





A warm, late summertime day is on tap for Houston.





(National Weather Service)

(National Weather Service)






Track model forecasts for Tropical Storm Karen. (Weather Bell)

Track model forecasts for Tropical Storm Karen. (Weather Bell)

The storm will have minimal impacts on Texas.



O front, O cold front

In October I love thee

In December? No



Categories: Wake-Up Weather
Eric Berger

25 Responses

  1. bg says:

    Those high•ku’s crack me up.

  2. Doug says:

    Why do the Chron headline writers feel compelled to write misleading headlines? Right now, it’s “Karen Swirls Near Texas in the Gulf.”

  3. gson says:

    Would be nice if we had some cooler weather for Friday night football! Get’s might hot in those high school stadiums with no breeze!

    Sunday is CONVERTIBLE DAY!!

  4. Brazos says:

    I’m waiting for the time when a “K” storm is named Katy.

  5. Rusman says:

    Why do all of your titles contain a bullet in between words and consonants? I’m usually pretty laid back, but for some reason it annoys me. Please get rid of it immediately!

  6. marbleart says:

    We are scheduled to visit our daughter this weekend, IN NEW ORLEANS! Most tracks of the storm appear to turn towards Alabama and the Florida gulf coast- and although some weather experts predict a weak Cat. 1, others are predicting tropical storm strength winds. What do you think about visiting New Orleans this weekend? Bad idea or probably OK?

    • Eric Berger says:

      I think it will probably be OK. Looks as if the storm is going to bend just east of NOLA, and if you’re on the west side you’ll see some heavy wind and rain most likely. It’s not going to be nice weather, but it’s not something that should be hazardous in the city itself. If you’re not planning a lot of outdoor activities, you should be OK.

      If the track shifts back to coming in over NOLA, however, then you’ll have to think carefully about the trip.

  7. Big Steve says:

    This story is incoherent.

  8. Eric:

    Three To Find In The Big Easy:

    1. Beignets.

    2. Po-boys.

    3. Remnants of Katrina.
    To skip Karen, for a good reason-
    At the end, of this hurricane

    • #1 Andrew says:

      Genius poem. Yeah, not really. Why is there a comma on the 2nd to last line? Come on Mary, time to come up with something more catchy, the three thing is getting old.

  9. Ed says:

    I thought you declared hurricane season over a couple of weeks ago?

  10. susank says:

    The first true cold front of the season always make me melancholy.

  11. BT says:

    Sorry, highs near 80 doesn’t sound like much of a cold front to me. Granted, 80 with low humidity is pretty nice, but a REAL cold front has days in the thirties. Nights in the teens or twenties. And me hollering for warm weather. (I’m kinda hard to please.)

  12. Henry says:

    Considering yesterday there was an article about how dry, dry, dry we are about to get…this storm would have been welcomed.