Good night. That is only a fast submit to say that we now not anticipate the specter of widespread, heavy rainfall within the Houston metro space tonight and on Friday, together with many of the coast. Subsequently we’re lifting the Stage 1 flood alert presently in place for coastal areas. This afternoon and night, high-resolution forecast fashions have continued to development eastward with the heaviest precipitation from a tropical system, away from the Houston area, and we are able to now not justify such an alert.
Talking of the tropical system, it has now moved inland into South Texas, and will flip kind of northward. We due to this fact count on that its heaviest rains will stay offshore for probably the most half, earlier than impacting japanese Texas, together with the Beaumont and Port Arthur areas, in addition to southwestern Louisiana in the course of the subsequent 24 hours.
That’s not to say that Galveston and Chambers counties gained’t see rainfall. However I now anticipate that 1 to 4 inches will fall alongside these coastal areas, with the potential for larger totals and extra vital flooding off to our east. As for the town of Houston itself, Harris County, and the remainder of the metro space, we’re simply not seeing a robust sign for heavy rainfall. A number of areas of the town may even see 1 to 2 inches of rain tonight and on Friday, however for probably the most half we must always see significantly much less. Impacts probably might be minimal.
Whereas we’ve tried to watch out to emphasise the uncertainty on this forecast in current days, and the chance that rains can be most prevalent alongside the coast, I do know loads of you had been hoping to get some drought-busting rains with this tropical system. In that sense, I’m sorry to say, it’s prone to be a bust.
Drought 1, Houston 0.
