A cold front is expected to move through the area over the weekend, bring with it the chance for severe weather.
Roger Erickson, warning coordination meteorologist with the National Weather Service-Lake Charles, said the front will bring a double weather threat.
“One of the one hand there is the potential for severe weather,” Erickson said. “Then we are expecting a couple of inches of rain with it and there’s the chance of street flooding as well.”
Friday through Sunday will be wet with two to three inches of rain expected and locally, as much as six inches of rain. The storm system also includes the chance of tornadoes as well for Saturday and Saturday night.
Sea fog will continue to be a problem for mariners in the near shore waters of the northwest Gulf of Mexico through Saturday, he added.
Erickson said the front will cool temperatures down 10 to 15 degrees.
“We’ve been running with highs in the mid-70s and the temps are expected to cool down to the low 60s for highs for the first part of next week.”
The high for Friday will be around 72 with a low of 64. Saturday’s high will be 71 with a low of 57. Cooler temps move in Sunday where the high will reach 60 with a low of 45.
Portions of Jefferson County saw heavy rainfall but were spared the severe weather in late January. The Beaumont area received about three inches of rainfall and had some street flooding but was spared from wind damage.
The more severe weather occurred to the north of the Golden Triangle area with tornadoes spotted in Fred, Kirbyville and Magnolia Springs and in portions of Louisiana, he said.
“This will be a similar pattern,” he said. “Whether it stays toward East Texas or develops closer to Port Arthur, it’s too soon to say. The weather should be monitored on Saturday to see where it develops. The threat exists for all of Southeast Texas.”
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