HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The beautiful weather is here to stay through most of the week. Now the sunshine is wonderful, but we actually do need the rain. We continue to head into worsening drought as the last few weeks have come in completely dry.
Monday will start off pleasant with lows in the low 60s and mostly clear skies. Sunshine will bring temperatures in the upper 80s/low 90s in the afternoon but luckily the humidity will be low so it won’t be too oppressive. An OZone Pollution Watch is also in place for Harris, Brazoria and Galveston county. Ozone is a lung irritant, so you may want to limit any strenuous, prolonged outdoor activities.
Moisture levels climb by the end of the week into the weekend ahead of our next fall front.
When is the next front supposed to arrive?
It now looks like we stand a decent chance to get another fall front this weekend on or around Sunday. It’s still too far away to get overly confident in the details at this time, but it looks to be more than just a humidity drop like this last one.
Will that front bring us any rain?
Possibly, but it won’t be enough to turn the building drought around. This looks to be a Pacific cool front, which typically brings a thin band of showers and thunderstorms. Right now we have rain chances at 30% on Sunday, but there is room for those chances to go higher.
What else should I know for the week ahead?
We’ll continue to have lovely mornings in the 60s around sunrise, but it will cook into the low 90s during the afternoon, challenging record highs. Ozone pollution could also be a problem on most afternoons. There is also an upper air disturbance coming in Thursday and Friday that could spark a few showers, but it looks to be moisture-starved at this time, hence rain chances at 20% or less for now.
What is happening in the tropics?
Lorenzo has formed in the eastern Atlantic, but will remain a fish storm. We are also monitoring Pacific storms near Mexico that could send their moisture into Texas later this month. For a thorough update and in-depth video on what’s happening in the tropics, head to our tropical update page.
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