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Weekend rain chances coming down to 30% on Saturday and 20% on Sunday with highs in the mid 90s. Saint's camp Friday will again have about a 50% chance for scattered thunderstorms with highs in the lower...
Nothing developing in the tropics in the next couple of days. ...More scattered showers and storms are expected through the midday and afternoon hours. Some of these showers will be heavy, with gusty winds and downpours. The tropical airmass over the Gulf is to blame, and as it sits out there through Friday, rain chances will remain higher than normal. ...Scattered storms are heading north across the Southshore this morning, making the AM commute a headache! Look for lots of heavy rain, frequent lightning, and gusty winds with the worst of the storms. We will get a break later this morning, with more scattered storms possible this afternoon. Check back with Pinpoint Radar before you head out the door today. ...
Showers & thunderstorms (50%) will be scattered with some downpours possible and highs on Tuesday will be around 90. Rain chances will stay up Wednesday & Thursday as well. No heat advisory expected for Tuesday. A heat advisory is expected though in Jackson for Saints Camp. Highs will be 97-102 witht he heat index from 1... Satellite Image of An MCS If you lost power yesterday on the Northshore, or just heard the loud thunder on the Southshore, you may have been wondering about the severe thunderstorms. The storms that rolled over SE LA yesterday were a Mesoscale Convective System (MCS). This is a meteorological phenomenon that occurs across the Plain...
The Air Quality Index indicates that ozone will be at the orange level, which is unhealthy for sensitive groups. Increasing ozone levels may cause ... Another day of Hot and humid conditions has the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality forecasting an ozone action day for Orleans, Jefferson, St. John the Baptist, St. Charles, St. Bernard, St. Tammany and Plaquemines parishes. Increasing ozone levels may cause unhealthy air quality during the afternoon hours. Active children and adults... the elderly and people with respiratory diseases such as asthma should avoid prolonged ou... Thunderstorms winds downed 6 trees in the Meadowbrook subdivision of Mandeville this afternoon as a line of thunderstorms swept through SE Louisiana. By the time those thunderstorms made it to the southshore, they had weakened. However, a heavy line of thunderstorms continues to dump heavy rain from Belle Chasse to near Donaldsonville at this hour. Those storms are producing locally heavy rainfall, cloud to ground lightning and the pos... It's hot everywhere, but in St. Helena and Livingston parishes as well as Baton Rouge, a heat advisory is in effect. A heat advisory means that heat indices of 105-110 degrees are expected. Heat illnesses could occur. Take it easy and drink plenty of water. As far as the rest of the area, we will see triple digit heat indices in some area, and less rain today. An upper level ridge of high pressure is allowing for a hot and stable airma... Another cluster of heavy thunderstorms is moving through the metro area... this batch of thunderstorms moved through Mississippi and Northern Louisiana before crossing Lake Pontchartrain into the metro area. Expect these thunderstorms to continue moving into southshore parishes, dumping up to 1/2" of rain before moving South. ...Through this evening, the chance of showers and thunderstorms should diminish down to just a 10% as we lose the heating of the day. For the weekend, as a disturbance swings through on Saturday, we should see mostly cloudy skies with a 50% chance of mainly afternoon showers and storms. That should diminish back to a 30% chance on Sunday. Highs for the first half of the weekend should be a bit cooler, near 90, with afternoon temperatures a bi... After the onslaught of Bertha, Cristobal, and then Dolly...we're actually getting a break for a bit in the tropics. The Gulf and Caribbean are clear, and a few waves in the Atlantic don't look healthy enough to be worried. As we get closer to the peak of hurricane season (the first two weeks of September) the tropics may get a bit more active.
The last advisory from the National Hurricane Center has been issued on Tropical Depression Dolly as of 4 PM this afternoon. The storm is still spinning over southern Texas and northern Mexico dumping heavy rain, but the depression is well on its way to becoming a remnant low and we can now bid Dolly farewell as it unravels inland to our west. In our area, with the tropics quiet, we'll continue to see partial sunshine along with our t... The heavy rain is of great concern in Texas now that Dolly is moving further inland. She is dumping upwards of 15" of rain in some spots, and flooding is a big concern. Her winds have diminished to around 60mph, and she will continue to weaken throughout the day. In Louisiana, the moisture moves westward, so we're back to the heat and humidity today, with only a 20% chance for an isolated thunderstorm. ...Hurricane Dolly continues to push inland over southern Texas and northern Mexico, with winds now clocked at only weak Category 1 strength of 75 mph as of 7 PM. The storm is moving to the WNW at 10 mph and continues to weaken as it moves over land. By Thursday afternoon, Dolly should just be a remnant low over northern Mexico. Although the storm's winds are decreasing, the main concern will be heavy rain, with possibly up to 15 inches in spo... Dolly is making landfall at South Padre Island right now as a Cat 2 hurricane, packing winds of 100mph. Heavy rain is also falling the south Texas, with some recording stations already receiving 5+ inches. Dolly ramped up in intensity right before landfall, reaching her current Cat 2 status. Here in Louisiana, scattered tropical showers and storms have been hit or miss...with some spots getting a good dousing of much needed rain. Look ...
