{"id":401519,"date":"2026-08-09T01:44:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T01:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401519\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T01:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T01:44:44","slug":"houston-weather-spotty-rain-continues-ahead-of-back-to-school-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/401519\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston weather: Spotty rain continues ahead of back-to-school season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/whtplaw55dn4hk0y.jpg\" alt=\"Houston weather: Aug. 8 evening forecast\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-892ef6a8=\"\"\/>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/whtplaw55dn4hk0y.jpg\" alt=\"Houston weather: Aug. 8 evening forecast\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"vod-poster-image\" data-v-50c11e5b=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">HOUSTON &#8211; Deep Gulf moisture keeps scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast through the weekend and into Monday.<\/p>\n<p>   Daily rain chances stick around <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Rain will be hit-or-miss, with warm and humid conditions in between the storms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A few thunderstorms could produce locally heavy rain over a short period of time. Brief street flooding, frequent lightning and gusty winds will be possible underneath the stronger storms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Always be ready to get inside quickly if lightning develops in your area.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bb51f0c2-futurecast.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  Drier middle of next week <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Daily highs reach the mid 90s, with heat index values above 100 away from scattered storms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">A hotter and drier pattern could return by the middle of next week as rain chances begin to decrease and temps could ramp back into the upper 90s.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/saturday.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  A few tropical waves, development unlikely <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Tropical storms and hurricanes could develop over the next week, but chances are low.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Tropical waves are common during this time of the hurricane season, but will likely not survive due to unfavorable conditions like dry air and wind shear. There are currently two areas for possible development by the National Hurricane Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/tropical_outlook.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">However, things could get more active as we get closer to the peak of hurricane season, which is September 10th. Continue to stay alert as hurricane season runs through the end of November.<\/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; Deep Gulf moisture keeps scattered showers and thunderstorms in the forecast through the weekend and into&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401520,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57,2053,172],"class_list":["post-401519","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\/401519","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=401519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401519\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}