HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Arctic air continues to funnel into Southeast Texas Saturday, making for a cold day with frigid wind chills too.
The true arctic air will blew in overnight and has paved the way for a cold and blustery Saturday despite a sunny sky. A Cold Weather Advisory is in effect for most of Southeast Texas until 10 a.m. Saturday morning as wind chills drop down into the 15-25 range near sunrise. The freeze line will make it to the I-10 corridor by sunrise, then temperatures will struggle to make it back into the mid 40s.
A Freeze Watch is also in effect from 9 p.m. Saturday to 9 a.m. Sunday because some spots north of Houston could drop down into hard freeze territory. Make sure all people, pets, and livestock have a warm place to shelter through Sunday morning. While temperatures may start off in the 20s Sunday morning, the sunshine will warm things nicely into the 50s during the afternoon.
This is too cold for Houston! When will it warm up again?
After this frigid weekend, we should have more seasonal temperatures with lows in the 40s and highs in the 60s. And when our next cold front arrives late Tuesday, no arctic air will follow it, keeping our temperatures in a more “seasonal” range.
How about our next chance for rain?
That’s on the way as well! Tuesday’s cold front will also bring the chance for showers ahead of and along the front. Looks like most of Southeast Texas could pick up around half an inch of rain on average with higher totals possible.
Any more cold blasts possible in February?
After this weekend and the cold front next week, it looks like we’ll be able to enjoy a gradual warm up to more seasonal, mild weather into the first full weekend of February. We could even be in the 70s by then! However, there are some signs in our long-range weather models that hint at another big cool down into mid-February. No guarantees at this point, but it’s something we’ll continue to monitor.
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