Thursday’s Forecast:
HOUSTON – Some patch AM fog will give way to partly cloudy skies and a very muggy afternoon with highs running about 10 degrees above average, in the mid 80s.
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Rain chances will be spotty at best, sliding in from the coast, but most areas will just stay muggy and warm for the next few days.
Hurricane Rafael:
Rafael has moved back out over the Gulf of Mexico, charging westward as a 105 mph Category 2 hurricane. As we have been forecasting this week, Rafael is moving into some rougher conditions and is expected to slowly downgrade over the next few days.
As Rafael moves into the Central Gulf it will get blocked by a cold front. That front will slow it down and steer it toward Mexico or possibly stall it in the Gulf.
Neither scenario has direct impacts to SE Texas outside of elevated rip currents and rough seas.
10-day Forecast:
The same front steering Rafael away from Texas gives us a chance of rain this weekend. The front doesn’t look like it makes it all the way through. That’s why you don’t see a change in temperatures early next week. Another cold front is expected Wednesday, and this one will lower temperatures at the end of next week. We’re still waiting on actual fall weather to hold for more than just a day!
