This week, the National Weather Service forecast a shift from a thick fog advisory to high temperatures approaching the summer mark, along with probabilities of severe weather on the horizon.
After Monday's wrath that brought downpours and gales, Houston basked in much-appreciated sunlight on Tuesday, with a Houston Chronicle report indicating a potential spike in the mercury hitting 90 degrees at Bush Intercontinental Airport, today’s blissful calm is but a short interlude before the impending stormy encore predicted for later in the week, with thunderstorms likely primarily after 1 pm on Thursday, per detailed forecasts.
In the wake of a cold front that is currently stretching over the central Florida Peninsula, the Storm Prediction Center’s Convective Outlook suggests marginal severe thunderstorm risks not just for Houston's vicinity but spanning large swaths of the central and southern Plains into the Middle Missouri Valley and Carolinas, setting the stage for possibly isolated hail and damaging gusts amidst the thunderous bouts.
Tracking into next week, sunshine and high-pressure systems are on Houston's horizon promising to pull a curtain on the rain, though this entails hotter temperatures, potentially marking the first 90-degree days of the year for the city, but before this warming trend, Houstonians should prepare for several storm threats—localized flooding could be a cause for concern especially near and north of Interstate 10 where the ground is already saturated, the Houston Chronicle cautions.
