HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Our weekend will be filled with clouds, chilly temperatures, and occasional showers and sprinkles, but a more powerful weather system blowing through Monday has prompted our weather team to declare the first day of the work week an ABC13 Weather Alert Day.
How is Sunday looking?
Sunday will stay dry for most but remain cloudy and chilly with lows in the 50s and highs only in the 60s. Showers will approach from the southwest as the day progresses and become widespread late into the evening ahead of Monday’s storm system.
What do we need to prepare for on Monday, and why is it now an Weather Alert Day?
We believe Monday has the potential to be one of those days where we’ll all need to closely monitor the weather as it could greatly impact your day. Prepare for it to rain much of the day and for streets to possibly flood, slowing down and impacting your commute. Wind gusts along the coast could exceed 40 mph while gusts over Houston could exceed 30 mph. If the low pressure system tracks farther south than we currently expect, then rain totals and wind speeds will go down.
How many inches of rain could we get?
Now through Tuesday we could pick up additional rain totals averaging 1-3″ with higher amounts possible in our coastal counties. The rain will likely be heavier in our coastal counties due to the track of the surface low moving by on Monday.
So how long could clouds block out the sun?
It is likely to stay overcast through at least Monday. We currently expect some sunshine to return late Tuesday as the low pressure moves away from us, but if the sky doesn’t clear out before sunset, then we are fairly confident we’ll get a good dose of sunshine on Wednesday.
