{"id":193429,"date":"2026-03-06T15:27:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/193429\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:27:41","slug":"houston-weather-heavy-rain-expected-this-weekend-prompts-fox-26-storm-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/193429\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston weather: Heavy rain expected this weekend prompts FOX 26 Storm Alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2nxrxtqmrwmuiz7u.jpg\" alt=\"Houston weather: Humid, isolated rain possible for Friday \" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/video\/fmc-340pltn50r921r4e\" data-v-4292be72=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston weather: Humid, isolated rain possible for Friday <\/a> <\/p>\n<p data-v-4292be72=\"\">If you&#8217;re heading out to the Houston rodeo today, it&#8217;ll be warm and humid with highs in the 80s. There may be some light rain later on in the evening. There is a FOX 26 Storm Alert for this weekend as a round of heavy rain moves in Saturday evening into Sunday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; If you&#8217;re heading out to the Houston rodeo today, it&#8217;ll be warm and humid with highs in the 80s. There may be some light rain later on in the evening.<\/p>\n<p>   Muggy winds today <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_4214.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Expect unseasonably warm and humid conditions with highs in the low to mid 80s. Strong winds will pull moisture in from the Gulf, potentially triggering a few light showers. There is a chance for an isolated strong storm to develop north of the area this evening, so stay weather aware if you have late plans.<\/p>\n<p> Weekend storms <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_4213.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">A FOX 26 Storm Alert is in effect as a stalled front brings rounds of heavy rain and severe weather Saturday through Sunday. Expect 1-4&#8243; inches of rain, which may cause street ponding.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_4215.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">If you&#8217;re heading to the Rodeo, prepare for a messy fairway and potential travel delays to and from NRG as early as Saturday afternoon and through Sunday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Cold front next week <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/img_4212.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-06e3e0fd=\"\">Unsettled weather lingers through Monday before we see a brief break on Tuesday. A stronger cold front arrives Wednesday, finally clearing out the humidity and lowering temperatures. This will usher in a cooler, drier air mass for the second half of the week, with overnight lows dropping back into the 50s.<\/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-06e3e0fd=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Houston weather: Humid, isolated rain possible for Friday If you&#8217;re heading out to the Houston rodeo today, it&#8217;ll&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,172],"class_list":["post-193429","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\/193429","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=193429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}