning storms gave way to clear skies during the afternoon and a very fine evening. The region will have one more day with dry air, and another fine evening. So please enjoy this amazing late spring weather.

Thursday

Lows this morning are quite chilly, dropping all the way down to 50 degrees in some parts of Montgomery County, and reaching the mid-50s or so for most areas but the coast. This is about 10 degrees cooler than normal for late April. With light, northwest winds we can expect highs today to reach around 80 degrees for most areas, with continued sunny weather. Low temperatures tonight will be about 5 degrees warmer, give or take, for your location with continued clear skies.

Friday

Winds will swing about to come from the south by Friday, and this will begin the process of warming the region and bringing humidity levels back up. But Friday itself should remain fairly dry, with highs in the mid-80s under sunny skies. Lows Friday night will likely fall somewhere into the 60s for most.

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Good morning. As expected, a squall line a storms rumbled through Houston early Wednesday morning. Some bowing segments of the line brought damaging winds and frequent lightning, knocking power out to about 160,000 residences and businesses. But it’s not just Houston—this impressive line of storms stretches from west of Austin all the way to the east of New Orleans.

The worst of the storms for the Houston metro area is now rapidly moving toward the coast and offshore. This will set the stage for a few days of sedate, pleasant weather before we warm up over the weekend.

Wednesday

Temperatures this morning are in the mid-60s, and we probably will warm up into the low 80s this afternoon as skies begin to clear out. Although the heaviest rains are heading toward the exits, some light rains are possible through the mid-morning hours before drier air moves in behind the cold front. We’ll see gusty northerly winds this morning, but they should begin to ease back a little bit this afternoon. All of this will set the stage for a cool and clear night, with low temperatures likely dropping into the upper 50s for most of the region except the coast.

Thursday

The last day of April will be splendid—sunny, with light winds, dry air, and highs of around 80 degrees. There won’t be much more weather like this for awhile, so soak it up. Lows Thursday night will be a couple of degrees warmer than Wednesday night.

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For the second time in four days Mother Nature has delivered a surprise. In today’s case, a capping inversion that was expected to hold sway over the Houston region during the daytime Tuesday is breaking. Thus, a cluster of strong thunderstorms is now moving into the region from the southwest along with an upper-level disturbance.

With the cap breaking and plenty of moisture, it seems likely that this threat of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms may be with much of the metro area throughout the daylight hours today. Because of the high rainfall rates in some of these storms, we may see localized flooding throughout the afternoon hours. Storms should ebb this evening.

It still appears as though a bow-line feature will move through Houston after midnight, and push through the region from north to south, with the worst of it offshore by around sunrise or shortly thereafter. We still expect this system to deliver the kinds of severe weather we discussed in this morning’s weather post.