Your chance of rain is going up!

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s far from a rain guarantee, but your rain chance is going up as a disturbance pushes in from the east over the next couple of days.

Live MegaDoppler13 radar could be active in the morning as showers and thunderstorms are possible along the coast and in our coastal counties. These showers and thunderstorms will spread inland during the afternoon in a more widely scattered fashion than anything we’ve observed so far this week. Any downpour that pops up could bring a quick 1″ of rain, frequent lightning, and wind gusts over 40 mph. Your chance of rain is at 60%.

How much rain could we pick up over the next couple of days?

If you do get rain, you’ll likely pick up less than an inch, but there could be a few neighborhoods that pick up 1-3″ of rain.

What’s the outlook for the weekend?

The disturbance bringing up our rain chance Friday will still be close enough to put rain chances at 40% for Saturday. By Sunday the rain chance is down to 30%. Both days we expect lows in the upper 70s and highs in the mid 90s.

Is there anything worth watching in the tropics?

Another large Saharan dust cloud is moving across the Atlantic Ocean, which is keeping the Atlantic quiet. But! We are heading into the peak months of the Atlantic hurricane season so it’s possible we could see activity ramping up within the next few weeks. For the very latest check out our daily tropical update.