Yeah... it looks like my post last night jinxed the rain here.

Last night when I checked, today was like a 20% or 30% chance of rain. Now it's 80% and they said that might not be high enough. I wonder why they didn't see this coming.
A few snippets from NWS LCH this morning...
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
726 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2008
.UPDATE...YET ANOTHER QUICK UPDATE TO FURTHER RAISE POPS AS A
LARGE RAIN SHIELD WITH EMBEDDED THUNDER MOVES INTO THE GOLDEN
TRIANGLE REGION/HARDIN COUNTY OF SE TX. POPS NOW LIKELY OR BETTER
OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA...AND THIS MAY NOT BE HIGH ENOUGH!
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 459 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2008/
UPDATE...ISSUED UPDATE TO RAISE POPS BASED ON CURRENT RADAR
TRENDS. HIGHEST POPS NOW 60 PERCENT OVER THE NWRN ZONES.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 411 AM CDT MON MAY 5 2008/
1ST COURSE OF BUSINESS THIS MORNING IS POPS FOR TODAY AS ONGOING
CONVECTION TO OUR WEST CONTINUES TO APPROACH THE AREA. RADAR
TRENDS INDICATE THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE INTO THE NWRN ZONES BY
SUNRISE. 00Z KLCH SOUNDING SHOWED PLENTY OF DRY AIR IN PLACE WHICH
COULD BE LEADING TO SOME OF THE DECREASING COVERAGE/INTENSITY WE
ARE SEEING ON REGIONAL 88DS. HOWEVER LIGHT LO-LVL SERLY FLOW WILL
ALLOW THE AIRMASS TO CONTINUE MOISTENING THIS MORNING. DECIDED TO
RAISE POPS TO HIGH CHANCE OVER THE LAKES REGION WITH CHANCE POPS
COVERING ALL BUT THE SERN ZONES AS LINGERING CONVECTION SPREADS
EWD WHILE WEAK VORT ALOFT ALSO INTERACTS WITH THE WARM FRONT
GRADUALLY MOVING INLAND MAINLY OVER THE WRN ZONES.