In brief: While numerous rain showers will continue in the Houston area today and probably tomorrow, the overall trend will be toward slightly less coverage toward Sunday. This should lead to a rather classic June week next week with heat, humidity, and hopefully some cooling downpours each afternoon.
Numerous showers and thunderstorms have impacted the region the last few days. Pockets of the area have seen as much as 3 to 5 inches of rainfall. Are we heading for a repeat of last summer, where it rained basically every day somewhere? Too soon to say, but we’re off to a tolerable start to summer to say the least.
Today and tomorrow
We’ve got a batch of showers that’s been following I-45 south of Downtown and then 290 and 249 northwest of Downtown since the overnight hours.
For the rest of today, we are expecting numerous showers and some thunderstorms across the area. Coverage may focus away from the coast today. Some areas will skate around the rain, but others will cash in once more. We should do it once again tomorrow, though I would not be shocked if we see a few heavier storms embedded tomorrow too. We’ll top off in the mid-80s today and mid to perhaps upper-80s tomorrow if we have just a little less coverage.
Sunday
By the end of the weekend, rainfall coverage should back into more of a typical summer pattern. Heavier showers will be near the coast in the morning, then perhaps inland by afternoon. But overall coverage should begin to scale back some here. Highs will be around 90 degrees.
Next week
For most of next week, we establish a very June weather setup across Southeast Texas. Sun, clouds, isolated to scattered afternoon thunderstorms, heat, and humidity. Highs will be in the lower-90s, hopefully with many of us seeing some cooling afternoon downpours. One note about next week: I think we’re going to see nighttime lows start to rev up a bit.
We’ve only had four mornings this year above 75 degrees at Bush Airport (compared to 14 at this same point last year). We should string together several of them next week. As we prep for the endless World Cup events across the area, it’ll definitely feel the season. More for you Monday!
