Houston to be hot, but not extremely so, as Beryl recovery gets underway

In brief: Houston will see a warm, mostly sunny pattern for the next couple of days before rain chances tick up a bit toward the end of the week. These will mostly be seabreeze type showers, so nothing too crazy. They should help to keep highs generally in the low 90s into the weekend as millions struggle without electricity.

Beryl aftermath

Beryl will soon dissipate, but as of this morning it remains a tropical depression moving rapidly to the northeast over Arkansas. It will not be a factor in our weather going forward. Bayous and creeks are quickly returning to normal levels, and coastal waters have retreated. We are left to cleanup, and there is plenty of work to do with CenterPoint still reporting 1.8 million customers with outages, Entergy with 232,000 outages north of Houston, and Texas New Mexico Power 92,000 customers mostly south of the city. Houston will not be as hot as it could be in July, but it will still be plenty hot this week unfortunately.

One discovery made at the Berger household is that one of our downed trees contained a huge bee’s nest. I had seen more bees of late near our garage, but I had no idea this was there. We’re working to get the hive moved to an apiary. Pretty wild stuff.

Tuesday

Skies will be mostly sunny today, with high temperatures in the low 90s. Winds will be light, generally from the northwest. Given the sunshine and high humidity levels, we’ll see “high” heat levels today based on wet bulb globe temperatures, so please drink plenty of water and take a cold shower or bath if possible to cool down. Low temperatures tonight will drop into the upper 70s, providing some modest relief. Rain chances will be near zero today.

Wednesday

Another mostly sunny day with highs generally in the low 90s. Rain chances will again be low, with light northeasterly winds.

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday

These days will see a mix of clouds and sunshine, this should continue to help keep high temperatures in the low 90s. Rain chances will be better on each of these days, with the influx of some moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. We’re talking perhaps a 30 to 50 percent chance each day of mostly light to moderate showers and thunderstorms. Total accumulations for most areas through the weekend will probably be on the order of one-half inch of rain, or less. Nighttime temperatures should continue to remain in the upper 70s.

Sunday and next week

More sunshine and lower (but not non-existent) rain chances arrive next week. We can probably expect highs in the low- to mid-90s, with nights trending a bit warmer.

Good luck to everyone today with storm recovery!