The 10am advisory update upgraded Dolly to a Cat 2 hurricane with sustained winds of 100mph. The eye is heading for Brownsville/South Padre Island, and should be making landfall shortly. She has slowed down a bit, so heavy rain may continue to be a problem for Southern Texas. Meanwhile, storms have fired up in SE LA today, and with the tropical moist... Dolly continues to progress Northwest towards Brownsville, TX. Her winds are at 85 mph, and her rainbands will be dumping heavy amounts of rain later today. Our effects will be some tropical showers from Dolly's outer rainbands, and a few more clouds around.
Hurricane Dolly is still a Category 1 hurricane packing winds of 80 mph as it crosses the central/southern Gulf of Mexico. It continues to make a bee-line toward the northern Mexican and southern Texas coast, where Hurricane Warnings remain in effect through Wednesday. The storm is slated to move NW around 9 mph in the near-term, slowing down as it makes landfall during the day on Wednesday with winds around 90 mph. Mexico and Texas will rec... Category 1 Hurricane Dolly continues its trek over the waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico this evening to the northwest at 11 mph. High pressure anchored over the Central and Eastern Gulf Coast will keep our area protected from any direct effects of the storm. The worst we should see is increased cloud cover, a few extra showers and thunderstorms, and somewhat cooler afternoon high temperatures into the midweek. Farther south, into south... Dolly has now formed into the second hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic Tropical Season and the first hurricane this season in the Gulf Of Mexico. Winds are clocked sustained at 75 mph. The storm is moving to the NW at 10 mph putting this on a direct collision course with northern Mexico and southern Texas midday Wednesday with heavy rain and strong winds, possibly as high as 90 mph. This storm will not be directly affecting Southeastern Louisi... A few showers and thunderstorms are currently dotted around the area on the very outskirts of Tropical Storm Dolly. The main rain and wind with the storm, though, remain well off the coast and will stay there through the remainder of the storm's lifespan. We, though, could catch a few extra showers and thunderstorms across our skies through tomorrow. The current stats on Dolly keep the storm a 70 mph tropical storm moving to the nort...
Dolly is slowly strengthening...as forecast. She now has winds of 70mph, making her a strong tropical storm. The track has her making landfall late tonight/early tomorrow around the Texas/Mexico border. Since she still has a few hours over warm water, I would expect Dolly to ramp up to hurricane status (at least 74mph) by the time she comes onshore. ...Dolly is still a Tropical Storm this morning, with winds at 65 mph. Her track has not changed much overnight, she's still expected to move into Southern Texas around Brownsville early Wednesday morning. In SE Louisiana, our effects from Dolly will be higher waves along the coast, higher rain chances this afternoon (40% for SE LA), and a bit of a breeze from the southeast at 10-15 mph.
Tropical Storm Dolly still remains a 50 mph tropical storm making its way west at 17 mph. By Wednesday, Dolly should be landfalling as a Category 1 hurricane on the Northern Mexico/South Texas Coast, where Hurricane Warnings are now posted. With this current forecast track, Dolly will not provide our area with any direct effects. Tropical Storm ... Tropical Storm Dolly continues to get better organized, but also continues to take dead aim on Southern Texas and Northern Mexico. Hurricane Watches remain posted for the early and middle portion of this week from La Pesca, Mexico up to Port O'Connor, Texas. A strong area of high pressure situated near the Gulf Coast should continue to push Dolly to the WNW around 16 mph, away from New Orleans and the Central and Eastern Gulf Coast. As Doll...
Although Tropical Storm Dolly continues to move over the warm southern Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall midweek, all computer model tracks, as well as the official forecast cone issued by the National Hurricane Center, continue to point to a landfall extreme Southern Texas and Northern Mexico. At this t...
