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 and during the middle of Spring Break.
Friday brings a strong Gulf breeze and a 20% chance of showers and isolated thunderstorms. We’ll start off with a sultry morning low of 70 degrees and warm into the mid 80s under a partly cloudy sky. Sea fog will be possible near the coast just about all day. In the evening we’ll monitoring storms from the Hill Country trying to make it into some of our northern communities from College Station to Huntsville to Livingston and possible down to Conroe. Those storms should avoid Houston.
Tell me more about those weekend rain chances.
A storm front blowing into Texas this weekend will eventually send a line of showers and thunderstorms 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 sometime late Saturday. An ABC13 Weather Watch is up for the potential of severe storms to develop, especially Saturday night. Damaging winds, hail and street flooding are possible, 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 40% during the daylight hours of Saturday, then up to 70% Saturday night and Sunday.
How much could we pick up this weekend?
At this time we expect most to pick up 1-2″, but locally higher amounts are possible with the potential for some street flooding where the heavier storms track. There will also be some pockets that pick up less than inch of rain, especially in our coastal counties.
When could it rain during Spring Break?
A more powerful storm system will plow through Texas late Tuesday into Wednesday, bringing another round of high rain chances. This weather system will pose a greater risk of severe weather, but details remain fuzzy at this time. After it clears out, we should have delightful weather for the remainder of Spring Break with lots of sunshine, low humidity, and temperatures more in line with March than May.
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. We might make it into the 40s behind the cold front arriving during Spring Break, but that shouldn’t pose a threat to tropical plants.
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