LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - The warm weather pattern is not going to change much over the next 10 days, so the heat will be the big weather story for a while.

Temperatures will be slightly above normal for the next 10 days with highs in the low 90s, the normal high in near 90 this time of year. With the humidity not getting too high that should keep the heat index near the same value as the temperature. Morning lows will be closer to normal with values ranging from the upper 60s north of I-10 to the mid 70s at the coast.

For Wednesday I increased the rain chance to 30% based on the number of showers we saw on Tuesday. And any showers or storms that develop could be slow moving and produce a decent amount of rainfall. Away from the rain it will still be hot; but obviously areas that receiv

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