HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A few showers and thunderstorms will pass through the Southeast Texas sky this weekend, and a weak cool front is still on the way for next week.
What can we expect for the weekend?
Saturday brings a 30% chance of mainly afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Otherwise it will just be partly cloudy and hot with a low near 70 and a high in the low 90s. Then Sunday delivers a 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms as higher moisture levels blow inland. These showers will start popping up in the morning and persist into the mid afternoon. With the widespread clouds and earlier onset of rain, highs will likely peak in the upper 80s and low 90s.
What’s the latest on next week’s “cool” front?
Don’t get your hopes too high with this one. The timing is still a little iffy, and assuming it does arrive as expected, it’s more of a humidity drop than a temperature drop. For now we have a the front arriving on Wednesday and deliver a brief dose of slightly drier and slightly cooler air through Saturday morning. The timing of the front’s arrival can still shift, but eventually we expect that slight temperature and humidity drop to arrive. As for temperature, we might get a few mornings in the 60s and a couple afternoons in the 80s out of this one.
When does fall begin?
The autumnal equinox is on Monday, September 22, marking the end of astronomical summer and the beginning of astronomical fall. Meteorological Fall began on September 1st.
What is happening in the tropics?
Tropical Storm Gabrielle is moving over the central Atlantic and a tropical wave over Africa could develop as it heads westward toward the Caribbean. For a thorough update and in-depth video on what’s happening in the tropics, head to our tropical update page.
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