{"id":420953,"date":"2026-08-30T09:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T09:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/420953\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T09:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T09:58:10","slug":"could-a-gulf-tropical-disturbance-shape-houston-weather-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/420953\/","title":{"rendered":"Could a Gulf tropical disturbance shape Houston weather this week?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we close out August and enter September this week, Houston weather<\/a> might finally be influenced by something other than a heat dome of high atmospheric pressure. National Weather Service<\/a> and National Hurricane Center forecasters are now watching a weak area of low air pressure in the northern Gulf of Mexico to see how it could shape regional weather.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are monitoring a disorganized cluster of showers\/storms\u00a0associated with a weak area of low pressure over the north-central\u00a0Gulf,\u201d the weather<\/a> service said in a forecast bulletin Saturday<\/a>. \u201cThe probability that this will slowly develop into anything<\/a> is\u00a0very low (10% over the next seven days), but we will continue to\u00a0monitor as it gradually drifts westward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forecasters added that, while it\u2019s still too early to\u00a0determine any specific weather hazards or issues for Southeast Texas, \u201cthe most likely\u00a0scenario is increased moisture in the northwestern Gulf<\/a> in the\u00a0early to middle part of the work week, which would increase our\u00a0chances for showers\/storms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Houston on Sunday has a 20% chance of rain, mainly after 3 p.m., forecasters said<\/a>. Otherwise the day will be sunny and hot, with peak daytime temperatures reaching 98 degrees. Humidity, though, will drive up the heat index and those temps could \u201cfeel\u201d more like 104. South to southeast winds of 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon will continue to bring moisture-rich air from the Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n

At night, rain chances ease down to only a slight\u00a010% before 7 p.m. Under mostly clear skies, overnight temperatures should stay above a balmy 79 degrees amid warm southeast winds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best chances for showers\/storms this weekend will\u00a0be along the sea breeze in the afternoon hours, so highest PoPs (probabilities of precipitation) will be\u00a0generally along and south of I-10,\u201d the weather service said in its forecast bulletin, \u201cthen moisture begins to increase going into the beginning of\u00a0the work week.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see an ever so slightly downward trend in temperatures (by a couple of degrees) going into the early part of the work week as moisture begins to increase,\u201d weather service meteorologist Cameron Batiste wrote in his forecast Saturday. \u201cThis increase in moisture likely comes courtesy of a disorganized cluster of showers that\u2019s currently being monitored by the NHC (National Hurricane Center).”<\/p>\n

Houston on Monday has a 20% chance of afternoon rain on an otherwise sunny day, with temperatures topping out at 97 degrees. More clouds are expected to roll in at night, when temperatures overnight into Tuesday morning bottom out around 79 degrees.<\/p>\n

Then on Tuesday, Houston has a 40% chance of showers or storms after 1\u00a0p.m. under mostly sunny skies as temperatures climb to 95 degrees. Rain chances retreat to 20% after 1 a.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n

So what about that disturbance that hurricane forecasters are watching in the Gulf?<\/p>\n

\u201cSmall spoiler: The probability it\u2019ll develop into anything is very low and even if it tries to develop, it\u2019d do so very slowly,\u201d Batiste said. \u201cUncertainty still remains, but for now the highest rain\u00a0chances associated with this will be generally east of I-45.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As we close out August and enter September this week, Houston weather might finally be influenced by something…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420954,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-420953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420953","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=420953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420953\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}