Good morning. At present is the longest day of the yr, with a size of 14 hours, 3 minutes, and 30 seconds. For Texas, nevertheless, there may be sometimes a substantial lag in peak heating, which doesn’t come till August. That is due each to the truth that July and August are sometimes the area’s sunniest months, in addition to heat transferring in from the Gulf of Mexico because it continues to warmth up in the course of the subsequent few months. Will July or August be hotter than our torrid June this yr? We’ll see.
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Tuesday
Houston had its warmest day of the yr on Monday, when the thermometer at Bush Intercontinental Airport reached 102 levels. Temperatures at present ought to be a few levels cooler, as there’s a probability for a couple of extra clouds to type, and a few remoted showers and thunderstorms later this morning and into the early afternoon hours. If you happen to get hit by a fast bathe, think about your self very fortunate. In any other case count on highs within the higher 90s, with mild southeast winds.
Wednesday
This shall be a day quite a bit like Tuesday, with remoted showers and highs within the higher 90s.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Our confidence is excessive that the warmth wave will peak towards the top of this week and weekend, as excessive strain builds immediately over the area. Search for every day highs of 100 levels or even perhaps a contact greater. Sunday at this level seems to be to be the most popular day, and hoo-boy is it going to be scorching. Bru-tal.
Subsequent week
In some unspecified time in the future subsequent week, possible on Monday or Tuesday, excessive strain will again off some and produce our excessive temperatures again into the higher 90s, or a bit decrease. We also needs to begin to see extra clouds and even a reasonable probability of rainfall. Do I’ve nice confidence in precipitation subsequent week? I don’t. However at the very least there’s a good probability. Something shall be higher than Sunday.
