Thanks to a big thunderstorm cluster in the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico we busted on the rain chances today as the cirrus shield from the Gulf storms stabilized our atmosphere. Basically the high level cirrus clouds limited the surface heating of most of the area with the exception of Central Louisiana where storms fired up nicely this afternoon. The risk of storms will continue mainly for the northeastern parishes of Acadiana through about 900pm with activity diminishing nicely with the loss of the daytime heating factor. Drier air courtesy of the frontal trough that we have been talking about over the last several days will move in for Thursday limiting the chance of showers and storms to isolated activity and mainly for the coastal parishes. Mostly sunny and dry weather is expected for Friday through Monday with highs reaching near 90 while lows hopefully will cool a little bit in the mid-upper 60s beginning Friday morning. Enjoy but look out for that sun! Rob