With a 50 percent chance of rain today, the region remains on course to continue overcoming this summer's drought, a National Weather Service-Lake Charles meteorologist said.

Temperatures are forecast to be in the mid 50s and skies are expected to remain cloudy.

It's a "dreary" kind of weather reminiscent of a northeastern snow storm sans snow, Meteorologist Kent Kuyper said.

Rainfall for the month is down half an inch but up 4 inches for the last six months.

"It is typical Southeast Texas-Southwest Louisiana weather," the chipper meteorologist said. "The good news is we are not in a drought. It might be good for crawfish. When there is a drought in the winter time crawfish prices go up."

So there it is something to look forward to in a few months.

But as for tomorrow, expect 1-to-3 inches of rain.

"People who build stuff don't particularly like," Kuyper said.