Scattered downpours took the edge off Tuesday's heat in some neighborhoods around Houston and Wednesday could bring even more opportunities for rain. Will you need the umbrella all day? Could storms turn severe?

HOUSTON - We may have a few storms on Thursday, but the overall trend will be toward a hot, hazy pattern with a smaller coverage of rain each day. A plume of dust and warmer, drier air in the upper atmosphere is moving across the Caribbean and Gulf and should arrive here either Thursday or Friday.