Good morning. We are actually about half-way by way of the month of September, and thus far this month Houston has loved barely cooler than regular circumstances. Trying forward, nevertheless, it does seem as if the second half of the month will probably be hotter than regular, with highs climbing again into the mid-90s for a lot of subsequent week, and presumably past as a excessive stress ridge builds over the area. The excellent news is that, regardless of the formation of Tropical Storm Fiona within the Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday, we’ve got few native considerations concerning the tropics throughout what sometimes is the height of the season for the Gulf of Mexico.
Thursday
A little bit of dry air is holding on this morning, however low temperatures throughout Houston are usually hotter than they’ve been the final couple of days. This pattern will proceed because the onshore movement establishes itself, and pushes humidity ranges again as much as summertime ranges this weekend. Highs as we speak will doubtless attain about 90 levels, or barely above, below largely sunny skies, with gentle winds. Areas south of Houston, significantly close to Matagorda or Galveston bays, have a slight likelihood of seeing some afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Lows tonight will drop into the mid-70s for many of the space.
Friday and Saturday
Atmospheric moisture ranges ought to spike on Friday and Saturday, and it will result in some fairly wholesome every day rain probabilities within the vary of fifty or 60 p.c for coastal areas, as much as about Interstate 10. The northern half of the area, nevertheless, is more likely to stay largely dry. This might be a scenario the place the coast picks up 1 or 2 inches of rain, and areas corresponding to Tomball or The Woodlands perhaps catch a sprinkle right here or there. Highs, in any other case, will probably be within the low 90s with largely sunny skies.
Sunday
This ought to be one other largely sunny day, however with rain probabilities maybe half that of the earlier two days as excessive stress begins to construct over the world. Count on highs within the low 90s.
Subsequent week and past
There isn’t a method to sugarcoat issues about subsequent week. As excessive stress comes again into play, the area goes to see pretty heat circumstances, with excessive temperatures doubtless within the mid-90s. With the ocean breeze the environment might be able to squeeze out just a few showers throughout the afternoon, however for probably the most half these ought to be largely sunny days. I don’t see something considerably altering till a minimum of subsequent weekend, and maybe not then. Our subsequent chilly entrance might be not coming for a minimum of 10 to 14 days, and whereas there are some hopeful indicators within the fashions at the moment, there’s no assure of 1 then. So yeah, summer season’s again.
Tropics
Tropical Storm Fiona shaped on Wednesday, and it ought to have an effect on Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and different Caribbean Island this weekend. However as we’ve been suggesting for a few days, this technique could be very most likely not sure for the Gulf of Mexico, and in reality it ought to flip north earlier than approaching Florida or the Southeastern United States. Past Fiona the tropics are pretty quiet, which is nice for mid-September.
