Cool front arriving late Saturday brings showers and thunderstorms back to Houston

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Houston is still on track for a weather change to blow in late Saturday. That's when a cool front will blow in with rain following it for most of Saturday night and a pleasant cool down for the rest of the weekend.

Temperatures Friday morning will again have a tough time dropping below 70 degrees. That warm, humid Gulf breeze will crank up during the afternoon, gusting over 30 mph at times. Highs will peak around 87 degrees. There's enough moisture for a brief shower, but your chance of getting measurable rain is only 10%. That rain chances will climb significantly higher by Saturday night.

What's the outlook for this weekend's rain chances?

It looks like the cool front will reach Houston late Saturday afternoon or early in the evening, sometime between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Isolated showers are possible ahead of the front in the morning, then a broken line of showers and thunderstorms are expected when the front reaches your neighborhood. But it's behind the front when the rain chance really climbs with widespread showers continuing off and on through much of the night. We currently have Saturday's rain chance at 40% during the day, climbing to 80% at night. A few showers could linger into Sunday morning, so we are keeping a 30% chance of rain in the forecast for the morning. The afternoon should be dry and pleasant everywhere.

How cool will it get behind this front?

Temperatures should dip into below-average territory behind the front. We expect a couple of days with highs in the 70s and a few mornings with lows in the 50s. The average high this time of year is around 80, and the average low is around 60.

What's the outlook for next week?

Monday should be nice and dry. Monday night we expect moisture to being returning that will translate into a 30% chance of rain for Tuesday. Another storm system looks to impact us the final weekend of April, with thunderstorm chances climbing for next Friday and Saturday.

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