HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Our weather feels more like May than March, and all that soupy air eventually turns into a high chance of showers and thunderstorms this weekend.
After a muggy morning with low temperatures near 70, we’ll get enough sunshine to break through the clouds to warm temperatures back into the mid 80s, about 15 degrees above normal for this time of year. There’s also a small chance for a strong thunderstorm Wednesday west of I-45 where the air will become fairly unstable.
Rain chances will remain fairly low Thursday and Friday, then jump up when a storm front blows in this weekend.
Tell me more about those weekend rain chances.
It now looks like the front coming into Texas this weekend will actually move into Southeast Texas on Saturday before stalling out on Sunday. This front should generate a fairly solid line of showers and thunderstorms that is expected to rumble through Southeast Texas Saturday afternoon and evening. At this time we cannot rule out severe weather with this storm front, so make sure you’re staying looped in on the forecast while we hammer out the details. The storms should outrun the front Saturday night, leaving the front stalled somewhere in Southeast Texas. Once the atmosphere warms up on Sunday, widely scattered showers will pop up. Right now we have your rain chance at 70% for Saturday and 60% for Sunday.
How much could we pick up this weekend?
At this time we expect most to pick up an inch or less, but locally higher amounts are possible with the potential for some street flooding where the heavier storms track. Street flooding is possible but does not look like a significant threat at this time.
Are we expecting any more frosty mornings this winter season?
Not at this time. While we can’t 100% rule out another run at frosty weather later in March or even April, odds favor those who want to start tending to their garden beds. Some long-range computer model guidance points to brief cool down the week of Spring Break with temperatures dropping into the 40s or 50s.
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