Heavy Rain Next Week?

Forecast maps from the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (HPC) in Washington, DC are showing a surface trough approaching the area on Election Day. The GFS Day 6-Vorticity Model shows a storm system developing over the southwestern United States and a mid-level trough ejecting eastwards out of this system. The Hazardous Weather Outlook from the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana says, "chances of showers and thunderstorms will increase from Sunday through midweek as this storm system [over the southwest] continues to develop. Due to the strength of this storm system, there is some potential for a prolonged period of rainfall next week." Because this is so far off, rain chances in the forecast are still low but they will most likely continue to increase as forecasters get a better estimate on when this is to happen. Some southwestern Louisiana river, especially the Calcasieu River, are still high and this storm system will aggravate conditions that we are still suffering through from last week's systems.