Our weather will continue to warm as we head toward the weekend with partly cloudy skies through Friday. Look for milder temperatures tonight near 60 and low-mid 60s into the weekend while highs tomorrow will be near 80 and the low-mid 80s Friday into the weekend. Cloud cover should increase during the late nights and early mornings over the next few days with partly sunny and breezy conditions likely for the afternoon hours. Winds tomorrow will increase quickly by 10:00 am and should increase into the 15-20mph range tomorrow afternoon. It will probably stay breezy into the weekend, and may be a factor for the Louisiana Open. A frontal boundary will approach but stall north of the area Saturday triggering a few widely scattered showers, but better rain chances should be to the north and west of Acadiana. Rain chances will be in the vicinity of 30% Saturday, near 20% Sunday and 30% for Monday. A stronger frontal boundary will approach by Tuesday morning possibly giving us better rain chances and some thunderstorm by early Tuesday.
The Space Shuttle Endeavor was delayed on return but has initiated its second opportunity de-orbit burn which will bring the craft back to Florida shortly after 7:30pm our time. Unfortunately the landing ground tracks won’t be over our area. You may be able to see the International Space Station around 8:59pm tonight in the northern sky about 15 degrees above the horizon which is just above the tree line so it may be hard to see, but tomorrow night, Thursday evening, we should have a good overhead view, provided the clouds hang back of the Jules Verne cargo ship at 7:44 pm coming in from the western sky with the ISS one minute behind at 7:45 pm.