Stormy on Sunday, then super cold next week
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Isolated showers and mild weather will continue overnight. Scattered showers Sunday morning will turn into thunderstorms Sunday afternoon as an Arctic cold front is passing through. It'll turn windy and much colder Sunday evening.
What can we expect as the Arctic cold front passes Sunday afternoon?
The cold front will bring us scattered showers and thunderstorms for Sunday. Right now we have a 80% chance for showers and storms, especially during the afternoon. We can't rule out a couple of strong to severe storms but it looks like an isolated risk. Also, the instability parameters look 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.
Just how cold will it be behind the Arctic cold front?
Temps will fall from a high of 77 Sunday afternoon to the middle 40s by 9pm Sunday evening. And it'll be very windy Sunday evening as well so please have a thick jacket and a hat it you'll be out. Next week will feature the coldest temps so far this winter with lows in the 30s and highs in the 40s. Feels like temps Monday morning could fall to the upper teens for a short time. It's looking more likely that a good portion of SE Texas will drop below freezing sometime next week.
Is a hard freeze possible, and could we get any frozen precipitation?
It's looking less likely that we will experience a hard freeze in southeast Texas. The latest data says the coldest air will move more east than south next week. A light freeze is likely to happen but a hard freeze looks less likely. As far as wintry precipitation goes, it now appears that our northern counties will have a very small chance of some ice Thursday morning if the rain starts early enough. Temps may be below the freezing mark for a short period of time north of a College Station to Lake Livingston line. At this time it doesn't look like the metro Houston area will see any ice but we'll keep an eye on it. Also, a major winter storm is possible over the northern part of the state Thursday into Friday. If you're planning to head to Dallas then, you might be dealing with ice and several inches of snow.
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Montgomery/Walker/San Jacinto/Polk/Grimes Counties
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