Clouds and a few showers will remain possible today, but our focus quickly shifts to the potential for another round of storms by next weekend.

Expect strong, gusty winds and some heavy down pours as well as a chance some storms produce hail. The Storm Prediction Center placed a level 1 out of 5 severe storm risk for all of Southeast Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Expect strong, gusty winds and some heavy down pours as well as a chance some storms produce hail. The Storm Prediction Center placed a level 1 out of 5 severe storm risk for all of Southeast Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Mostly cloudy, breezy and warmer weather is on tap for Acadiana Friday ahead of our next weather-maker, that will bring showers and storms back to the region Saturday, with a low-end severe threat.

The Lafayette area is under a tornado watch as severe weather moves across Louisiana on Mardi Gras, bringing thunderstorms, damaging winds and the possibility for tornadoes, according to the National

An “unusually strong” storm system for March may bring a range of hazards that includes wildfires, blizzards and tornadoes.

Over much of south, central and west Texas, including Austin and San Antonio and far southeastern New Mexico, there is also an extremely critical risk of wildfires.

Over two dozen reports of thunderstorm wind damage or high wind gusts have been received by the National Weather Service in the western Carolinas and far southern Virginia so far Wednesday. Most of those are for downed trees or power lines, some on houses.