HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Rain, rain, come our way! The disturbance that brought needed rainfall to Southeast Texas on Friday will bring another round of widely scattered showers and thunderstorms on Saturday.
Live MegaDoppler13 radar will get another workout starting in the morning as showers and thunderstorms first flare along the upper Texas coastline. Isolated waterspouts will be possible in these morning showers along the coast. Then the storms will push inland, spreading their rain, clouds, and rain-cooled air through Houston during the afternoon hours. Any downpour that pops up could bring a quick 1″ of rain, frequent lightning, and wind gusts over 40 mph. Your chance of rain is at 60%.
Temperatures will again be held down by the rain, peaking in the low 90s around noon then dropping into the 80s and 70s for most of the afternoon once the rain rolls in.
How much rain could we pick up this weekend?
If you do get rain, you’ll likely pick up less than an inch, but there could be a few neighborhoods that pick up 1-3″ of rain.
What is the rain outlook for next week?
Not bad! We have a 30%-40% chance of rain in the forecast each afternoon as more disturbances track this way. It will still get hot in the mid 90s, but the scattered downpours will help cool things down. A larger disturbance tracking our way Thursday and Friday could bring even higher rain chances than currently reflected in our forecast. None of this rain will bust the drought, but it should keep it from getting worse.
Is there anything worth watching in the tropics?
Another large Saharan dust cloud is moving across the Atlantic Ocean, which is keeping the Atlantic quiet. But! We are heading into the peak months of the Atlantic hurricane season so it’s possible we could see activity ramping up within the next few weeks. For the very latest check out our daily tropical update.
