The Brief
- Scattered showers and isolated storms expected Saturday
- Daily downpours continue through Tuesday
- Flood threat for early next week
HOUSTON – Deeper Gulf moisture keeps pouring in this weekend, so expect more clouds and higher rain chances.
Tropical moisture moves in
Scattered showers will move into Houston late morning on Saturday and bring isolated thunderstorms through the afternoon.
Flood threat increases
As rounds of showers and thunderstorms continue through Tuesday, street flooding will be possible.
Rain will not fall nonstop, but repeated downpours could bring localized street flooding in spots.
For now, models are indicating that the highest risk for heavy rain is on Monday. On Sunday, there is a one out of four risk of street flooding and that threat increases to a two out of four risk on Monday.
A FOX 26 Storm Alert will be in effect for Monday.
Tropics quiet for now
El Niño and Saharan dust are keeping the tropics mainly quiet with high levels of wind shear and dry, dusty air. It is very difficult for any tropical system to develop at this point. …