Heat dome drops rain chances in Houston until next week

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- We are finally drying out after a solid week of tropical rain showers. That means we are trading storms for steam as the sun works to evaporate a lot of moisture out of the ground deposited by those recent rains.

It'll be warm and humid overnight with lows barely below 80 degrees. Tuesday will be another one filled with sunshine and fair-weather cumulus clouds. Temperatures will heat up into the mid 90s with the heat index peaking around 105 degrees, just shy of Heat Advisory criteria.

What's the outlook for the rest of the work week?

It's basically the same forecast on repeat as a heat dome stalls out over West Texas. We've have lows in the 70s, highs in the mid 90s, and a rain chance below 20%.

How is the weekend shaping up?

We'll get a slightly stronger southerly breeze over the weekend, keeping lows near 80 and highs in the mid 90s. Enough moisture is back on Saturday to generate a 20% chance of isolated showers.

What are you tracking in the tropics?

There are a few plumes of Saharan dust over the Atlantic basin that could eventually impact us here in Southeast Texas. Visit our Tropical Update page for a more in-depth tropical weather discussion and forecast.

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Fort Bend/Wharton/Colorado Counties
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