It was 15 levels in Houston per week in the past this morning. We managed 77 levels yesterday afternoon. The winter curler coaster is right here. Along with the heat, we noticed some fairly gnarly storms over components of the world, even a Twister Warning down close to Galveston.
As Eric precisely famous yesterday, the rainfall was fairly erratic. Rain totals ranged from over 5 inches close to in Galveston County to subsequent to nothing in western Harris, northern Fort Bend, and southern Waller Counties. In between, it was hit or miss. Some areas noticed large shows of lightning, whereas others might have solely heard some distant rumblings. So it goes. We’ll settle in to some very delicate however honest climate over the following few days earlier than our subsequent velocity bump on Monday.
Immediately
We’ve a bit patchy fog in spots this morning. Aside from that, simply plenty of clouds. On the entire, we’ll name it “lowering clouds” with hopefully a little bit of sunshine later in the present day. Relying on sunshine, we’ll both hit the upper-60s or low-70s in the present day. Accompanying final night’s system was a really weak entrance that can make its presence felt tonight, type of. Gentle north winds ought to enable temperatures to dip into the 50s.
New 12 months’s Eve & air high quality considerations
We must always have partly to principally sunny skies throughout the world tomorrow, together with highs into the 70s. All of your festivities, from “Midday Years” for these of us with little ones to look at events for TCU hopefully beating up on the Preventing Harbaughs of Michigan to night celebrations look nice. The one factor to look at can be areas of fog close to the coast, so use some warning in the event you’ll be out and about late Saturday evening and after midnight Sunday morning.
One phrase of warning: Fireworks and air high quality.
Sadly, the setup this New Years goes to be one which options principally gentle winds and sure a really sturdy inversion within the ambiance. In easy language? All of the air pollution from these fireworks everybody units off on New 12 months’s Eve most likely isn’t going to go far, and we’re doubtless in for some very unhealthy, if not outright hazardous air high quality throughout the area at occasions late Saturday evening and early Sunday morning. The excellent news is that winds don’t look completely calm, however they are going to be gentle. So when you have respiratory difficulties, it will be a good suggestion to keep watch over space air high quality readings. Winds and “mixing” will decide up after 9 or 10 AM Sunday. So if we find yourself with plenty of trapped smoke within the early morning, the afternoon ought to no less than be nicer.
New 12 months’s Day
As famous, air high quality could also be a problem Sunday morning, however no less than it ought to change into sunny. Some morning fog is feasible, if unlikely in spots, and clouds will doubtless enhance via the day. Highs might get to 80 levels in spots. Coastal areas might once more see fog persist deep into the day.
Monday
The forecast for Monday continues to look a bit difficult. It might play out similar to yesterday, with quite a few storms, regionally heavy rain, and remoted extreme climate. Or it may very well be extra widespread. We nonetheless don’t have an ideal deal with on this and sure won’t till Sunday. Search for a median of a half-inch or so of rain, however it’s doubtless many locations see much less and others, particularly east of I-45 see 3 inches or extra. Highs will prime off close to 80 in spots, 70s elsewhere.
Remainder of subsequent week (and possibilities of a freeze-peat this winter?)
After Monday’s rain, a chilly entrance and gradual clearing ought to arrive on Tuesday, bringing a lot cooler climate for Wednesday. We’ll most likely drop again to 60s by day and 40s by evening for a lot of the remainder of subsequent week. One other heat up is probably going late subsequent week or weekend.
We’ve seen plenty of questions concerning the possibilities of one other freeze this winter. Put merely: We don’t know. There’s no rule that claims in the event you freeze in December like we did this yr that it may well’t occur once more later in January or February. The chances aren’t any completely different the remainder of winter in the present day than they had been a month in the past. So, sure, it’s attainable it might occur once more. Probably? Not essentially. There’s no signal of emergent chilly in Canada or the Plains over the following 2 weeks, that means any sturdy chilly is unlikely right here via mid-January. If something, the jet stream within the Pacific Ocean is attempting to ramp up once more in mid-January, which might sign one other interval of heat climate to return. The takeaway? Whereas we see no signal of a freeze-peat proper now, that doesn’t imply issues can’t change later in January or February. But it surely’s neither kind of doubtless than regular as a result of we had one this month.
Glad New 12 months to you, readers. On behalf of Eric, Maria, Lee, and Dwight, thanks all for an ideal 2022, and we look ahead to one other nice yr in 2023.
