A heat advisory is in effect for parts of the area Saturday as feels like temperatures will be above 100 degrees.
HOUSTON – Highs soar to the mid to upper 90s with heat index values between 106 and 110.
It is a muggy morning for any Fourth of July Parades, hot for afternoon barbecues and remains steamy for evening fireworks shows.
Most Fourth of July plans stay dry, but a few afternoon storms may pop up with brief downpours and lightning.
Keep an eye on the radar if you’re heading to fireworks, the FIFA fan fest or the World Cup match.
A wetter pattern develops early next week as deeper Gulf moisture moves in.
Scattered showers and storms become more likely Monday and Tuesday, bringing better rain coverage across Southeast Texas.
Temperatures remain in the 90s next week.
Fourth of July weekend is here and the forecast for Houston and Southeast Texas is typical for this time of year.
It’s going to be hot, humid with a few afternoon thunderstorms.
It’s also going to be the final World Cup game in Houston with Canada taking on Morocco.
Temperatures climb to the mid-90s with feels like numbers ranging from 100° to 109° in the afternoon.
I’ve got a 20% chance of isolated thunderstorms between 3:00 and 7:00.
The weather will be dry after 8:00 PM.
A Heat Advisory issued because of the high feels like temperatures until 7 PM.
I think any storms that form will be gone by 9:00 PM.
It will be really humid with temperatures in the mid-80s.
Watching the Tropics: The tropics are quiet right now, and there is no tropical development expected over the next seven days.
That’s good news heading into the Fourth of July weekend.
The only Independence Day hurricane strike on record was Hurricane Arthur back in 2014, which scraped North Carolina’s Outer Banks as a Category 2 hurricane during the pre-dawn hours of July 4th.
The other two were unnamed tropical storms from 1874 and 1919, hitting Texas and the Florida panhandle.
The Independence Day holiday falls early in the Atlantic hurricane season, when tropical activity is typically still ramping up.
Landfalls are also uncommon this early in the season.
Rinse and repeat Sunday.
More heat, humidity and a small chance of an afternoon storm.
The heat is not going anywhere.
Highs stay in the mid-90s through next week, with overnight lows in the upper 70s to lower-80s.
Rain chances go away Wednesday.
