FOX 26 Houston Weather Forecast

All eyes are on Hurricane Idalia as it nears the Florida west coast. Idalia is expected to make landfall around the Big Bend of Florida Wednesday morning as a major category three hurricane. Idalia will bring the threat for storm surge up to 15 feet, coastal flooding, tornadoes, & damaging winds over 100 mph. We will be on the western side of Idalia which means northerly winds and mainly dry weather the next few days. But with dry weather & very low humidity, our fire danger increases. So a red flag warning is in place 10 AM - 8 PM Wednesday. Air quality alert for higher ozone levels will stick around through Wednesday evening as well. Temperatures will be near 100 through Friday with lower humidity. Look for rain chances to return this weekend and temperatures to drop back to the middle to upper 90s.