HOUSTON CHRON
Put on your tank tops, shorts and sandals and grab your sunscreen. Muggy, searing heat will grip the Houston region for the most of the week and through the week.
A strong ridge of high pressure is parked above the area, sending temperatures near 100 degrees and the heat index near 105.
The high pressure area will keep rain at bay for days until it weakens slightly by the weekend, and a chance of showers is possible, according to the National Weather Service .
Today, the high temperature will top out near 100 under sunny skies. The low will be in the upper 70s.
The heat index (how hot the air feels when temperature and humidity combine) will be 106 degrees.
No rain is forecast.
The broiling heat and dry conditions have prompted the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality to issue an air quality alert today because of increase ozone levels in the Houston, Galveston and Brazoria areas.
Elevated ozone can be a lung irritant and officials warn children and the elderly as well as people with chronic respiratory ailments, such as asthma and emphysema, to stay inside air condition rooms.
Everyone should avoid physical exertion outdoors in the later afternoon and early evening.
The scorching heat continues Tuesday and throughout much of the week. The high temperatures each day will be in the upper 90s and the lows will be in the upper 70s.
The heat index each day will top out between 103 and 109 degrees. No rain is forecast. Slightly cooler temperatures are likely along the coast.
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms is forecast Friday through Sunday when the high pressure ridge weakens. The showers may develop late in the day with afternoon heating and will be very scattered.
The temperatures each day will be in the upper 90s; the lows will be in the upper 70s under partly cloud skies.
Forecasters said they are watching a low pressure area that is about 950 miles west-southwest of the Cape Verde Island in the Atlantic. The system of thunderstorms is moving west-northwest at about 10 mph to 15 mph and is likely to develop into a tropical depression within a few days and could later become more organized.
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