Cold, wet days ahead.

I hope you got a chance to step outside and enjoy the mild temperatures Monday afternoon. The rest of the week looks cold. 

Temperatures will average 15-20° colder than normal starting Tuesday. It will be almost 30° colder than normal by Thursday when a second cold front drops our temperatures even lower.

The strong winds will also add to the misery.

And then there's the rain...

It still looks like the next storm will be a rain-maker for Houston. There could be a few snowflakes mixed in with the rain, but we're not expecting much.

The image below traces the forecast temperatures and dew points throughout the atmosphere.  Ground level is at the bottom of the image.

I've highlighted the 0°C/32°F freezing line. If you look carefully, you'll see the temperature below 3000 meters/10,000 feet will be close to freezing early Thursday morning. While most of the snow that forms aloft will melt as it falls,a few flakes could make it all the way to the ground.  Temperatures will climb a climb into the upper 30s Thursday afternoon, just enough to ensure all the precipitation that falls later in the day will be rain...all rain.  The rain moves out Friday morning, but the sky will stay mostly cloudy into the weekend.

By the way, the colder weather looks like it will stick around for at least two weeks.

Comments

[teejay]

When you say colder air will be arounf for the next two weeks what does that exactly mean? Temps in the 50s?

RESPONSE from TIM HELLER: I expect temps to average 5-10° colder than normal for the next two weeks.