In brief: Sorry to interrupt your weekend, but we wanted to update your expectations for rainfall later today and tonight. There are some indications that these showers may overperform a little bit, and that isolated locations in Houston may see 3 or more inches of rainfall.
Saturday Night Showers
Houston’s radar is quiet this morning, but beginning a little before noon we expect to see some showers and possibly thunderstorms fill in. Around noon, a few hours ahead of a frontal passage, we could see some showers develop along and south of Interstate 10 with plenty of moisture available in the atmosphere. These storms could be somewhat stationary, allowing for accumulations to build up over time.
Beginning later this afternoon a front will move down from the northwest, bringing more widespread showers and thunderstorms, and these are likely to persist, on and off, into the early…..