Acadiana looking stormy...hot and dry for Houston

A weak front stalled north of Acadiana will be a focus of thunderstorm activity today and tomorrow. Storms will bubble to the north and spread southeastward through the afternoon/evening hours. Ahead of these storms, there could also be a few sea breeze showers and storms that pop up as the sea breeze front moves inland. Overall, highest rain chances will be mid afternoon through early evening and coverage of storms will be in the 50-60% range. Thunderstorms will contain some heavy downpours, a little lightning and gusty winds. There will be enough instability around to produce the risk of an isolated strong storm or two which could produce locally damaging wind gusts, frequent lightning and locally heavy rain. You can never really rule out a brief tornado, but that risk is relatively low.

Farther west, the Houston area will see the effects of the next summer ridge building in resulting in hot and dry conditions. A few sea breeze storms are possible today (20-30% coverage), but many locations will stay hot and dry. Thunderstorms could also fire north of Houston that could potentially become strong, but it looks like that activity will remain north of the I-10 corridor. Similar weather is on tap for tomorrow in the Houston region (a few sea breeze storms...watching for the potential of storms to the north). Rain chances go down and stay in the 5-15% range the rest of the week. Peak heat index values will be in the 108-113F range each afternoon.