Today’s Forecast:
HOUSTON – Monday is kicking off the week with a lot of clouds and some showers streaming in from the coast. Nothing too serious but enough to hit the wipers from time to time.
Temperatures will still climb to the upper 70s by the afternoon - certainly above average for this time of year.
Early Week Cold Front:
A cold front will move through Tuesday morning, bringing the chance for rain and strong to severe thunderstorms. An early look at the forecast suggests that the strongest storms will likely stay north and east of the Houston metro. Currently, models show the line moving in a little after the start of the morning commute.
The 1 out of 5 severe risk stretches from Galveston County up towards the Brazos Valley while areas to the east, including the eastern portions of Chambers County, Liberty County, San Jacinto County, Houston County, and all of Polk and Trinity Counties are all within the 2 out of 5 risk.
Wind Advisory:
In addition to the severe weather risk for some parts of our viewing area, we now have a wind advisory starting tomorrow morning at 4 am to 6 pm Tuesday with SW winds of 15-25 mph and wind gusts of 40 mph. So not only are we concerned with the early morning thunderstorms, but gusty conditions throughout the day. So make sure to secure outdoor objects and take it slow on the roadways because the gusty conditions can create more debris on the roadways.
Fire Weather Watch:
The wind weather threat has now put areas like El Campo, Columbus, Brenham and parts of College Station under a fire weather watch, since those areas already dry. This round of thunderstorms isn’t expected to bring a lot of relief, so the dry weather and gusty conditions has trigged a fire weather watch from 11 am to 7 pm on Tuesday. You’ll want to make sure to avoid open flames, be aware of your activity in areas with dry grass and make sure to discard cigarettes properly.
Futuretrack:
We’ll continue to track the front in our overnight into the mid-morning commute.
Here is a breakdown of the timing of the front as of right now.
10 Day Forecast:
After Tuesday’s cold front, we’re back to seasonable weather for a couple of days before another warmup ahead of our next cold front, which comes the weekend of Daylight Savings.