Fair weather through Saturday, stormy Sunday, super cold next week
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The tiny, light rain showers should end Friday morning. Some afternoon sunshine should warm our temps into the upper 60s. Saturday will be a little warmer with more pesky light showers around.
A strong cold front moves in Sunday bringing back a chance for scattered storms before a big cooldown next week.
What can we expect for the first weekend of 2025?
The weekend will start off partly cloudy and mild with afternoon high temperatures in the upper 60s Saturday, then mid 70s for Sunday! This warm up though is paired with the next weather system that could bring scattered showers and storms for Sunday. Right now we have a 60% chance for storms on Sunday. We can't rule out a couple of strong to severe storms but it looks like an isolated risk. Also, the instability parameters look much lower than what we experienced with last weekend's severe weather so we are NOT expecting a repeat of last weekend. More than likely it would be more of a straight line wind and hail threat. We'll keep a close eye on it for you.
Do we have another cool down on the way?
Yes! Next week will feature the coldest temps so far this winter with lows in the 30s and highs in the 40s. It's looking more likely that a good portion of SE Texas could drop below freezing sometime next week.
Is a hard freeze possible, and could we get any frozen precipitation?
The answer to both questions is yes, but it's too soon to know how severe the cold will get and if we'll have the moisture around to get any wintry precipitation. If the arctic air slides more southeast toward Florida, we would just end up with a light freeze and stay dry.
However, if the arctic air slides straight toward Texas and we get an upper low to throw Pacific moisture over the top, then we could get a hard freeze and see that overlap of cold and moisture lead to snow, sleet, or freezing rain. It's just too soon to know how it will all unfold, so stay looped in for now. The earliest we expect any freezing weather to arrive is Monday, so we have all this week to monitor the situation, and we'll have a mild weekend ahead to prepare. If we were to get any wintry precipitation, that would likely occur on or around Wednesday of next week.
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Montgomery/Walker/San Jacinto/Polk/Grimes Counties
Fort Bend/Wharton/Colorado Counties
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