Houston Climate: Delicate mornings and scorching afternoons kick off the month of October, so when will it rain?

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — October’s climate begins like September’s ended with low humidity creating delicate mornings and rain-free, heat afternoons.

Temperatures Wednesday morning will begin off within the 60s underneath a largely clear sky throughout most of Southeast Texas. The dry air and light-weight northeasterly winds will work collectively to rapidly warmth temperatures into the mid 90s in the course of the afternoon.

Unhealthy ranges of ozone air pollution may pop up within the afternoon sunshine. Ozone is a lung irritant that may trigger a dry cough and bronchial asthma assaults in delicate people.

When does the humid air return?

We’ll get a little bit bump within the humidity by Friday, which is able to carry a 10-20% probability of passing showers primarily south of I-10. In any other case, we most likely will not have an opportunity of getting any tropical moisture till after the weekend. For now we have now rain probabilities at 20% subsequent Monday and Tuesday, however these odds may enhance if our confidence grows that we are going to in reality get a surge of tropical moisture.

Are we slipping again into drought?

Nicely, that’s the one draw back to all this low humidity and beneath regular rain totals since September 1. Our rain probabilities stay low for the subsequent 1-2 weeks, and the nice and cozy, dry air will preserve drying out the bottom. Unusually dry circumstances now cowl most of Southeast Texas, and shortly average drought may return within the absence of any rain. There’s additionally an elevated threat for wildfires to unfold if any ignite in these dry circumstances.

What is occurring within the tropics?

Humberto and Imelda preserve transferring away from america. For a radical replace and in-depth video on what’s occurring within the tropics, head to our tropical replace web page.

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