Houston’s Rain Timeline: Tracking a stormy start to your week with more rain on the way

5 am Happening NOW:

We’re now watching a flash flood warning for the warning areas in Brazo.

We’re under a flood watch until Wednesday, 7 a.m. As we watch and track rain and thunderstorms throughout the day. Most areas will pick up 2 to 3 inches of rain, but there could be some locally higher totals near 8 inches over the next couple of days.

Putting the areas that you see in red at a moderate flood risk as we track the next round of rain today.

TIMELINE:

• Isolated rain in the morning (rain for a select few but not all)
• Picking up around 11 am on the west and north side (rain for some, not all)
• Shifting more to the northern areas by dinner time with heavier rounds of rain.

You can track the radar here before you leave for work today:

Moisture headed to southeast Texas:

I’m monitoring a low-pressure system moving through Mexico; it is expected to funnel deep, rich tropical moisture into the area. The low-pressure system currently has a 30% chance of developing into a tropical system, but regardless of development, it will still draw in tropical moisture into southeast Texas at least through the end of the week.

Monday through Wednesday, the tropical moisture will combine with a slow-moving cold front. That will help bring waves of rain through the middle of the week.

10-day forecast:

Rain and storm chances continue through the late week. By the weekend, southeast Texas dries out, but the heat and humidity will return swiftly.