Well, Dolly seems to be getting a little better organized, now that she is in the southern Gulf. The latest track has not shifted much, although most of the spaghetti models now point to a landfall in southern Texas. To see the latest models, click here. The NHC's trac... All eyes are watching the tropics...in several spots this morning. To start, Cristobal is still skirting the North Carolina coastline, and is expected to stay along the coast up the mid-Atlantic, and possibly making landfall in Newfoundland later this week. Dolly is a tropical storm this morning, along or near the Yucatan peninsula. I am vague about the position of Dolly because her center is not really defined this morning, and some m...
Hurricane Hunter aircraft found tropical storm force winds in what is now TS Dolly in the Caribbean Sea. 2pm coordinates: 18.6 N, 84.5 W, moving to the NW at 15 miles per hour. Current forecast tracks take the storm... With a less than 10 percent chance of showers in the Sunday forecast, temperatures could warm to the mid 90s across much of the area. No real change in the forecast until Tuesday when a large batch of tropical moisture surges northward, allowind for an increased chance of showers Tuesday through Friday. Bertha is finally weakening... Cristobal is moving toward the Northeast as a tropical storm. A disorganized area of showers and thunde... We are seeing some isolated showers and thunderstorms develop across the metro area this afternoon, as well as southshore locations. Expect these isolated to last 30 minutes to an hour, possibly providing heavy downpours. A couple of tropical updates... Tropical Storm Cristobal has formed off the coast of the Carolinas and will continue to affect coastal mid-atlantic states as well as portions of the northeastern United States. ...
At 10pm Friday evening, Bertha is a hurricane in the northern Atlantic wtih winds of 75 mph. Tropical Depression 3 formed off the South Carolina coast and wi...
After highs well into the 90's area-wide Wednesday afternoon, expect more heat on Thursday once again. Highs in most areas, under blazing sun and just a 10% chance of a pop-up shower or storm, will remain perched in the low and mid 90's, with some of the hot spots once again reaching for the century mark. The saving grace, though, will continue to be the relatively low humidity levels by July standards. In the tropics, Bertha continu... An Ozone Action Day continues through the rest of the afternoon across southeastern Louisiana. Be sure to try to reduce your emissions of pollutants for the remainder of today, including unnecessary driving. The amount of ground-level ozone remains high today and could cause problems for those with compromised respiratory systems. If you do have a respiratory ailment, be sure to spend as much time as possible indoors this afternoon and redu... The area is under an Ozone Alert today...for those who suffer with severe asthma and upper respiratory illnesses. If you do get easily affected by high ozone in the atmosphere, try to stay indoors today, with good ventilation (i.e. a fan or air conditioning) It is going to be a hot one today...rivaling the weekend's heat with temperatures in the mid to upper 90s this afternoon. Only a slight 10% chance for rain. ...The Louisiana Department of environmental quality is forecasting an OZONE ACTION DAY for tomorrow, Wednesday, July 16 for Orleans, Jefferson, St. Charles, St. John, St. Tammany, St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes. The weather conditions will be favorable for the formation of ozone. Tropical Storm Bertha still remains a strong, 70 mph tropical storm north-northeast of Bermuda, moving off into the open waters of the Central Atlantic. It is currently moving north-northeast at 12 mph and is expected to hang around for the next few days, near hurricane strength, before encountering the cooler waters of the North Atlantic and dying out. A couple of tropical waves also continue to push west toward the Windward Islands.... Not a whole lot of new developments on the tropical front this morning...Bertha is still pulling away from Bermuda...and the tropical waves in the Atlantic haven't organized overnight. Since Bertha is moving away from Bermuda and out into the Atlantic, we'll spend a little more time on the Atlantic tropical waves. The first wave is in the Caribbean Sea, moving westward. There hasn't been any development with this disorganized system, a...
At 10pm Monday evening, Bertha still a tropical storm and moving away from Bermuda. Another disturbance in the Atlantic may be our next tropical depression in the next day or two. This system will remain on a westerly course and may affect ...
