Good morning. The season’s first actual cool entrance is on the horizon, however it will likely be a painful trek to get there. That’s as a result of the following six days will convey extremely popular circumstances, together with the potential for 100-degree days, earlier than the arrival of a cooler and drier air in a while Monday or Monday evening. Rain likelihood is close to zero till the entrance’s passage.
Wednesday
As excessive strain begins to tighten its grip on our climate, highs as we speak might be within the mid- to upper-90s throughout the area, with sunny skies. Winds will typically be mild, out of the north. Lows tonight will drop into the mid-70s beneath clear skies.
Thursday and Friday
Excessive strain reaches its peak thickness towards the top of the work week, and in consequence as of late will convey temperatures within the higher 90s for a lot of Houston, with 100 levels attainable for inland areas. Some places most likely will set report excessive temperatures. Count on sunny skies, and light-weight easterly winds, for probably the most half.
Saturday and Sunday
The ridge begins to again off some this weekend, however we’re nonetheless going to be scorching and sunny, with highs within the mid- to upper-90s. Some slight rain probabilities return to the forecast by Sunday afternoon, however they’re most likely on the order of 10 or 20 %.
Subsequent week
We’re nonetheless figuring out the main points, however confidence is now fairly excessive—assume, 80 % or larger—{that a} cool entrance will push into the realm on Monday, with notably drier air arriving in a single day or by Tuesday morning. There’s a probability of rain with the entrance’s passage, however proper now it seems fairly low. I’m considering we’ll see highs within the 80s for just a few days subsequent week, with lows maybe within the low 60s, however we’re nonetheless a bit fuzzy on that. Regardless, it’s going to be fairly wonderful, I feel.
Tropics
The tropics are popping off in all places. Hurricane Fiona is prone to move simply west of Bermuda after which menace Canada this weekend. Newly fashioned Tropical Storm Gaston is expectorating all around the northern Atlantic, however is just not a risk to a lot of something. The system of most curiosity to us is Make investments 98L, proven in crimson above, which ought to quickly enter the Caribbean Sea.
This storm will very doubtless develop into a hurricane within the Caribbean. For us, the massive query is what occurs subsequent. Whereas it’s not attainable to say so with certainty, an eventual flip northward into the Gulf of Mexico about one week from now could be probably the most possible final result. Those that have learn this web site for any time period perceive that past about seven days climate forecast fashions develop into so much much less helpful.
Climatologically, this may be late within the season for Texas to be instantly impacted by such a storm, and a lot of the current modeling steering retains the storm over the japanese half of the Gulf of Mexico. Finally quite a lot of components, together with subsequent week’s entrance, will decide the monitor of the storm. We’ll preserve watching.
