Spring-like weather will persist all week, with frequent fog chances

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Originally published at: Spring-like weather will persist all week, with frequent fog chances – Space City Weather

In brief: In today’s post we briefly revisit this past weekend’s stunning weather, and look forward to when we might see similar conditions. Mostly, however, this coming week will see slightly warmer weather with modestly higher humidity.

A wonderful weekend

We complain a lot about the weather in Houston, and justifiably so I believe. But every now and then you get a spectacular weekend, which we did on Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Berger and I had a lovely walk around the Houston Arboretum on Sunday afternoon, and there were times when I just stopped and said, “It feels so pleasant outside today.” Conditions this weekend will be mostly on the mild side, but with dewpoints around 60 degrees we will be a tad on the humid side of things. A front will arrive by this weekend, and although Saturday may see some rain showers, next Sunday may again be one of those fantastic weather days in Houston. We’ll see.

Monday

We are fully in a pattern with a pronounced onshore flow at this point, and we are going to see persistent southerly flow all week. This will present several changes to our weather. First of all, temperatures on Monday, and for the rest of the week, are generally going to be in the upper 70s. Some locations may hit 80 degrees. Skies will be partly sunny. And our nights will be warmer, with lows generally in the lower 60s. With the influx of moisture from the Gulf, and temperatures falling to dewpoint levels, we will see healthy chances of sea fog developing during the overnight hours, and persisting into the morning hours. Not all areas will see fog all week, but the threat will remain.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday

Not much will change through the middle of the week: expect highs mostly in the upper 70s, partly sunny skies, modestly humid air, and mild nights with the potential for fog developing. We might see a slight chance of showers on Tuesday or Wednesday night, but I’m not particularly bullish.

Saturday

We’ll start to see some rain chances creep into the forecast on Friday night in response to an approaching disturbance. Rain chances will peak on Saturday, probably above 50 percent for most locations. As for accumulations it’s too early to say much with confidence, but a lot of places will probably pick up between 0.25 and 0.75 inch. Highs Saturday should be in the mid-70s, but this will depend on the arrival of a surface front. For now I’ll guess late afternoon or evening. Lows on Saturday night probably will drop into the 50s.

Sunday

As noted above, this looks to be the pick of the litter in terms of weather for the upcoming period. Highs probably will be in the vicinity of 70 degrees, with sunny skies and lower humidity, but for now those details must remain on the fuzzy side of things.

Next week

After a couple of cooler nights (Sunday night into Monday morning may get into the 40s) most of next week looks pretty mild as well. There’s no strong signal for rain showers, and I’d bet we’re back mostly in the 70s for daytime highs.

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“The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.” – Henry Van Dyke

If there is a peak in the weather in Southeast Texas it’s the span of days from Valentine’s day through Memorial Day. Weather wise it’s our best period.

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Are we done with freezes for the season?

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Please don’t make me run the A/C in February, OK? My wallet likes it when neither the furnace or A/C is running.

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Well this is incredibly depressing. Not that i want frozen weather. But if these trends continue, we will be in the mid 80s by the rodeo and humid. So besides having about 3 weeks of winter were essentially on track to go 11 months of spring/summer dating back to February 2025 to present.

I remember being able to walk around at the rodeo in sunny 70 degree weather with no humidity. Now it seems like itll be in the mid 80s and humid. Grrr

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Possibly so, but a late season freeze can still occur in early March even after a mild February. 2019 and 2013 are a good example of that.

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That’s the unfortunate reality of a warming planet for us that like cooler weather. The cool days are happening less and less while the warm/humid days will continue to happen more and more.

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For all the cool weather,window opening enthusiasts such as myself. Our time will come next fall. This pattern is La Niña giving us one last curtsy before her brother returns.

El Niño is en route arriving later this spring.

How will that play out for this summer meaning a torrid or mild summer, we’ll find out,it could go either way.

If you like London like weather, you’ll have to wait til October.

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It can be worse. February has been known to bring Texas some freak heatwaves, most notably in 1996. On the 21st that year Houston hit 90°, College Station and Austin hit 99°, and San Antonio hit 100°.

Perhaps even more impressive is Dallas… they hit 95° just 2.5 weeks after recording a low of 8° and 1.5 inches of snow. That’s Texas weather for ya.

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I waited for October last year and I was disappointed!!

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It also hit 91 degrees in Houston on February 20th, 1986, which was the earliest 90 degree day in Houston and the hottest February day on record as well. Both the 1986 and 1996 February heatwaves were caused by hot, dry continental air from west Texas drifting into the central Texas and the Houston area.

Every now and then, mid latitude cyclones will drift north of Texas in such a way that the counter-clockwise winds that flow around these lows can spin up Hot, dry desert air into our region and cause record highs during the winter and spring months.

The February 1996 heatwave was more shocking though because of the prolonged Arctic blast that affected this area just a couple of weeks before. I like to say that the Texas weather is like a bipolar person who has skipped their meds.

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