Houston faces a damp holiday weekend as rainfall makes its presence felt across the region, culminating in a wet Christmas Eve. According to the National Weather Service, today there's a 30 percent chance of showers after 2 p.m., with mild temperatures hovering near 70 degrees and southeast winds around 5 mph.
As the weekend progresses, chances of showers and thunderstorms intensify Saturday leading to a 70 percent likelihood of precipitation. The service forecasts showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon, with new rainfall amounts between a quarter and half an inch possible; this will be followed by a stormy night with an 80 percent chance of precipitation, as the southeast wind picks up, reaching gusts as high as 25 mph.
The Storm Prediction Center warns of a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms across portions of the southern High Plains on Saturday afternoon and night, with isolated hailstorms anticipated due to favorable conditions for organized convection in the atmosphere.
Conditions are expected to improve just in time for Christmas, with the forecast showing a transition toward mostly sunny skies and cooler temperatures, near 59 degrees—Sunday, however, the most turbulent with a 90 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms; the rain is set to subside by Sunday night with only a slight 20 percent chance of showers persisting till midnight, allowing for a partly cloudy low around 50.
According to Click2Houston, "models continue to trend drier" for Christmas Day and moving forward into the week. The 10-Day forecast suggests we're to expect a mostly sunny stretch with temperatures consistently close to 60 degrees, typically sunny for the following days.
