HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — There will be a lull in the stormy pattern Thursday morning, but another round of heavy downpours and storms will be possible as a summer cool front pushes south toward Southeast Texas. The tropical moisture will stick around the rest of the week, bringing more mainly afternoon and evening thunderstorms.
How will Thursday’s front impact our weather?
This front doesn’t really cool us off much, but the combination of widespread rain clouds and thunderstorms will keep high temperatures in the low-to-mid 90s Thursday and Friday. Thursday’s rain chance is at 70%, then it drops slightly to 60% Friday as moisture lingers overhead. We’ll actually get a light northeast winds with this front for a few days, which will bring the humidity down over the weekend, but not in a significant way until Sunday. That drier air still heats up quickly under the August sun, so we are in for a dry heat as highs reach into the mid-to-upper 90s.
What is happening in the tropics?
Erin continues churning off the East Coast U.S. as a category 2 hurricane and will bring big swells and rip currents through the end of the week. We are also tracking two tropical waves in the eastern Atlantic, but their future impacts to land, if any, remain uncertain at this time. 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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