Chances continue to favor a round of strong-to-severe thunderstorms Saturday afternoon into evening as a frontal system crosses into the region.

National Weather Service Lake Charles Storm Warning Coordinator Doug Cramer said a few of the more intense storms arriving with the system could produce large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes.

“There are some signals of some larger super-cell storms coming in ahead of the frontal system,” Cramer said. “This has us a little bit concerned.”

The timing for Southwest Louisiana to experience the storms is about 5 p.m. to midnight.

Forecast rainfall amounts are starting to trend lower, with one-tenth to an inch of rainfall now predicted. Chances for flash flooding are now lower than they were Friday, Cramer said.

He said 25-33 mph wind gusts are still possible.

“It’s going to be gusty out there,” Cramer said. “We could potentially have a wind advisory in the later Saturday afternoon hours.”

Lake Charles and Cameron have up to a 4 percent chance of seeing a tornado; Leesville and Oberlin have about a 9 percent chance.

There’s up to a 14 percent chance the region could see large hail.

Cramer said following the weekend system, a cold air surge is expected next week.

“We’re going to see a pretty good cold front next week,” he said. “We will have some thunderstorm chances ahead of that cold front on Tuesday into Wednesday.”

Temperatures could drop as low to the low-30s on Thursday then climb into the mid-40s by Friday afternoon.