Houston weather: Rain ahead of Halloween night; returns for Election Day

But as we're talking about the weather, let's get over to meteorologist Misha Shade for a look at that because Misha... Things are kind of changing a little bit. Yeah, they're changing. And for those that are waiting to even early vote tomorrow, it looks like a few showers will start to creep in. But Election Day Tuesday looks a lot worse. So still, if you can, go ahead and get that early vote in tomorrow. But, of course, we're a few days away from Halloween. And we are, of course, keeping a close eye on that weather forecast. It looks like it's going to be maybe a combo of weather tricks, weather treats for your Halloween weekend. Main window for rain coming up Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon. And it looks like it's going to be a close call for trick-or-treating. The rain, most of it, is likely going to push out by trick-or-treat time on Saturday night. However, a few showers could still linger. And then it looks like quite a few storms and downpours for Election Day on Tuesday. Right now, though, near perfect weather out there. We've got plenty of sunshine, temps in the upper 70s, drier air building in from the east. And that means, of course, we had more sun, less rain. Dewpoints all the way down to the low 50s. So we are feeling great outside. The rest of the state though, weather kind of starting to get messy. That tropical moisture that we've been telling you about starting to creep in from the Southwest, remnants of the tropical system that we have now, Vance, it's a depression, is gonna continue to pour into the state. And that moisture will mean a good chance for rain. You can see that flood watch stretching from Midland to Lubbock. Still west of Austin and San Antonio, but some of that rain already getting into places like Waco and getting close to San Antonio. So we're going to have to watch it closely. Don't think we're dealing with a big flood threat here, but those showers will eventually roll in, and that is going to impact our holiday weekend. So if you have trick-or-treat plans or you're going to a Halloween festival, a party tomorrow night, I think there will be a decent chance for showers starting around 2, 3 p.m., 7, 8, 9 o'clock, still some scattered rain around. And early Saturday through Saturday afternoon, still our European model showing a decent chance for rain. It's about a 40 to 60% chance. At least as we get into Saturday night, trick-or-treat time, maybe 7 p.m., 8 p.m., 9 p.m., there's a little bit of blue and light green left on the map. So maybe a lingering light rain shower, but I think the majority of the rain will be gone. Now we've got to hop ahead. A few more days and talk about Election Day on Tuesday because that's a huge day. I'm sure a lot of people are waiting to go vote for Tuesday. And it looks like a strong cold front will roll through late morning, 11 a.m. Tuesday. Widespread rain, storms even lasting through about 4 or 5 o'clock Tuesday evening. Right now, we're not thinking it's going to be a big tornado threat, but there could be some strong storms and definitely some heavy rain. So keep checking back. But if you wait until Tuesday to go vote, it looks like it could be pretty wet. And messy out there. We're not really in a big flood threat for this weekend, maybe about a half inch to an inch of rain for most spots, but there could be some isolated higher totals. I think the biggest threat for flooding remains well to our west, western and central Texas. So really the two time frames are monitoring Friday evening through Saturday afternoon, that 40 to 60% rain chance, and then that is up to 70% for election day on Tuesday. Temperatures climbing to the low 80s the next few afternoons. And here's your trick or treat forecast for Saturday night. The showers are fading, I think, by 7, 8 o'clock, but you will want to watch for those puddles, wet roads, and temps will be close to perfect. I think we're in the 70s. Also, don't forget that earlier sunset time, Sunday evening, 534 p.m., and of course, Election Day, a big chance for heavy rain and storms. So if you can early vote, hey, maybe a good idea.