- Rain and thunderstorms are expected from southern Texas to the Carolinas.

- The most concentrated and heaviest activity should stretch from southern Texas to the Mississippi and Tennessee Valleys.

- A few severe thunderstorms are possible in the lower Mississippi Valley and eastern Texas.

- Rainfall could exceed an inch from eastern Texas northeastward to central Tennessee.

- Isolated thunderstorms are possible in southern Florida.

- Highs in the 50s and 60s are forecast from central Texas through the Southeast.

- Highs reach the 70s to lower 80s along the Gulf coast and in Florida.