HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A low-pressure disturbance near Corpus Christi continues to fling scattered showers and storms toward the Texas coast. It will continue to bring us rain chances through Thursday, then our attention will turn to a front that will bring our first taste of “Fall-ish” air to Southeast Texas.
Tuesday will bring another chance of scattered showers and storms to SE Texas with even more widespread rain closer to Matagorda Bay. Houston will have about a 40% chance of rain while Matagorda will be closer to a 80% chance of rain. With the lower rain chances, that also means temperatures will warm back up into the low 90s towards Houston.
On Monday, Galveston had a record rainfall of 5.60″ of rain as a band of stationary thunderstorms pounded the east end of the Island for hours. Something similar could happen near Matagorda Bay on Tuesday so we’ll keep a close eye on rainfall totals through the entire day.
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What are the rain chances for the rest of the week?
After Tuesday’s 40% chance of rain, we see the tropical moisture shifting back toward Houston to bring rain chances up to 70% for Wednesday and Thursday. Once again, rain chances and rain totals will be highest in the coastal counties.The video player is currently playing an ad.
Tell me more about this “Fall-ish” front! How cool will it get?
Technically we have two fronts on the way, the first arriving Thursday, the second arriving Saturday night or Sunday morning. Thursday’s front starts pushing the tropical moisture back into the Gulf as the northeast wind picks up. Then sometime Saturday night or Sunday morning, the northeast wind will finally connect with a batch of cooler and drier air to bring some major humidity relief and a few mornings with crisp lows in the 60s! It’ll be our coolest stretch of mornings since the middle of May.
What are you tracking in the tropics?
In addition to the low pressure over the Gulf, we are also monitoring a couple of tropical waves. One now over the eastern Caribbean has a medium chance for development once it reaches the western Caribbean later this week. Then it could find its way into the western Gulf of Mexico early next week. Head to our daily Tropical Update page for the latest on what’s happening in the tropics.