A disturbance in the Atlantic well east of the Lesser Antilles is becoming ... As of the 10 A.M. report, Tropical Storm Bertha is nearing Bermuda, moving to the north now at 7 mph. Tropical storm warnings are posted there. Winds are at 65 mph and Bertha's track will take her farther out into the Atlantic through week's end. On another note, a tropical wave seems to be getting better organized, taking on circulation with building thunderstorm convection, about 1300 miles east of the Lesser Antilles in an area wh... Tropical Storm Bertha is nearing Bermuda...tropical storm warnings are posted for that island.Winds are at 65 mph, and the track keeps Bertha out to sea. There is an interesting tropical wave halfway between Africa and the Lesser Antilles that will have to be monitored...lots of convection, and it is in a favorable area for development. We could see a tropical depression here in the next 24 hours. ...The approach of a frontal system will give us a better chance of thunderstorms Sunday night into Monday and possibly into Tuesday as well. Depending on how much moisture streams in from the South, we will have thunderstorms fire up throughout the day Monday. Afternoon temperatures will stay in the upper 80s because of the extra cloud cover and the possibility of some rain cooled air. Bertha was downgraded to a tropical storm, but remai... A slight chance for an afternoon thunderstorm today, but mostly expect hazy sunshine and hot temperatures. Afternoon highs once again in the mid 90s with the heat indices in the triple digits in some locations. Bertha has been downgraded to a tropical storm. It's current location as of 1pm is 30.0 N, 63.0 W, 190 miles S/SE of Bermuda. The storm has stalled out, but is expect to generally move to the north/northwest over the next severa... The 10 P.M. advisory from the National Hurricane Center still pins Bertha as a Category 1 hurricane with sustained winds continuing at 75 mph. The storm also continues to sit stationary southeast of Bermuda, but is expected to slowly start moving toward the north once again on Sunday and Monday, scraping just to the southeast and east of the island through the early week. Meantime, Bermuda will receive high swells and surf and perhaps 2 to 4... As of the 8 P.M. report, Hurricane Bertha still remained at Category 1 strength with winds at 75 mph. It was stationary, expected to slowly begin moving north again tomorrow, near Bermuda. It will continue to lash the island with some of its high swells and surf and perhaps 1 to 2 inches of rain over about the next 24 hours. Next update slated for 10 P.M. ...As of the 4 P.M. report, Hurricane Bertha still remained at Category 1 strength with an wind intensity a bit weaker than previously recorded, now at 75 mph. It was barely moving, only crawling its way to the north at 1 mile an hour, near Bermuda. It will continue to lash the island with some of its high swells and surf and perhaps 1 to 2 inches of rain over about the next 24 hours. In the meantime, locally, with high pressure in contr... At 10 A.M. Hurricane Bertha remained at Category 1 strength with an wind intensity of 85 mph. It was crawling its way to the north at only 2 miles an hour near Bermuda, hitting the island with some of its high swells and surf and perhaps 1 to 2 inches of rain over about the next day. The newest reconnaisance flight into Bertha at 1 PM has indicated a slight weakening down to 80 mph winds and currently a storm that has nearly no appreicable m...
At 10pm Friday, Bertha has winds of 90 mph. A Tropical Storm Watch is posted for Bermuda, but no threat to the U.S. You can get more info on our hurri... As of 1 pm Friday, a reconnaissance flight has reached Bertha and, so far, confirms the 10 am advisory keeping it a Category 1 (85 mph) hurricane in the central/western Atlantic, moving NW at 6 mph. This makes Bertha no threat to land, but Bermuda is under Tropical Storm Watches and may experience fringe effects, including higher surf and breezy conditions, but that should be it this weekend. The next update will come at 4 pm. ...As of 4am Friday, Bertha is still a Category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic. She is moving NW at 7 mph, and is no threat to land. Bermuda may have higher surf and breezy condition, but that should be it this weekend. The next update will come at 10am. ...
Rain Chances will be 20% for Friday and 10% over the weekend. Highs will be in the mid 90s over the weekend. At 10pm, Bertha has winds of 85 mph and is 385 miles SE of Bermuda. Bertha is no threat to the U.S. See o...
Bertha at 4pm Thursday is back to a Category 1 hurricane with winds of 85 mph. Bertha is about 425 miles SE of Bermuda. You can find more information on our hurricane pag...
Spotty thunderstorms will be around for Thursday with highs in the lower 90s. A large high pressure area in the upper levels...
At 4pm, Bertha strengthens up to a category 2 hurricane with winds of 105 mph. Bertha is 560 miles NE of the Lesser Antilles and will remain in the open Atlantic. Go to our hurricane page at wwltv.com for more inf...
A weak tropical wave in the eastern Gulf will move across the Gulf and help to raise our rain chances for Wednesday to 50% for scattered showers or thunderstorms..some with downpours. Highs will be in the upper 80s.
Bertha is our 1st major hurricane of the season with winds of 115 mph. Still Bertha will not affect the Gulf of Mexico and may not get close to the U.S. For more information, see our hurricane page.
