{"id":518152,"date":"2026-01-15T14:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/518152\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:57:19","slug":"houston-weather-cold-dry-thursday-widespread-rain-chances-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/518152\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston weather: Cold, dry Thursday; widespread rain chances next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1gbqgf0eb1t566xa.jpg\" alt=\"Houston weather: Cold, dry Thursday morning in the 40s\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> &#8211; Wind chills in some areas are in the 30s as we experience cold and dry conditions on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>   Chilly Thursday before Friday rebound <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_3737.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Expect plenty of sunshine today, but it will remain cool as afternoon highs struggle to climb past the upper 50s. The rollercoaster continues tomorrow as winds shift back from the south.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">We will see a quick one-day warmup into the low 70s on Friday before our next reinforcing front arrives.<\/p>\n<p> Isolated showers possible &#8211; chilly weekend <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_3738.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">As a weak disturbance moves across Texas on Saturday, we\u2019ve introduced a slight chance for showers. Models are mixed, so confidence is not high, but expect more cloud cover and possible showers on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Behind this system, another surge of cold air arrives, setting us up for a very chilly Sunday morning with lows dipping into the 30s, then staying in the chilly 50s for Texans watch parties.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_3739.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  Monitoring better rain chances next week <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">The dry spell that has gripped much of the region (and has led to a severe drought) may finally see a break by the middle of next week.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_3736.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-0dea8073=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p data-v-6c8e215c=\"\">Forecast models are pointing toward a more robust weather system arriving between Tuesday and Wednesday. This will likely bring our best chance for widespread rain for the next 7 days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Your Gulf Coast Weather Authority<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox26houston.com\/tag\/weather\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6c8e215c=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weather<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON &#8211; Wind chills in some areas are in the 30s as we experience cold and dry conditions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":518153,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[4345,50,358,3187,313],"class_list":{"0":"post-518152","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-houston","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-tx","12":"tag-weather"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115899705535929797","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518152\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}