Rain chances are down, but not completely eliminated as high pressure builds over the region. This means our temperatures will be rising into the mid-90s over the next few days. Rain chances should stay in the vicinity of 10% through Friday, less than 20% on Saturday, with typical scattered storms possible late Sunday. A tropical wave in the Central Caribbean will be heading for the Gulf this weekend while another low pressure trough develops over Texas. This will translate to increasing rain chances early next week…and like the pattern of late, mix a trough with tropical moisture, the result will likely be heavy duty storms, so look out for next week.Â
The Space Shuttle will be landing tomorrow afternoon at about 12:55pm, but unfortunately the landing opportunities will not be over our area, mainly over Central America and then the extreme southeastern Gulf. But the International Space Station should be visible locally during the evening hours into the weekend. Check out the listing of sighting opportunities at NASA’s site.