FOX 26 Houston Weather Forecast: Heat continues for Thursday

Heat Advisory has been extended once again for Houston and surrounding areas until 8 pm Thursday. Heat index values will still soar to around 110 for Thursday afternoon and most likely stay there through the weekend. Actual temperatures remain near triple digits for the next several days. Rain will be limited with isolated showers and storms possible the next few days. Rain chances drop to only 10% this weekend. So be careful in the heat with not much relief expected anytime soon. Gulf of Mexico is quiet. But Ernesto is now a category 1 hurricane in the western Atlantic. As it pulls away from Puerto Rico, it will strengthen & get dangerously close to Bermuda late Friday & Saturday bringing the threat for strong winds and flooding. Outside of Ernesto, the rest of the Atlantic basin is quiet for now.