Rainy conditions are expected for the Houston area on Friday and throughout the weekend. But we’re expecting them to move in from the north," Lichter says. Check the radar out you might want to leave a little earlier, depending on where the storms are. "Pay attention to maybe before you leave, work or hit school to pick up children. The downpours are expected to last up until around 9 p.m., with a weak frontal boundary coming in, and the sea breeze moving in from the south. Winds could gust in between 30-45 miles an hour. The chances of the system producing a tornado or hail is low, but the possibility is not being ruled out. Some areas will get between 1-2 inches of rain, which Lichter says could cause flooding. But the main threat will be just rainfall, everywhere," says Joshua Lichter, NOAA Weather Radio. There could be some strong storms, maybe some gusty winds with stronger activity. "If the timing ends up being where we think it’ll be, the roads are probably going to become wet. Those storms are expected to move towards Houston Metro, possibly impacting rush hour traffic, and throughout the evening. The National Weather Service is expecting isolated showers all afternoon, thanks to a cold front arriving in northern counties around Greater Houston. So while we may eventually get some of that seaweed this summer, it likely won't be nearly as much as what is heading toward Florida.Houston drivers will want to pay attention to the radar Thursday afternoon, with strong thunderstorms expected to roll into the region. These are the eddies that can contain Sargassum seaweed from the Caribbean. The Gulf stream current primarily flows northward from the Caribbean Sea into the Gulf and then turns east between Cuba and Florida.Įddies of warm water from the Gulf stream often form in the central Gulf, break off from the primary current, and drift toward Texas. It is difficult to predict exactly when and how much seaweed could wash ashore from this source because there is no direct current from the Caribbean to the Texas coast. The other source is what emerges from the Caribbean from the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt, which typically peaks along Texas beaches in the summer months. You may recall in 2014 when we had a record amount of Sargassum beach along the Texas coast around Memorial Day weekend. The first is a local source in the northwest Gulf that typically peaks along Texas beaches in April and May. Chuanmin Hu at USF says two Sargassum sources are along the Texas coast. SEE ABC NEWS REPORT: Massive sargassum seaweed bloom headed to Florida is a mystery to scientistsĭr. Current Conditions Houston Sugar Land Galveston The Woodlands Pasadena Katy Humble Cypress 69F Cloudy Feels like 69 Wind 15 mph SE Humidity 84 Sunrise 7:24 AM Sunset 7:33 PM Tonight 68F. The short answer is we have yet to determine how much of that seaweed will make it to Texas shores. You've likely heard about the massive 5,000-mile Sargassum seaweed belt tracking toward the Gulf of Mexico, but what, if any, impacts will we have here along the Texas Gulf Coast?ĪBC13 Chief Meteorologist Travis Herzog consulted with research scientists at NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) and the University of South Florida (USF). A massive 5,000-mile Sargassum seaweed belt is nearing the Gulf of Mexico, but will the Texas Gulf Coast see it? ABC13 Chief Meteorologist Travis Herzog breaks it down.
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