Rain showers and storms expected this weekend with best chances Saturday

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It's a relatively quiet start to the day, but that changes thanks to an approaching cold front on Saturday.

But before talking about the specifics, let's talk about Friday's forecast.

We've seen a few stray showers, but rain coverage will stay relatively low (around a 20% chance) all day long. Morning clouds with peaks of sunshine this afternoon. High temperatures for almost all will climb into the 90s. An isolated shower and perhaps a storm or two can't be ruled out overnight, but the main event will arrive between 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow.

The cold front that will bring us showers and thunderstorms is currently across north Texas and southern Oklahoma.

This front will move south during the day today, arriving in the Rio Grande Valley tomorrow morning. It'll collide with instability, sufficient moisture and with lift from the frontal passage severe storms are likely.

Hazards in the strongest of storms include wind gusts between 60 to 70mph and quarter-sized hail.

Rainfall will be heavy at times. On average we're looking to pick up between 1-3" across the Valley though locally higher amounts are possible (closer to 4 inches).

The timing isn't ideal with the storms arriving over the weekend/Saturday, but if you have any plan,s make sure to have multiple ways to receive alerts and stick with the Valley Storm Team for the latest.

Thanks to the cold front, rain and cloud cover, highs will drop into the low 80s for both days.

Rain/ storm coverage does look to drop off during the evening, but don't put away the rain gear just yet.

The ingredients within the atmosphere still support showers and storms for Sunday, but overall coverage will be much lower (between 30-50%).