weather service said in a forecast bulletin posted online Friday.<\/a> \u201cOne note for those with outdoor plans \u2026 be extremely careful with\u00a0anything that might cause a spark or flames\u00a0\u2014 the fire danger
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The Texas A&M Forest Service fire danger forecast has East Texas and parts of Southeast Texas\u00a0under a heightened risk of fast-spreading wildfires on Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n
Texas A&M Forest Service<\/p>\n
The strong north winds, low humidity and dry vegetation in Southeast Texas have set the stage for an increased risk of fast-spreading wildfires, particularly east of Interstate 45, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThough breezy to windy conditions are likely, RH (relative humidity) values in the 30-40% range will be above red flag warning
criteria,\u201d forecasters said. A red flag warning is issued when fire weather danger reaches a critical level. \u201cThat said, caution is strongly advised with outdoor burning.<\/p>\n
Saturday afternoon<\/p>\n
Look for sunny skies Saturday but the chilly air mass behind the cold front will be settling into the region. Houston\u2019s afternoon peak temperatures aren\u2019t expected to get above 70 degrees or so. The blustery north winds will continue to blast through Southeast Texas at 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as strong as 25 mph.<\/p>\n
Saturday night<\/p>\n
Although nighttime skies will remain mostly clear, the dry air will allow the heat absorbed by the ground during the daytime to then escape into the\u00a0atmosphere at night. Expect overnight to predawn temperatures, even in the urban heat island of the Houston metro area, to drop to as low as 49 degrees, while the north winds will add bite to those temps.<\/p>\n
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By 7 a.m. Sunday morning, Southeast Texas would have experienced its coldest temperatures of the week, with readings sinking into the upper 40s across Houston’s northern suburbs.<\/p>\n
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Sunday<\/p>\n
After the chilliest morning that we will experience this week, Sunday will mark the beginning of the end of the coldest temperatures. Daytime temps will climb from a low of 49 around 6 a.m. to a high of 74 around 4 p.m. At\u00a0night, temperatures will slide, retreating into the 60s and upper 50s before settling at\u00a0around 55 degrees by 6 a.m. Monday.<\/p>\n
Monday<\/p>\n
Warmer temperatures are set to return next week, forecasters said, but we should expect them to stay limited to the season\u2019s climate-averages.<\/p>\n
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Monday in Houston should be mostly sunny, with morning temperatures starting out in the 60s before peaking in the afternoon at 78 degrees around 4 p.m. More clouds are expected at night, and the extra atmospheric moisture should help keep\u00a0overnight temperatures above 60 degrees.<\/p>\n
Tuesday<\/p>\n
The weather service said high atmospheric pressure behind the font will track eastward early next week, leading to \u201ca gradual return to mainly seasonable temperatures.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThough the center of the ridge should be positioned to our east,\u00a0it\u2019s expansive enough where we\u2019ll still be on its outer periphery\u00a0most of the week,\u201d the weather service said in its forecast bulletin<\/a>. \u201cPrevailing east winds should recycle some drier\u00a0air into the region from time to time and keep the Gulf moisture\u00a0return and associated rain chances mostly in check.\u201d<\/p>\nHouston on Tuesday can expect mostly sunny skies with temperatures rising into the 70s by mid-morning and reaching 84 degrees by 3 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Temperatures in Houston will likely peak only in the mid-70s by 3 p.m. Friday, according to the National…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-470267","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\/470267","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=470267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}