That's right, Bertha is now a Hurricane churning in the Atlantic, with winds at 75 mph. That makes Bertha a Cat 1 storm, with some slow strengthening over the next few days. The current track keeps Bertha moving WNW, until a gradual turn NW by the end of the week. For a look at model trends and the latest info on Bertha, visit our Hurricane page on wwltv.com ...It appears as though the Gulf will send more tropical moisture in our direction early this week, providing a good chance of showers Tuesday and Wednesday across SE Louisiana. Expect some of these thunderstorms to provide heavy downpours. Heavy thunderstorms this Sunday produced water spouts on the northshore ... a slide show of the water spouts is on the front page of wwltv.com. Bertha is on the verge of becoming a hurricane. A...
The National Hurricane Center continues to reiterate in their discussions that it is much too early to tell whether Bertha will or will not pose a threat to any land areas. The reason for this is twofold. One, if Bertha continues on its westward trek, it may encounter quite a bit of wind shear, which is unfavorable for tropical storms or hurricanes to develop and maintain their strength. Secondly, if Bertha strengthens, it may edge more into a... Tropical computer models are showing two different scenarios for Tropical Storm Bertha. Some computer models are taking the storm on a more westerly track toward the Lesser Antilles before it recurves to the north, while some computer models continue to have the storm edge northward over the central Atlantic. There are several factors at play when it comes to this storm. One, whether high pressure to the north of the storm will continue to ste... The lion's share of the area should remain dry for tonight's fireworks. There are a couple of batches of thunderstorms leftover in southern Washington and St. Tammany Parishes and also over St. John the Baptist Parish. These, though, should gradually diminish over the remainder of the evening as we lose any daytime heating. This should leave most neighborhoods rain-free tonight with only a 20% chance of a shower or rumbler through about 8 t... A cluster of strong thunderstorms is moving over eastern St. Bernard Parish, central and southern Plaquemines parish. It has a history of producing penny size hail and damaging winds. You can expect dangerous cloud to ground lightning... strong winds and the possibility of locally heavy rainfall. ...Waking up to more sunshine on this Friday morning, the fourth of July. Temperatures will quickly warm to the upper 80s and some lows 90s before thunderstorms begin to pop up across the area once again. Tropical Storm Bertha continues its track toward the central Atlantic ocean. Computer models suggest the storm will near hurricane strength by early Monday morning, when it's expected to start a recurvature toward the northern central A... Tropical Storm Bertha still continues on track, affecting the Cape Verde Islands with its outer rain bands. It currently has winds of 40 mph and is expected strenghten, but remain below hurricane status, as it plows its way through the open Atlantic. The storm is still expected to encounter steering wind currents coming from the south and southwest, pushing the storm north, and eventually northeast, away from the United States into next week... A tropical storm has formed off the coast of Africa near the Cape Verde Islands. It is the second named storm of the season. National Hurricane Center forecasters and numerous computer models forecast Tropical Storm Bertha will move westward toward the central Atantic and then turn north, not affecting the coastal United states. Isolated showers and thunderstorms will once again pop up around the area today, afternoon temperatures will... The tropics just continue to pump moisture in our direction over the next several days, that combined with several upper level storms passing to the north of us, allows for the chance of showers and thunderstorms in the next 7 days. Summertime is usually when SE Louisiana sees most of its rainfall, so it's not unusual for this time of year. However, after a couple of dry years around here... it sure seems like a lot of rain. We are still below... An area of disturbed weather is in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, near the western coast of Africa, and in the Caribbean Sea, near the Lesser Antilles. With unfavorable atmospheric winds, the disturbance near the Lesser Antilles should develop no further. Meanwhile, the system in the eastern Atlantic may gather some steam over the next few days and become a tropical depression. Usually, though, the good news is systems in this part of the Atla... Lots of sunshine in your Wednesday forecast, however, dewpoints are back up to the 70s after taking a plunge to the mid 50s yesterday afternoon. You will feel the sticky, moist air again this afternoon, but the chance of showers is still limited. A big change in the forecast for Thursday as tropical moisture surges in our direction, creating a 60% chance for showers and thunderstorms. In the tropics: Off the coast of Africa, sh... After dewpoints in the 60's in most spots today, we'll see winds switch back to the south late tonight and tomorrow. This means an increase in moisture again. Wednesday, dewpoints should jump back to near 70, meaning more typical summertime discomfort. This will also put a chance of a thunderstorm during the afternoon back in the forecast as well under partial sun. ... |
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