Weekend forecast
Weekend forecast
Weekend forecast We *might* see some rain today. 🤞 An attempt will be made to squeeze out a few downpours around Houston today. Matt Lanza · Friday, August 14, 2026 6:00 AM 👉 IN BRIEF: *Houston's last decent chance for rain showers for a bit will occur today with some isolated downpours likely later this afternoon.
*After that? Rain chances scrape the bottom of the barrel, as high heat persists across the region into most, if not all of next week. 👉 CURRENT RADAR @ 615AM 
*A small "blob" of moisture will enter Texas off the Gulf this afternoon and evening.
*As this happens, when combined with daytime heating and the daily sea breeze, we could begin to see a few pop-up downpours or thunderstorms develop.
*Given this little surge of moisture, it's possible that some of these downpours could be rather heavy.
*So my advice is to carry an umbrella today, hope you get drenched for a little bit, and then settle in for the highest of high summer.
*Most places will see little to no rain but a handful of you may pick up a quick inch or two. 👉 SUMMER, SUMMER, SUMMERTIME - *The forecast through early to mid-next week is brought to you by the numbers 97, 98, and 99. Maybe 100.
*Those will most likely be the temperatures we see at IAH each day between now and then.
*The forecast is also brought to you by the number "zero," which is roughly how much rain most of us will see after today and into next week.
*And it's brought to you by the letter "H," for hazy, hot, and humid. *I won't entirely rule out a few stray showers next Tuesday or Wednesday and again next weekend, but for the most part it looks pretty standard August over the next week.
*Obviously, it's too soon to think about cold fronts, but in general it also looks like this basic pattern is going to continue beyond next week as well.
*Watch for emerging drought to the north of Houston also.
*The Houston area should be in mostly fine shape for a bit longer with regard to drought.
*The situation is such to our north that the NWS actually issued a summary on social media this week about emerging "rapid onset drought" in places like North Texas and the Piney Woods as heat persists into next weekend. 
👉 BOTTOM LINE: We're stuck for a bit. Let's hope some rain gets squeezed out later today.
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*As this happens, when combined with daytime heating and the daily sea breeze, we could begin to see a few pop-up downpours or thunderstorms develop.
*Given this little surge of moisture, it's possible that some of these downpours could be rather heavy.
*So my advice is to carry an umbrella today, hope you get drenched for a little bit, and then settle in for the highest of high summer.
*Most places will see little to no rain but a handful of you may pick up a quick inch or two.
*Those will most likely be the temperatures we see at IAH each day between now and then.
*The forecast is also brought to you by the number "zero," which is roughly how much rain most of us will see after today and into next week.
*And it's brought to you by the letter "H," for hazy, hot, and humid.
*Obviously, it's too soon to think about cold fronts, but in general it also looks like this basic pattern is going to continue beyond next week as well.
*Watch for emerging drought to the north of Houston also.
*The Houston area should be in mostly fine shape for a bit longer with regard to drought.
*The situation is such to our north that the NWS actually issued a summary on social media this week about emerging "rapid onset drought" in places like North Texas and the Piney Woods as heat persists into next weekend.
