Your sunrise summary of everything you need to know about weather in H-town.
It’s hot. It’s dry. It’s August.
Houston hit 100 degrees on Wednesday for the first time since late June, and we’re likely to do so again today. Accordingly Houston remains under a heat advisory for at least one more day, says the National Weather Service. It’s also possible we’ll see more of that African dust I mentioned yesterday. It looks like haze and poses a slight breathing hazard to those who are sensitive.
Temperatures should cool off a bit on Friday before a potentially more significant change on Saturday and Sunday as tropical moisture pushes into Texas.
A pair of easterly waves will encounter a weakening ridge, bringing a chance of rain showers on both days to the region, with higher chances along the coast and just inland.
With increasing cloud cover the region the area should only see highs in the low- to mid-90s.
A slight chance of rain will linger into Monday and Tuesday of next week before the ridge of high pressure restrengthens.
The National Hurricane Center is tracking a disturbance now entering the Caribbean Sea, but given high wind shear it has a very low chance (10 percent) of development over the next five days. It could eventually move toward the Gulf of Mexico.
One hundred degrees
JJ Watt can still salute
Would you tell him no?
Since 1998 at least 86 children have died in Texas from heat stroke after being left in a vehicle. Reprehensible.