Houston Weather at 5 P.M.: 79.8 Degrees and Clear - Sunday Peaked at 83.1, Tuesday's Rain Chance Still 86 Percent

HOUSTON - Houston stood at 79.8 degrees under clear skies at 5 p.m. on Sunday, feeling like 84.6, according to the station's live weather feed - cooling off a Sunday that peaked at 83.1 degrees, above the 82.2 high the feed was carrying earlier in the afternoon. The day's low was 70.1, and the day's rain chance never rose above 7 percent under its fog code.

Monday holds the dry pattern one more day: overcast skies (code 3), a high of 82 and a low of 68.6, with the rain chance at 5 percent - the driest line in the seven-day feed, and a full degree warmer at the low end than the 3 p.m. read.

Tuesday - Election Day - remains the week's weather story. The feed holds Tuesday at a high of 85.2 and a low of 71 under a drizzle code (51), with the rain chance unchanged at 86 percent: by far the wettest day in the outlook, arriving on the one day this week when every Houston voter who has not already cast a ballot needs to get to a vote center. Anyone who can vote early in the day, or who wants a dry window, should watch Tuesday morning's updates before heading out.

Behind Tuesday the week settles: Wednesday overcast and cooler at 80.9 and 66.1 with an 18 percent rain chance, Thursday partly cloudy at 83.4 and 65.9, and Friday and Saturday overcast in the low 80s with rain chances of 15 and 13 percent. No day in the feed after Tuesday carries a rain chance above 18 percent.