Houston residents should brace themselves for a stormy end to the week, with forecasters predicting heavy rains and the potential for severe weather conditions starting Friday. The National Weather Service (NWS) has indicated a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 am tonight, with these conditions intensifying into Friday. According to the NWS weather forecast, residents should expect mostly cloudy skies and lows around 71 degrees tonight as gusty south winds continue to sweep through the area.
The NWS Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, has placed south-central Texas on a slight risk of severe thunderstorms for Friday. Conditions are expected to rapidly deteriorate, with a 40 percent chance of showers thunderstorms, and patchy fog before 11 am. The NWS warns that robust updrafts are anticipated, with a possibility of "large to very large hail," and even a tornado or two cannot be completely ruled out. To stay ahead of these severe weather threats, which have been detailed in the forecast discussion by the Storm Prediction Center, locals will need to keep a close watch on the evolving weather patterns.
Local news outlet Click2Houston echoes these concerns, stressing that the first wave of storms on Friday afternoon and evening will bring a serious threat of severe weather and heavy downpours. "The first wave of storms brings a threat of severe weather and heavy downpours tomorrow afternoon and evening," according to the report on Click2Houston's website. As the weekend approaches, this tumultuous pattern is predicted to persist, with more storms expected on Saturday and yet another flood threat looming.
By Sunday, the weather is predicted to clear later in the day, followed by a drop in temperature next week. "High are only in the 60s Monday through Wednesday with morning starting in the 40s Tuesday and Wednesday. We have another chance of rain next Thursday and Friday'" as reported by Click2Houston, and mornings are expected to kick off chillier, starting in the 40s on Tuesday and Wednesday. But Houstonians must not lower their guard, as another chance of rain is forecast to roll in next Thursday and Friday.
