A pleasant weekend for Houston with warmer weather next week

Pleasant weather will be the rule over the next few days, with limited humidity. There will be some modest forecast challenges to address, but overall, the weekend at least is pretty straightforward.

Today

Look for a good bit of sunshine to close out the week. It should be a lovely day with highs into the upper-60s to near 70 degrees and a little bit of a northeast breeze behind a reinforcing dry cool front this morning. Heading out to the rodeo to see Chance the Rapper this evening? Look for upper 60s around 5 PM, dropping to the upper 50s to near 60 degrees by 8 PM and mid-50s by 10 or 11 PM.

Quick sidebar: Yes, if you’re an allergy sufferer, you know how bad it has been. Oak and pine pollen were extremely high yesterday, and I would expect Houston’s pollen count to remain on the high side today. We will probably see some minor relief with onshore flow returning this weekend.

Saturday

With an evening of mainly clear skies, we will get another cool night tonight into Saturday morning. Look for upper 40s to near 50 in the city and 40s in outlying areas. Some of the temperature drop could be slowed by increasing high clouds late tonight.

Saturday should see a mix of a little sunshine and a lot of high clouds. At times, we would probably just call it mostly cloudy. With clouds and slowly returning onshore flow, it will also be a bit cooler tomorrow, with highs only in the low- to mid-60s. Evening rodeo temperatures will generally be in the upper-50s.

Sunday

Another day of partly to mostly cloudy skies. After starting Sunday in the 50s, we should warm to near 70 degrees in the afternoon, a little warmer as onshore flow ramps up. Rain is not expected Sunday at this time.

Monday

Onshore flow and humidity will return in force by Monday. Look for a muggy, mild afternoon with temperatures in the 70s after a morning near 60 degrees. We should see a good bit of cloud cover and perhaps a few showers on Monday afternoon.

Rest of next week

This time of year, the main thing to watch is the behavior of approaching cold fronts.Things begin to slow down here and the pace of fronts is maybe not as frequent as we have been used to since November. Will the next front get through or will it stall? As of today, our next front is penciled in and tentatively timed for Friday of next week.A lot can change between now and then however. As of now, I would plan for clouds, some sun, a slight chance of showers or light rain, and occasional periods of fog for much of next week. This setup would likely keep significant weather well off to the north and west of southeast Texas.

Temperature-wise, we will probably see nighttime lows in the 60s with daytime highs in the upper half of the 70s on most days. 80 degrees or warmer is also possible, depending on any sunshine. It will feel like a later-spring week. More for you on Monday!