Houston weather: Nice day expected Saturday, rain expected on Sunday

All right, let's get a look at the forecast here with meteorologist Amisha Shade. I mean, we got plans here this weekend. Sunday is the day you want to mark on your calendar, though. The weather is looking a little rotten for us on Sunday. Unfortunately, we do have one fairly nice day tomorrow. Really yesterday, today, close to perfect. So hopefully you're able to get out and enjoy those days because now we've got to talk about a Fox 26 storm alert in place for Sunday for the Houston area. From Sunday morning all the way through Sunday evening, what are we thinking? Well, the threat for a few severe storms, bursts of heavy rain, and yes, there could be some flooded streets. So it's nice to see the streets centered around the Galleria area tonight looking just fine. They're dry, traffic is flowing, no major weather issues, temps are pleasant in the 60s, and we've got a nice light breeze out of the east. So nothing to worry about with the weather tonight. However, look back towards El Paso and Midland in Wednesday. West Texas, and you will already start to see some showers bubbling up there. That's just the beginning of a ton of rain that's going to get ushered into the state. Tomorrow, we'll actually start with a low flood risk. Tomorrow, from Wichita Falls to just west of Dallas, back to Abilene and San Angelo, that flood threat will hop right over us in Houston, the Woodlands, Cypress, Pearland, Galveston, Sugar Land for Sunday. It's not an extremely high flood threat, but it is a level one out of four marginal risk. So that means there could be some flooded streets, especially by Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening. So I do want to show you a different computer model this time around. This is our European future cast and it's keeping us dry tonight. In fact during the daytime tomorrow I don't expect much rain at all. Tomorrow night around 9 p.m there could be a few light showers starting to push into some of our western spots like Columbus, getting close to Seeley, College Station, but still not a ton of rain. So if you've got something important to do outside and it needs to be dry Try to get it out of the way on Saturday. The reason, look what happens on Sunday. Sunday around 9 a.m., our Eurofuturecast showing a couple of bands of heavy rain over the area. One back towards Bryan College Station, another over Houston, Galveston. That's in the morning, and then I think it gets worse in the afternoon. We're talking about 2, 3, 4 p.m. There could be clusters of strong and severe storms rolling in, downpours that could lead to some flooding issues, frequent lightning, maybe a little bit of hail, and there could even be maybe a brief tornado. risk. So we're monitoring things closely, but it definitely looks like late morning Sunday into Sunday afternoon will be the worst of it. And then the majority of the really heavy stuff gets kicked out of here by Sunday night, although there could still be a lingering shower or two. So like I said, Saturday looking a little bit drier, Sunday looking wet and stormy. And we've got that rain chance now all the way up to 80% for Sunday. Notice it's a very low chance Saturday, and that's mainly Saturday night, 20% and a 30% chance. That's for a few lingering showers early Monday morning. Now, let's get to the next important thing. How much rain are we talking about? Will this ruin my weekend plans? That's probably what you're thinking. Like I said, Saturday looks fine, mostly dry, but Sunday, this model's showing really from I-10 around Katy, Houston, down to Seabrook, Alvin, Angleton, Galveston, Lake Jackson, two, three, maybe four inches of rain. And if you're north of I-10, you could still pick up one to two inches of rain. And this is really from Saturday evening through Sunday night. And notice the heaviest of that rain Popping up right over the city of Galveston. So things could get pretty messy down there. There could be four or five inches of rain before this event is over. So please be careful. You don't have to be. Panicked or cancel any events this weekend, but just keep in mind that Sunday could be on the stormy side. And yes, there could be some flooding and a few severe thunderstorm warnings. So, 72 degrees for Saturday, increasing clouds, late-day showers. Sunday, we're talking about widespread rain, heavy rain, flooding issues, and then a few showers. Monday, cold front will push through Sunday night into Monday, and that will drop the temps. In fact, some of you on Monday may not even get out of the 50s. I do have this brief. Briefly topping out at 60 in Houston on Monday, but it will be brief. So grab the jackets for Monday. You'll likely need them all day long. Keep in mind, Sunday is a Fox 26 storm alert, and we will be monitoring the weather closely in case it gets rough on us. We will dry things out quickly after early Monday morning. A couple of cool afternoons, Monday, Tuesday, highs in the low to middle 60s, and dry for Tuesday and Wednesday. And it looks like a few showers may return late next week by Thursday and Friday.