FOX 26 Houston Weather Forecast

Summer heat is hanging on into the beginning of October! High temperatures should stay in the 90s for most through the end of the work week. Tropical moisture increases late week with the best rain chances coming in Friday and Saturday. Hurricane Kirk should become a Category 3 by Thursday but is not expected to be a threat to land. Tropical wave Invest 91-L in the eastern Atlantic has a high chance to become Tropical Storm or Hurricane Leslie. Large area from SW Caribbean to southern Gulf is being monitored for tropical development. At this point models are not showing a major tropical system developing but a few disturbances are possible that could bring heavy rain to parts of the Gulf coast. Keep checking back for updates and get a daily detailed tropical update on FOX Local, our free smart tv app!