Yesterday was a cold, breezy day, and we’ll in all probability have some extra of that as we speak earlier than our climate modifications fairly drastically. This shall be our final actual shot of winter-type climate for a while, as we see no less than a short lived shift into spring subsequent week.
Right this moment
Sunshine ought to dominate as we speak, with no less than just a few excessive clouds floating by by the day. In any other case, search for a continued 10 to fifteen mph breeze with gusts to 25 or 30 at instances. Winds over the water shall be barely stronger. After a cold begin this morning, search for us to recuperate into the low-50s this afternoon.
Weekend
Each weekend days look superb, with a cold Saturday transitioning to a a lot milder Sunday. For tomorrow, we may have extra solar and excessive clouds however noticeably much less wind than yesterday or as we speak. Will probably be fairly a cold begin to the day, however we’ll regularly creep into the mid-50s or so through the afternoon.
Sunday appears to be like milder with morning lows about 5 to 10 levels hotter (largely 40s), and a surge of onshore move resulting in highs close to 70 or higher. Anticipate continued solar combined with occasional excessive clouds.
Monday and Tuesday
We’ll actually discover the return of humidity on nowadays as dewpoints shoot up into the 60s on regular onshore winds. Excessive temperatures? Heat. Search for 80 or higher each days, with morning lows within the 60s.
The climate ought to stay no less than partly sunny on each days. There could possibly be a stray bathe or some fog on the coast, however winds of 10 to fifteen mph or so will assist preserve the fog from sticking too lengthy I believe.
Wednesday by Friday
The forecast stays reasonably elusive for the again half of subsequent week. The first downside is {that a} chilly entrance is prone to stall out and/or dissipate close to Houston. If that will get to the coast, we’ll flip notably cooler for a day or so. If that fails to get into the metro space, we’ll proceed to see 60s for lows and 70s or 80s for highs. The European mannequin has it slam on the brakes simply earlier than attending to Houston’s northwest suburbs. The GFS mannequin pushes it 50 to 100 miles offshore. That’s a *massive* distinction in potential outcomes.
That additionally will impression the climate we see, with a cooler consequence resulting in clouds and bathe probabilities however a hotter consequence seemingly resulting in AM fog and PM solar, with restricted rain probabilities. Take your choose. Proper now, I imagine the sensible cash is on a hotter consequence, however we’ll have to attend and see on that.
As Eric famous yesterday, the rest of February will in all probability end on a gentle be aware. It’s going to in all probability additionally end considerably drier than regular. We’re nonetheless in a La Niña sample within the Pacific Ocean, so this shouldn’t come as an enormous shock, as that’s typical for our late winter and spring climate. For these monitoring such issues, it might appear that the top is close to for La Niña by this summer time. Whereas what it means for Houston could be very a lot TBD, on the whole, that may promote higher rain probabilities this summer time, with hopefully fewer hurricanes to observe than is typical. We will see!
