What’s Coming Our Way:
The late end of this week will stay mild, generally in the 60s and even touching 70. The tradeoff is that we’ll see multiple chances for rain as an upper-level low moves into the southern plains. There is a chance for heavy downpours again late week on Thursday that may look very similar to the boomers that came through on Sunday.
We’ll start to see the first wave arrive on Thursday morning. Here is a breakdown of the timing and location so you can plan around the storms:
West Side (9am-11am):
Storms will fire up across West Texas late Wednesday night, some of which can produce chances for severe weather: hail, plenty of lightning and a tornado or two. We’ll see the storm cross I-35 into our far western counties by mid-morning.
Houston Metro (11am-2pm):
The center of the storm system will be moving north into Oklahoma/Arkansas and the cold front will weaken a bit as it approaches the Houston metro. That said, we definitely can still see a few isolated strong storms. In fact, there is a chance to see a rogue severe thunderstorm or two, with high winds and even a brief tornado warning.
While the storms will be broken, some areas in higher downpours could still see up to an inch and some lightning as they pass.
East Side/Coast (2pm-5pm):
This is likely the spot that could see the highest possibility of any isolated severe storms as the front begins to gain more strength again moving into East Texas and Louisiana.
Consistently this week, the Storm Prediction Center has marked the east side of greater Houston as the spot that could see the highest chance for some severe storms. The likelihood of severe weather could be hail, even an isolated tornado or two.
We’ll continue to monitor the storms as things develop over the next 24 hours, be sure to check back in with the StormTracker 2 weather team as we’ll update the forecast into Thursday!
