{"id":127297,"date":"2026-01-17T19:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T19:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/127297\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T19:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T19:14:14","slug":"houston-weather-fire-danger-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/127297\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston weather: Fire danger Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/rwawgo8wyxassmsr.jpg\" alt=\"Houston weather: Jan. 17 morning forecast\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/hgx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A Red Flag Warning is in place<\/a> until 8pm for parts of Southeast Texas.<\/p>\n<p>   Elevated fire risk Saturday <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">A cold front swept across SE Texas, leaving dry, cool airmass in place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Northerly wind gusts of 30 mph combined with low humidity lead to elevated fire weather concerns, especially during the afternoon. Any fire that starts could spread quickly.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/slot0_720-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  Light freeze possible Sunday morning <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">High pressure settles in tonight, allowing winds to calm under clear skies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Overnight temperatures, particularly north and west of Houston, will drop to near freezing. A light freeze is possible in those areas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/hgx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">A Freeze Warning<\/a> is set to go into effect overnight for our coastal counties.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Remember the 4 P&#8217;s \u2014 people, pets, plants and pipes. Sunday morning will bring the coldest temperatures that we will feel for the next week.<\/p>\n<p>  MLK Day <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Monday will start on a chilly note. An extra layer would be a good idea if you are heading out to the MLK Unity Parade.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The afternoon will feature cool and dry conditions, with temperatures rebounding to the mid-60s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">By early next week, onshore flow gradually returns, increasing cloud cover with rain chances working back into Southeast Texas.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/slot3_720.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Your Gulf Coast Weather Authority<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; A Red Flag Warning is in place until 8pm for parts of Southeast Texas. Elevated fire&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":127298,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,172],"class_list":["post-127297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}