Rob Perillo

The chance and coverage of scattered afternoon showers and typical summer thunderstorms should improve over the next couple of days, giving us some relief from the heat, but not the humidity.

More scattered showers and thunderstorms remain in the forecast for Acadiana Thursday holding temperatures down, while there is more encouraging news regarding this hurricane season.

Tropical Depression #5 looks to become Tropical Storm Edouard tonight and bring it's primary impacts to Southeast Texas Tuesday...with Acadiana benefiting from the return of scattered showers and thunderstorms.

Tropical Storm Edouard made landfall near Johnson's Bayou in Western Cameron Parish Tuesday afternoon as a 60 mph tropical storm.

But lower humidity arrives Thursday setting up for a couple of pleasant mornings

LAFAYETTE, La. (Acadiana News First) - The National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded Tropical Disturbance 92L in the Southwestern Gulf to Tropical Depression #9 Tuesday afernoon.

LAFAYETTE, La. (Acadiana News First) - Tropical Storm Isaías continued to strengthen Wednesday with the latest forecast from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecasting the storm to reach hurricane status early Thursday, and become a higher end Category 2 hurricane prior to landfall Friday evening.

LAFAYETTE, La. (Acadiana News First) - While Acadiana’s afternoons will stay quite warm through the end of the week, our first fall cool front will bring a breath of fresh air into the weekend.

LAFAYETTE, La. (Acadiana News First) - The pattern in Acadiana is expected to finally change with an arriving disturbance Saturday, which should spark scattered showers and perhaps a thunderstorm or two, but today’s models are backing down in rain coverage and chances.

Scattered showers and a few storms possible for trick or treat times