Good morning. It has rained 9 of the final 11 days at Bush Intercontinental Airport, and 10 of the final 11 days at Houston’s Passion Airport. Whereas a few of us could also be getting slightly uninterested in rainfall, I might remind you that the choice in late August is blazing sizzling sunshine and temperatures close to or above 100 levels. We noticed loads of that in June and July, when report warmth scorched the area. No matter your desire is, the rainy-gray skies-cooler temperatures sample will prevail for a while. We’re even going to get a weak entrance later this week to maintain daytime temperatures on the decrease aspect of issues. Alas, this entrance could have virtually no affect on nighttime temperatures or dewpoints. Hopefully, nonetheless, we’ll get our first actual fall entrance throughout the subsequent 4 weeks. Fall will not be all that far-off!
Tuesday
On Monday, a lot of the west aspect of the area noticed important rainfall, with two and even three inches of rain in southwest Houston and elements of Fort Bend County. After a moist few weeks our grounds are getting soggy, and fewer capable of take up increased rainfall quantities. The excellent news is that, whereas our area stays in a moist sample, we’re not seeing an excessive amount of of a sign for slow-moving, heavy rainfall that may dump inches at a time, and result in important, widespread flooding. Nevertheless, we will certainly have an opportunity for road flooding right this moment the place heavier rains arrange. That seems most probably for areas west of Interstate 45 on Wednesday, the place a number of spots may even see 1 to three inches of rain, with lesser quantities for many different elements of the area. In any other case, count on highs within the higher 80s with gentle southerly winds.
Wednesday
The general sample stays the identical for Wednesday, with a number of areas prone to see heavier rainfall and lesser totals for a lot of the remainder of the area. Anticipate partly to principally cloudy skies with highs within the neighborhood of 90 levels.
Thursday and Friday
The aforementioned weak entrance approaches the northern reaches of the metro space on Thursday, and this shift ought to convey some barely drier air into the ambiance. This may increasingly knock each day rain probabilities again to 40 or 50 p.c for the area, and I feel we will count on each day excessive temperatures within the low 90s for essentially the most half with partly sunny skies.
Labor Day Weekend
Sadly the forecast for Labor Day weekend will not be tremendous for out of doors actions. The aforementioned entrance will primarily stall out over Houston, and this may assist wet situations. Rain probabilities every of the three days over the lengthy weekend will in all probability be on the order of 60 p.c, or so, with the potential for a number of areas to see downpours. Skies shall be partly cloudy, with highs within the higher 80s to 90 levels. Waiting for subsequent week, right now I don’t see a lot altering when it comes to our barely cooler days with increased rain probabilities. This sample seems locked in for awhile. Summer season got here in with a bang, temperature-wise, and it’s going out with a whimper.
Tropics
Matt has accomplished a fantastic job of summarizing the Atlantic tropics in current days. The underside line stays the identical: Whereas the Atlantic basin is heating up we don’t see any close to time period threats to the Gulf of Mexico. That’s a fantastic posture to be in as we attain the tip of August.
