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FILE – Kayak and canoe outfitter Jessie Fuentes walks along the Rio Grande under a warm sun Thursday, July 6, 2023.
After several days of rainy weather, the Houston region faces steamy, summerlike conditions.
A heat advisory has been issued for the Houston and Galveston area between 11 a.m. Thursday and 10 p.m. Friday. Expected heat indices between 107 and 114 degrees Fahrenheit, or 41-46 degrees Celsius, are being driven by humidity, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Bradley Brokamp. He said Thursday morning that a moist air mass remains in the region after Tropical Storm Arthur formed along the Texas coast Wednesday and dissipated several hours later.
Brokamp said conditions Thursday and Friday are expected to be “more akin to how it would feel deep in the summer.”
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“What we’ve been advising everyone to do is just make sure they’re staying hydrated,” he said. “Limit time outdoors. Take some time to cool off indoors. Try to wear light-colored, lightweight clothes if you spend some time outdoors.”
Daily high temperatures in the low- to mid-90s are forecasted through the weekend, according to the weather service’s Houston/Galveston office. But because of the humidity, the heat indices, or feels-like temperatures, will be several degrees higher.
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That figures to impact soccer fans planning to attend the FIFA Fan Festival, a free outdoor event in East Downtown that’s held in conjunction with World Cup matches. Houston hosts a World Cup match between the Netherlands and Sweden at noon Saturday at NRG Stadium.
There also are several outdoor events planned in the Houston and Galveston areas for Juneteenth, which is Friday.
“We get a little bit more of a reprieve over the weekend, but it’ll still be pretty warm,” Brokamp said. “It’s going to be triple-digit heat indices all through the seven-day forecast for the most part. We don’t really get much in the way of rain chances either. … It’s just going to be generally warm and hot over the next several days.”
Houston Public Media’s Matt Harab contributed to this report.