HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — While it’s a quiet start for most of the area, we’re monitoring a disorganized low pressure system in the Gulf that will bring needed rainfall to parts of Texas this weekend.
We will remain on the drier side of the low pressure system Saturday, so the low will tease us with widespread showers and thunderstorms over the Gulf of Mexico while only scattered downpours make it inland. Rain chances will be highest along the upper Texas coastline then gradually decrease the farther inland you go. Any storm could produce a quick inch of rain with frequent cloud-to-ground lightning strikes and brief wind gusts above 40 mph. Temperatures will warm from the mid 70s to the mid 90s.
What is the rain outlook for Sunday?
This Gulf low will keep scattered downpours in the forecast Sunday, but this time we will be on the wetter side of the low with a moist southeasterly flow. The highest rain chances will again be south of I-10 as widely scattered showers and thunderstorms rotate around the low pressure center, which will be closer to Matagorda bay southwest of Houston. That’s when the low should move inland somewhere between Matagorda Bay and Corpus Christ Bay, pushing the highest rain chances southwest of Houston. As an added bonus, high temps will stay below the normal high of 96 degrees. None of this rain will completely bust the drought, but it should keep it from getting worse and may even ease drought conditions a bit.
Is any more rain on the way next week?
Yes, but first we dry out and heat up back toward 100 for the first half of the work week. Late in the week another disturbance and weak front will push down the Plains toward our part of Texas to bring rain chances back up again.
