HOUSTON - Nelly was right: "It's gettin' hot in here.'' At least it's about to.

For the last few days each consecutive model run has inched our forecast high temperatures by the end of the week ever close to the 9-0 number---of which I find hard to say much less type. As any true Houston knows, once we break 90, it's a long, hot, sultry road ahead. The average high at Bush-Intercontinental Airport for Monday is 81 degrees. From now until June our average high will jump one degree every four to five days.

The earliest we've ever seen 90 was on February 20th, 1986. Ouch. The latest first 90 is June 15th, 1897. That's more like it! Our average first 90 for the Houston area is May 7th. Therefore if we achieve 90 on Friday, April 28th or Saturday, April 29th then we'll only be a little over a week ahead of schedule.

In southeast Texas once we hit 90 we're normally stuck there like a sweaty t-shirt is to us. Relief won't arrive until the end of September at the earliest. Let's just hope it gets here sooner than later.

On that note, ready, set, sweat!

Weekend Rain

At the beginning of this entry I highlighted a section of the MOS data with a green box. Those are rain chances for Saturday and Sunday.

At this time the models are still trying to hone in on the probability of rain and what the timing would be. There is an indication that some of the storms could be on the strong side. While I am not anticipating a weekend washout at this time, it'll be important to check back with Brooks in the evenings to get the latest on this developing weather situation.

Until then, expect pretty weather except for Wednesday when clouds and the possibility of a little rain moves in ahead of our next front Wednesday night.

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