Polo, described as a powerful storm in the Pacific Ocean, is making landfall over the Baja Peninsula before tracking toward Texas, according to Space City Weather. Central Texas faces the biggest flood threat as the storm's moisture moves in. Houston sits under less immediate risk from Polo itself, with its own rain arriving later in the week on a separate track tied to a broader pattern shift heading into the weekend, bringing cooler, wetter conditions rather than Polo's direct path.
For central Texas, timing matters. Rain from a dying hurricane can dump water fast.
Central Texas braces for a storm that started in the Pacific and crossed an entire peninsula to get there, while Houston just gets cooler air and rain on a slower, gentler schedule.