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Pleasant Weather Today, But Rain Returns On Sunday

We will have another nice day today as an area of high pressure moves east of Louisiana.  This will start to send some Gulf Moisture back over us, so we will see partly cloudy skies today.  It will be cool to mild with highs in the upper 60s.  Tonight will be mostly cloudy with patchy fog.  It will not be as chilly with lows in the 50s. 
Our weather will start to change on Sunday as a trough of low pressure moves across the Southern Plains.  This will draw up plenty of moisture from the Gulf over us.  Showers and storms over the South Texas Coast will move NE toward Louisiana.  This will spread over us during the day, but it will not be a washout.  Just expect spotty to scattered showers and storms.  Some storms along our coast could be strong at times with heavy rain and gusty winds.  Highs will warm back into the lower 70s.  Watch out for some fog on Sunday Night/Monday Morning with lows int he 60s.

This trough will move through on Monday, and it will continue to send scattered showers and storms over us.  Some of the storms could be strong to possibly severe.  Expect heavy rain along with some gusty winds with the storms.  I'll have a better feel on how strong the storms could be by Monday Morning, so stay tuned for that update.  Otherwise, we will be warm and humid with highs in the mid 70s.  

A cold front will move into the region on Tuesday and it will move through by Wednesday Morning.  We will have scattered showers and storms all day and night.  Some of the storms could be strong at times with heavy rain and gusty winds.  It will be very mild and humid ahead of the front with highs in the upper 70s.  

Once the cold front moves through on Wednesday Morning we will see an end to the rain, and it will become mostly sunny.  However, do not expect a big drop in the temperatures.  It will only be a few degrees cooler with highs in the lower 70s.  

High pressure will build over us on Thursday and Friday.  We will have plenty of sunshine, low humidity and mild high temperatures in the lower to mid 70s. Lows will be in the 40s north and 50s south.

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