Tropical rain is back in the forecast to bring us some much needed heat relief! It’ll be temporary though, because the heat is back next week. Read on for more details.
What We’re Tracking:
A tropical low pressure system some 100 miles off our coast will be making landfall around the Houston area late this evening, bringing with it rain chances to the Texas Gulf Coast. In the Crossroads, rain chances will skyrocket to 50% Friday, drop slightly to 40% Saturday, then to 20% on Sunday. A Marginal (level 1/4) Risk for excessive rainfall has been assessed to all Crossroads counties Friday and Saturday as latest computer guidance suggests perhaps a couple slow moving heavy thundershowers producing totals as high as 3 or 4 inches. Pinpointing exactly where these heavy storms will form is entirely unpredictable. Most will see totals between 0.5-1.5 inches. Timing out Friday’s rain, spotty showers/sprinkles will be around the area for the morning hours, but scattered showers and storms are expected to form around the area after 2:00 p.m. and continue until 10:00 p.m. to midnight. Rain activity will mostly cutoff after midnight, but begin reforming at 20% coverage after 3:00 a.m. Saturday, then 40% for the rest of the morning and afternoon.
Looking into next week, it is strongly suggested that you enjoy the most out of the coming rain because high pressure will begin sliding back on top of us for the entirety of next week. This will bring highs in the Crossroads back to the upper 90s and low 100s. This high system will also bring about a THIRD chance at tropical activity in the Gulf next weekend. Alert Days: <Wednesday and Thursday POSSIBLE>
Tropical Activity:
A messy tropical low pressure system off the Texas Gulf Coast still has a very low 10% chance of forming into a weak tropical depression before this evening. very likely, nothing at all will form, but this large blob of moisture will bring up rain chances for the Texas coast. At the surface, the center of low pressure is expected to landfall near Houston late Friday evening with winds sustained 30 mph or less. If the circulation becomes closed off, meaning rotation wraps fully around the low’s center, then it will classify as a tropical cyclone, in this case a tropical depression. Above our heads, the main reason for spin is a mid-level low pressure trough that came from the Atlantic. This broad spin is the part of the system that will track westward right over the Crossroads for Friday and Saturday to bring us the rain.
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