HOUSTON, Texas — A cold front will move through Southeast Texas late Monday into Tuesday, bringing cooler mornings and drier conditions to Houston after a rainy weekend, according to the National Weather Service.
Forecasters do not expect a major temperature drop, but they expect a noticeable change after the wet conditions.
“We’ll get the tail-end of this front, so it won’t be a substantial cooldown by any means…but it will be a noticeable one,” the National Weather Service said in its forecast discussion Saturday.
The front could push Houston’s overnight temperatures into the 60s and low 70s for most of the workweek. Forecasters currently estimate a 70% to 75% chance that Houston temperatures will fall below 70 degrees.
Daytime temperatures will remain in the 80s through next week, but drier air behind the front should reduce rain chances across the area for most of the workweek.
Rain expected through the weekend
Houston will face several rounds of showers and thunderstorms through Sunday before the front arrives.
The National Weather Service expects locally heavy rain, with the highest chances along the coast. Coastal areas could receive 1 to 3 inches of rain from Saturday through early next week, while areas farther inland will generally receive less than an inch.
Forecasters said isolated areas could receive higher amounts. The heaviest rainfall should remain 10 to 20 miles offshore, although a slight northward shift could bring more rain into coastal and inland communities.
The Weather Prediction Center has placed Southeast Texas under a marginal risk, or Level 1 of 4, for excessive rainfall Saturday and Sunday. The greatest flooding threat will remain near the coast.
Monday will serve as a transition day, with rain chances continuing along the coast before the cold front moves through overnight.
The cooler and drier conditions should arrive Tuesday and continue through much of the workweek.
