AUSTIN (Talk1370.com) -- Near-normal highs will return Monday afternoon, as forecasters continue to watch two tropical storms in the Gulf of Mexico.
Mostly sunny skies will give way to some clouds Monday afternoon, with highs around 97. Winds will be out of the northeast, between 5 and 10 mph.
For Monday night, skies will clear, with lows in the mid 70s with light northeasterly winds.
In the Gulf, Marco continues to weaken, and is expected to skirt the southern coast of Louisiana and southeast coast of Texas before dissipating by Wednesday.
Laura is forecast to become a hurricane over the Gulf sometime on Tuesday. The current forecast track has the storm making landfall near the Texas-Louisiana border late Wednesday or early Thursday, possibly as a major hurricane. Central Texas may see some far outer bands of the storm in the form of some isolated showers and storms Wednesday and Thursday, but otherwise local impacts are expected to be minimal.
Here's a look at the extended forecast:
TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 90s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 5 mph.
WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 90s. Northeast winds 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent. Highest heat index readings up to 107 in the afternoon.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s.
THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s.
THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 70s. Highs around 100.
FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
SATURDAY...Mostly sunny in the morning then becoming partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs around 100.
SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 70s.
SUNDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 90s.