Tonight’s Forecast:

This evening we will be mostly dry with temperatures in the lower to mid-70s.

Friday’s Forecast:

Rain chances are likely on Friday. There are likely to be scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. These storms could lead to street flooding.

Flood threat Friday:

A moderate threat of street flooding along I-45 and east. This threat stays with us and becomes more wide spread through the holiday weekend.

Labor Day Weekend Forecast:

The front stalls on top of SE Texas Saturday through Monday. This will result in the potential for street flooding every day and it can ruin your holiday plans. Make sure you have indoor backup plans because this type of pattern, rain can fall for several hours.

Rain is expected on Labor Day. Houston’s wettest Labor Day Holiday was in 1923 when we received 2.45″ of rain.

10-day forecast:

We have one more day with temperatures in the mid-90s before a big temperature tumble this weekend.

Tracking the tropics:

After no storm formation in the month of August, the tropics are ramping up at the start of September. Tropical Storm Danielle formed on Thursday . There is little movement with this storm.

Two other tropical waves may become Earl and Fiona too. Make sure you have our Hurricane Tracker App for updates on these systems and others that form in the tropics.

No tropical system in the month of August:

We’ve had four named tropical systems so far this hurricane season. None formed in the month of August. This was the first time since 1997 we didn’t get a named storm in the month. That year we finished the season with 7 storms. The same thing happened in 1961. That year finished with 12 storms. But one of them was category 4 Hurricane Carla that slammed into SE Texas.