After a cold front swept through the Houston metro area on Thursday, residents were hit with a notably chillier Friday, which according to the National Weather Service topped out only in the lower 50s, about 15 degrees below normal for this time of year, forecast.weather.gov reports.
The Houston Chronicle highlights a stretch of somewhat warmer weather poised to return early next week, though it's making an entrance hand-in-hand with significant rainfall that will define the region's weather pattern well into midweek with a chance for substantial rainfall totaling 3 to 6 inches.
If you are planning weekend activities, Saturday will be sunny with a high near 47 degrees, a welcome respite from the earlier cold as per the National Weather Service, but Sunday's forecast brings mostly cloudy skies with a high near 49 degrees, and by nightfall, there's a 60% chance the sky might crack open with showers and thunderstorms.
Preceding the downpour, meteorologists at the Storm Prediction Center assure us no thunderstorms are expected Saturday, although a large high-pressure area keeps the air dry and unfavorable for storm development, that's set to change drastically as the week rolls on with the National Weather Service forecasting a series of showers and potential thunderstorms starting Sunday night lasting through at least Tuesday, which could lead to local flash flooding west of Houston.
The forecast pendulum swings from one extreme to another with both freeze warnings and flood advisories potentially, details on both fronts will become clearer as the weekend progresses, and readers are urged to monitor houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-weather for the latest forecast updates.
