Wednesday’s forecast:
HOUSTON – It’s a quiet start across Houston, but storms continue to fire off to the north in Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. While no severe weather is expected locally today, we’ll see our typical June pattern of scattered showers developing with the sea breeze and afternoon heating with “Feels-Like” temperatures in the triple digits.
Heat Risk:
And the triple-digit “Feels-Like” temperatures are here to stay the next 5 days.
- Make sure to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate and avoid peak heat times
- Cool Off: Mall walking, libraries, water parks and cooling centers are the best place to cool down as “Feels-like” temperatures continue to stay in the triple digits.
- Know the signs of heat illness: Heat exhaustion - heavy sweating, weakness, nausea, headache. Heat Stroke - high body temperature. confusion, no sweating and rapid pulse.
Tracking the Rain:
A few sprinkles are possible south of I-10 earlier in the day, with better chances for isolated showers and storms during the afternoon and evening. Thursday brings a higher coverage of scattered rain and storms, mainly moving north from the coast.
You can track radar here:
Rain chances over the next three days sit around 30-40%, but the bigger concern is the heat. Feels-like temperatures will climb into the triple digits, so make sure to stay cool and hydrated.
We’ll keep an eye on when a pattern shift could bring more consistent rain to southeast Texas.
Tracking The Tropics
- Tropical Atlantic: No tropical cyclone activity expected in the next 7 days. The tropical wave train remains fairly quiet heading into the middle of June.
- Eastern Pacific: Hurricane Erick is intensifying off Mexico’s Pacific coast and is expected make landfall on Thursday. We’ll continue to track strong winds, dangerous flooding, mudslides and a storm surge threat.
10 Day Forecast:
Every day has a small chance of rain and thunderstorms. High temperatures are in the lower-90s.
