HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A disturbance brought widely scattered downpours on Wednesday, and another round of thunderstorms is expected to develop on Thursday afternoon.
This time the disturbance will be moving away, so the coverage will be less and your rain chance is at 30%. Any shower that develops could drop a quick inch of rain, produce frequent lightning, and pack wind gusts over 40 miles per hour.
Temperatures will again be held down by the rain and rain clouds, keeping highs near average in the mid-90s for most Houstonians. Similar weather is expected for Friday.
What can we expect for the weekend?
It will be hot both days this weekend, but highs in Houston should stay just shy of 100. A little Saharan dust will move through, keeping rain chances low at 20% or less. Another weak disturbance will blow in from the Gulf late Sunday pushing rain chances back up to 40% territory for Monday.
Are we done with 100 degree weather?
Unfortunately, no. While we currently don’t have any triple digits in the 10 day forecast for Houston, a new heat ridge is expected to build back into Texas by the middle of August, if not sooner.
Is there anything worth watching in the tropics?
Another large Saharan dust cloud is moving across the Atlantic Ocean, but there are also large tropical waves emerging south of it. These waves often clear out the dust so that following tropical wave have room to develop. In other words, the tropics may start to get active in August as is typical in hurricane season. For the very latest check out our daily tropical update.
