The National Weather Service (NWS) forecasting an enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms across parts of north-central to central Texas on Thursday, May 9, with Houston slated for a mostly cloudy sky and a high near 88 today. As Houstonians look to the evening, they can expect patchy fog kicking in before midnight, then lifting and returning in fits and starts. The bouts of blurred visibility accompany what is otherwise a predominantly cloudy night with a gentle southern breeze, according to the NWS weather forecast.

Threatening to shake things up, "Very large hail with multiple supercells appears probable across parts of north-central into central Texas Thursday afternoon and evening. A broader corridor of severe hail and damaging wind potential remains evident from the lower Mississippi Valley/Southeast into the Carolinas and Mid-Atlantic", per the Storm Prediction Center.

Residents can look forward to a respite on Friday with a forecast of mostly sunny skies and a gusty northeast wind, before the pendulum swings back to a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday night, as told by the NWS.

The Storm Prediction Center warns of the formation of a small cluster/bow that could evolve into a significant hail and wind menace, driven along a battleground of unstable air masses that set a dramatic stage for atmospheric contention. Describing the forecast, the NWS states, "This convection may spread eastward Thursday evening/night across the lower MS Valley/Southeast in the form of a small cluster/bow, while still posing a threat for damaging winds and hail given a favorably unstable airmass along/south of the front.", reported by the Storm Prediction Center.

Sunday promises a dicey gamble with the weather as "Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1 pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 60%," According to the NWS forecast, Texans might get only a brief interlude of respite on Tuesday with mostly sunny conditions and a lighter touch of thunderstorm chances.