Good morning. The vast majority of the Houston area has dropped into the low 60s this morning as cool, dry air blankets the realm. This week’s entrance could have sticking energy as Texas falls on the bottom of the extraordinarily highly effective Hurricane Ian, which can carry a catastrophic storm surge to southwest Florida later at the moment. The slow-moving storm, with sustained winds of 155 mph, is the form of hurricane that destroys communities. Frankly, that is the form of storm I fear most about after I consider Houston and its vulnerabilities to tropical climate. We must be prepared to assist Floridians within the days and weeks forward.
Wednesday
Given Florida’s distress it feels nearly responsible to jot down that Houston’s forecast appears completely splendid. Sure, at the moment will probably be heat once more, with a excessive of about 90 levels beneath largely sunny skies. However with continued dry air, we are able to count on nighttime lows to drop into the higher 50s for areas effectively inland, low 60s for town, and barely hotter situations proper alongside the coast. Winds will probably be out of the northeast at 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday and Friday
These ought to be the driest and coolest days of the week, because the northeasterly circulation within the wake of Ian reaches its most. Search for sunny days with highs within the mid-80s, and lows dropping to round 60 levels in Houston. That is simply spectacular climate for late September.
Saturday and Sunday
Largely dry air stays in place this weekend, with highs usually within the higher 80s, sunny skies, and lows within the low 60s. As a reminder, we’re holding a Fall Day Celebration from 10am to Midday CT on Sunday at Houston Botanic Backyard. See extra particulars right here. The occasion is free and also you don’t want tickets. Please come by and say hi there.
Subsequent week
The air mass over the area will slowly modify subsequent week as humidity begins to return. But it surely appears like nighttime temperatures will nonetheless be dropping into the higher 60s, so it’s not going to be a full-on return to summer-like climate. Some slight rain probabilities begin to return to the forecast a couple of week from now, however they’re iffy at greatest.
Hurricane Ian
The category-5 hurricane now has sustained winds of 155 mph, and can make landfall close to Port Charlotte in Southwest Florida this afternoon. It would push a surge of 12 to 16 ft of water into the state. Ian will then slowly monitor northeast throughout Florida for a lot of the following two days, bringing flooding rains and damaging constructions will wind gusts effectively above hurricane drive. There are three principal threats from hurricanes—wind, surge, and inland rainfall—and sadly Ian goes to carry terrible doses of all three within the subsequent few days to Florida. The storm is then more likely to transfer into the southeastern Atlantic Ocean and make a second landfall on Georgia and South Carolina Friday, albeit as a a lot weaker system.
