Watching Hurricane Kirk, monitoring Gulf of Mexico for development | FOX 26 Tropical Weather Forecast
We are still monitoring three different areas in the tropics. Kirk is a powerful Category three major hurricane in the central Atlantic. It should maintain hurricane status through early next week but is forecast to turn NE and stay out over water and away from the U.S. Tropical Depression 13 is now Tropical Storm Leslie in the eastern Atlantic. It is forecast to become a hurricane but should also stay out to sea and not impact land. Third area being monitored consists of disorganized showers and storms associated with a surface trough in the Gulf of Mexico. Right now there's a Low 30% chance that an area of low pressure could form and turn into our next tropical system over the next week. Models don't show a system rapidly developing. But they do show the threat for heavy rain increasing for the Florida Peninsula. The next tropical system would be named Milton. Keep checking back for the latest!
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It’s been one week since Hurricane Helene made landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast in Florida, decimating communities across the Southeast and leaving more than 200 people dead in six states.
Cajun Navy activates in Hurricane Helene aftermath, says devastation comparable to Katrina
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New NOAA maps show street-by-street views of Hurricane Helene's destruction
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Helene’s fast rising flood surge leaves neighbors standing in chest-deep brown water inside home
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Large swells from major Hurricane Kirk could reach US East Coast by Sunday
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Houston weather: Rain, storms possible Friday and Saturday
The weekend is coming up fast and there are some slight changes in the weather ahead that you should know about.
Houston weather: Oct. 3 morning forecast
FOX 26 takes a look at your forecast for Thursday morning and looks ahead at the possibility of rain later this week.
FOX 26 Houston Weather Forecast
Late summer heat continues for a few more days around Houston. High temperatures will soar to the 90s through Friday. Look for more clouds and rain this weekend with the best rain chance on Saturday. There's still a Medium 40% chance for tropical development in the Gulf of Mexico over the next week. But models are not showing any well-defined system at this time. However, tropical moisture will increase this weekend and that means better rain chances, especially Saturday. Look for a slight taste of fall early next week as a cold front drops in late Monday into Tuesday. Get FOX LOCAL for detailed updates on weather where you live!
North Carolina in shambles after Hurricane Helene
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FOX 26 Houston Weather Forecast
Late summer heat continues for a few more days around Houston. High temperatures will soar to the 90s through Friday. Look for more clouds and rain this weekend with the best rain chance on Saturday. There's still a Medium 40% chance for tropical development in the Gulf of Mexico over the next week. But models are not showing any well-defined system at this time. However, tropical moisture will increase this weekend and that means better rain chances, especially Saturday. Look for a slight taste of fall early next week as a cold front drops in late Monday into Tuesday. Get FOX LOCAL for detailed updates on weather where you live!
Watching Kirk and T.D. #13 | FOX 26 Tropical Weather Forecast
Tropics remain fairly active across the Atlantic basin with a hurricane, tropical depression and a disturbance with the potential for tropical development. Hurricane Kirk is in the central Atlantic and is expected to become a major hurricane by Thursday. It is forecast to turn northeast by this weekend and should remain out over water. Invest 91-L in the far east Atlantic is now Tropical Depression 13. This system is expected to become Tropical Storm Leslie very soon and hurricane Leslie by Saturday. This tropical system is also expected to remain over water. NHC is still giving a broad trough of low pressure from the SW Caribbean to the southern Gulf of Mexico a MEDIUM 40% chance for development. Models are not showing any significant development in the Gulf but a weaker system could still form. Regardless, plume of tropical moisture is likely to push towards the Gulf coast this weekend increasing rain chances. Download FOX LOCAL for the latest on what's happening in the tropics!
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Helene devastation and portable power station
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Weekend storms possible | Fox 26 Houston Weather Forecast
Our early fall heat wave will continue today with more highs in the low to mid 90s. Expect plenty of sunshine today and Thursday with decent humidity, but high temperatures running about 5-7 degrees above average. Rain chances will increase beginning Friday and for most of Saturday as we'll end up on the edge of a plume of tropical moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. Watch for storms, especially near the coast, but no organized tropical systems are headed our way. As mentioned over the last few days, conditions in the Gulf are messy and chaotic, so one or two areas of low pressure may come together and become tropical depressions or even a tropical storm over the next 7 days - the highest chance for any impacts from those systems would be along the Gulf coast of Mexico and also in Florida. Meanwhile in the middle of the Atlantic, hurricane Kirk is gaining strength, but not threatening land. Leslie could form inthe wake of Kirk, but also will not affect land.