The worst of today’s heavy rainfall is over, so we’re stepping back to a Stage 1 flood alert

In brief: With the most potent rain-making storms now moving offshore, we are returning to a Stage 1 flood alert for the entire Houston region. Heavy rainfall remains possible on Friday, although we don’t expect storms to be quite as organized as they were today.

Hi everyone. Just wanted to write a quick post to note that the atmosphere is pretty well worked over, and that the strongest line of storms has now moved mostly offshore. As a result of this, we expect a fairly quiet afternoon and evening in the Houston metro area. We still expect to see some light to moderate showers for a few more hours today, but the trend will be one toward gradual clearing of the area.

If you’re looking for a bright spot, look no further than temperatures, which as of noon are hovering around 70 degrees for most of the region. We don’t see midday temperatures like this often in June. I expect highs to nudge upward, toward the upper 70s, before evening and slightly cooler overnight temperatures return.

I think conditions, in terms of rainfall, will generally be fairly calm overnight. However, by daybreak we may start to see some additional showers building in from the southwest, and we are likely to see another round of storms from the mid-morning through the afternoon hours across the region. I don’t believe these storms will be as widespread as today’s – in which some locations south and east of Houston picked up 6 inches – but the potential for heavy rainfall remains. We think a Stage 1 flood alert should cover us, but we’ll be keeping tabs on the situation just in case.