Scattered downpours took the edge off Tuesday's heat in some neighborhoods around Houston and Wednesday could bring even more opportunities for rain. Will you need the umbrella all day? Could storms turn severe?

We’re watching a weak cold front — not the kind that drastically drops temps, but the kind that stirs up enough instability to spark storms. A line of storms currently over Central Texas is expected to weaken as it drifts our way this morning,

HOUSTON - We may have a few storms on Thursday, but the overall trend will be toward a hot, hazy pattern with a smaller coverage of rain each day. A plume of dust and warmer, drier air in the upper atmosphere is moving across the Caribbean and Gulf and should arrive here either Thursday or Friday.