Track the storms:
HOUSTON – We have been tracking showers and storms through SE Texas. No storms have been severe, but they have been quite intense with frequent lightning strikes and torrential downpours. Check out our current radar below:
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Fort Bend County saw torrential downpours with one thunderstorm this morning. The storm dropped over 3″ of rainfall over Pecan Grove. The heaviest of the rainfall today has been around Sugar Land.
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Tonight’s Forecast:
By 8 p.m., some lingering showers are possible. Even in areas where it’s not actively raining, streets may be wet. Wet streets would lead to muddy costumes, so if you have a dragging tail or cape with the costume, I’d recommend wearing lifts or hemming the bottom so it does not touch the ground.
By 9 pm, the storms have cleared up for the most part. A few areas to the west of i-45 might still see a passing shower or two.
It looks like the showers taper off as the night wears on. This means late night trick-or-treaters will have a higher chance of staying dry.
Friday’s Forecast:
We keep wet, warm weather in the forecast as we head into the weekend. Friday will still have highs in the mid-80s with mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers and storms.
Time Change:
Don’t forget daylight saving time ends this weekend! Most devices will automatically change this for you, but most ovens, microwaves, old cars, and wall clocks will need to be set back an hour before bed on Saturday! This is because 2AM becomes 1AM on Sunday morning, which means we actually get an extra hour of sleep. This is also a good time to change the batteries on your smoke and CO2 alarms.
This extra hour of sleep means big changes for our sunrise and sunset. Early risers typically love this time change because our sunrise is in the 6AM hour starting Sunday. Night owls often do not like the time change as our sunset will also be an hour earlier at 5:32PM.
10-day Forecast:
There are two cold fronts coming next week. The first one will move through on Election Day ramping up our rain chances and lowering temperatures a tad. The second cold moves through on Thursday. Next Thursday’s front looks to be the big one that will dramatically drop temperatures. Highs will be in the 70s and lows in the 50s.
