HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The heat and humidity will increase early in the week before a weak front moves through Tuesday evening.
It’ll be a little cloudy to start the day, not to mention soupy too with higher humidity. Throughout the day though winds will pick up, out of the south, and gust up to 30 mph at times. While this breeze might temper the humidity a tad, the combination of these humid conditions and temperatures in the low-mid 90s will give a feels like temperature in the upper 90s Monday afternoon.
How much longer will this heat stick around?
Tuesday could be the hottest day so far this year with high temperatures climbing into the mid-upper 90s with a heat index in the triple digits in the afternoon. Those heat index values Tuesday will be just shy of the threshold that would warrant a Heat Advisory. Thankfully, later Tuesday evening a weak cool front will slide in from north to south… but don’t get your hopes up too much. This front will fizzle out and stall just off the coast into Wednesday, so there’s no real relief from the 90 degree temperatures. However, the combination of the front and an area of surface high pressure behind it should at least give us lower humidity levels Wednesday through Friday of this week.
When could we get some rain again?
Even though this front Tuesday will be relatively weak, a few showers and storms can’t be ruled out with it. Right now there’s a 30% chance for rain Tuesday with the front. And depending on how the front moves through, we’re leaving a 10% chance for a few lingering showers Wednesday, 20% Thursday too.
How long will that humidity drop stay around?
Our current thinking is that we’ll feel lower humidity Wednesday through Friday, then a surge of tropical moisture may reach us on Memorial Day weekend.
So then what is the outlook for Memorial Day weekend?
We shouldn’t have to worry about record heat for the holiday weekend, but if that surge of tropical moisture materializes, we will be dodging some downpours. Stay tuned!
This story comes from our news partner ABC13 Houston.