HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — You’ll want to keep your umbrella nearby Wednesday afternoon as a few showers and a couple of thunderstorms could form along the sea breeze. A strong to severe storm will be possible with the primary threat being gusty winds, hail and locally heavy rain.

High temperatures will climb into the upper 80s to low 90s with heat index values between 98 to 103.

Can you time out the scattered thunderstorms on Thursday and Friday?

Thursday’s storms will hit mainly during the afternoon when the sea breeze comes in. Friday’s scattered storms will hit mostly during the afternoon and evening as a weak cool front moves through. The rain shouldn’t be as widespread or intense as what we’ve seen this week.

Will it be just as hot with these rainy days?

Not necessarily! With rain and the inherent cloud cover we typically get during these rainy and stormy days, afternoon high temperatures for this week and into the first few days of June will likely be closer to their seasonal average, in the mid-to-upper 80s. The catch, though, is that if a shower or storm rolls through. While that will cool you off in the short term, it’ll also make it feel extremely muggy at times. We are also expecting mold counts to go up with the week during this unsettled and rainy stretch.

Hurricane season begins Sunday. What can we expect this season?

Hurricane season begins on June 1, and this year we are anticipating another active one. Both hurricane outlooks from NOAA and Colorado State University predict an above-normal season. From NOAA specifically, the prediction is 13 to 19 named storms, six to 10 hurricanes, and possibly three to five major hurricanes. Two big reasons are the lack of an El Niño or La Niña and the trend of seeing warmer-than-normal ocean temperatures. And while these outlooks aren’t landfall forecasts for the United States, given these conditions, there is the possibility for storms to move into the Gulf this year.

This story comes from our news partner ABC13 Houston.

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