Winter isn't quite over yet in Houston, as we will discover again on Monday

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Originally published at: Winter isn’t quite over yet in Houston, as we will discover again on Monday – Space City Weather

In brief: A spectacular Friday and a winner of a Saturday will close Houston’s spring break week out nicely. Sunday will be warm and humid before a powerful cold front brings a pinch of rain and some potent winds in the evening and overnight hours. Much colder weather will drop temperatures from the 80s Sunday evening to the 40s Monday morning. Things then calm down.

After a cool but delightful Thursday, we set sail for another winner of a day today.

Friday & Saturday

It’ll be a cool start to the morning, but the day should warm up nicely, with highs in the mid or even upper-70s in spots on Friday. Saturday looks much the same with highs near 80 degrees. Humidity will slowly begin to inch upward later today and on Saturday, which you won’t notice a ton. Morning lows will be in the 50s tomorrow.

Rodeo Forecast

Spectacular evening for getting (responsibly) tipsy with Shaboozey. Temps will fall from the 70s into the 60s through the evening with light winds. The weather continues to look good for a moment like this on Saturday with Kelly Clarkson. Expect temperatures mainly in the 70s, maybe dipping into the upper-60s late. And then Sunday, it’ll be a little breezier and a little cloudier. Temperatures will be much warmer, and it will be humid. Look for 80s with a south wind blowing in around 20 to 30 mph. Prometiste.

Sunday night and Monday

Here’s where the forecast gets a little wild. The cold front hits the area in the evening hours Sunday, after highs in the mid-80s. It will probably carry a broken line of thunderstorms. We don’t currently expect any severe weather from this, but it’s possible some strong storms occur, especially in northeast Harris or Liberty County. The area is in a marginal risk (level 1/5) for severe storms. But the front is going to arrive with some oomph. As winds flip around to come out of the north, they could gust over 40 mph for a few hours Sunday evening. Temperatures will also drop about 30 to 40 degrees from highs in the 80s to lows in the 40s.

We try not to be too preachy on the blog here, but this is one of those times where we’ll strongly encourage you to secure any loose outdoor objects, as these may be our strongest post-frontal winds since October, or even since last March. Those wind gusts will keep up into Monday morning, though slowly back off their peak levels, still probably 30 to 40 mph though. After Noon on Monday, winds should more rapidly drop off into the 20s mph. We are probably not getting out of the mid to upper-50s on Monday, even with sunshine. Monday night will be cold with lows in the 30s and low-40s.

Rest of next week

We sort of break out of this fairly active weather pattern next week, with quieter weather, warming temperatures, and increasing humidity. 70s should return by Wednesday and 80s by Thursday. Our next chance at rain after Sunday may be a good way away.

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Cold and windy? BOOO!!! Good thing I’m going to be outside almost all day tomorrow planting my garden. Bring on the warmth!

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42 here in League City, should be colder next week

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As a person who typically works at 5 am on Sundays (and I actually have this weekend off!) I say awesome. :potted_plant: :star_struck:

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Its ok, its only going to be one day. We are fixing to get highs in 80s consistently through April and 90s starting in mid-May through mid October along with that “oh so lovely” tropical humidity. :palm_tree::sweat_droplets::woman_playing_water_polo:

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My son and his wife, just west of Twin Cities in Minnesota, had gusts up to 60 mph this morning. Getting ready for a forecast that is calling for up to 20” of snow for their area tomorrow-Sunday. Just perspective for when you complain about wearing a jacket to rodeo.

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Liked the “Eyewall” yesterday…..thanks for taking the time. I suspect we’ll need that place to look at weird Houston weather as our climate warms faster (see aerosols). Not just storms but record breakingly tall heat domes next door encroaching here. A reader asked if the 100 meridian divide is still in play and it does seem not.

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Just had my best night of sleep in weeks last night!! I think it’s due to the weather. Cool weather is good for sleep and sleep is good for happy!! I’m enjoying these last tastes of early spring/winter this week and next week!! Another this current pattern sucky as it is has kept houston out of a worse drought. every 3 weeks, there 1 or 2 days of heavy rain that gets us to 60-70% of normal for the month. Going by that pattern, should rain again end of month or early April, but not before hitting 90 at least once.

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I know. I’m ready for those consistent 80’s and 90’s. I don’t want the 30’s.

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I grew up in Wisconsin. This is one of the many reasons I choose to live in Texas. As much as I complain about the cold here, it could be worse. I’ve lived through far worse and that’s why I won’t complain about the heat and humidity, because I’ve lived through the opposite.

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