{"id":376285,"date":"2026-07-17T01:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/376285\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T01:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:33:10","slug":"houston-weather-low-friday-rain-chances-before-dry-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/376285\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston weather: Low Friday rain chances before dry weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/qxkxaswzp83y45g6.jpg\" alt=\"Houston weather: Low Friday rain chances\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/qxkxaswzp83y45g6.jpg\" alt=\"Houston weather: Low Friday rain chances\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-6546b402=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; After several rounds of rain across Southeast Texas, we are finally seeing much lower rain chances to end the week.<\/p>\n<p>   Warmer with showers possible Friday <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Isolated showers and storms will wrap up this evening but return Friday.\u00a0 Coverage is only around 20%. So expect mainly dry weather Friday with more sunshine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Temperatures should climb to the low 90s.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Hotter, drier pattern to enjoy for the weekend <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/slot0-21_720.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">To end the week, things start to dry out and skies clear.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Middle to upper 90s return to the forecast to start the upcoming weekend. Feels like temps will also climb above 100 late week and this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">As you enjoy your weekend plans outdoors, please remember to drink plenty of water, use sunscreen and take breaks if working or exercising outside.<\/p>\n<p>  Tropics coming to life <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The National Hurricane Center is now watching not one but two possible areas of tropical development in the Atlantic basin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">The first area is in the Northeastern Gulf, with a 20% chance for tropical development over the next week.\u00a0 A brief tropical depression or tropical storm could form near northern Florida on the Gulf side or Atlantic side, impacting places like Tampa and Jacksonville with heavy rain.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/slot0-36_720.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A second area of possible tropical development is being monitored in the far east Atlantic, near the Cabo Verde Islands. Chance for development here is very low, around 10%. Saharan dust will likely end chances for development over the coming week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/slot1-20_720.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Download FOX Local for your daily tropical updates.<\/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-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Weather<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; After several rounds of rain across Southeast Texas, we are finally seeing much lower rain chances&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,2053,172],"class_list":["post-376285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-top-stories","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376285","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=376285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}