HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Our focus is now on a weather system blowing in this weekend that could bring severe storms Saturday, especially at night when a strong cold front arrives. This cold front will make it feel more like winter when we go back to work and school on Monday as a chilly rain could keep temperatures in the 40s all day.
Why is there an ABC13 Weather Watch for Saturday?
Severe storms are possible again on Saturday as a travel-disrupting storm system blows through the Plains. Large hail, damaging wind gusts, and brief, isolated tornadoes look to be possible as early as Saturday afternoon but are more likely Saturday night when the actual cold front arrives. The afternoon storms may not materialize if the moisture return is weak, but if thunderstorms do develop in the afternoon, they are likely to rotate, which would increase the risk of tornadoes. Any storms developing ahead of the cold front Saturday evening could also rotate and produce tornadoes, but when the solid line of storms arrives with the front, the greater threat will be from damaging wind gusts and large hail. This weather system will also bring widespread snow across the northern Plains and Midwest, so it could cause travel delays over the holiday weekend.
What should we expect after the cold front for Sunday and Monday?
It’s going to be cold! Sunday it will be cloudy, cold, and windy with a small chance of lingering rain showers behind the front. Temperatures will hover in the 40s most of the day and then briefly climb above 50 degrees in the afternoon. Monday will be even colder with widespread rain showers. The rain will likely keep our temperatures trapped in the 40s all day, so it will be a rude welcome back to work and school after the long holiday weekend.
When could we get our first freeze?
We have no freezing weather in forecast over the next 10 days, and long range signals indicate we probably have to wait until mid December at the earliest for a chance of freezing weather in Houston. On average, Houston historically gets its first freeze during the second week of December.
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