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Lows will be in the 50s & 60s north of the lake Tuesday morning and 60s south of the lake. Highs may not get out of the 70s in some spots in the afternoon with highs around 80 and breezy conditions. For info on Laura in the trop...
Lows Tuesday in the 60s and highs in the mid 80s. Then on Wednesday, lows in the 50s north of the lake and 60s south and highs may not get out of the 70s. It will be breezy also with plenty of sunshine. Low humidity will co... We have a new subtropical storm this morning. Laura is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, with winds of 60mph. The storm is going to head North, and it doesn't look like it is going to affect land. By Thursday, the storm should be in the Northern Atlantic, and will start to dissipate. Our weather will be on the warm and muggy side today and tomorrow, with drier air sinking back in for Wednesday. A dry front will bring in lower dewpoi... Dewpoints and thus the humidity levels will increase through Tuesday until another cold front moves through the area drying us out once again for the end of the week. Southshore lows could be in the upper 50s on Thursday morning. The chance of rain with this front looks minimal at this point. Hurricane Kyle is on track to make landfall in Newfoundland as a strong tropical storm. We are now watching another area of showers and thunderst... A gorgeous Saturday across the region, although we did start off on a cool note. At the airport, our morning low was 63 degrees, northshore lows were in the mid 50s. We hit 84 for the afternoon high at New Orleans International. Drier air allows more heat to radiate away from the earth at night, allowing for cooler overnight lows. Expect similar temperatures Sunday. In the tropics: Hurricane Kyle continues to move north, rapi...
LSU game: Afternoon high around 84 in Baton Rouge with kickoff around 76. Temperatures will fall into 60s during the game. For information on Kyle, see our Hurricane page. ...Tropical storm Kyle has winds of 60mph. The storm is still on a Northerly track, and could possibly come closer to Bermuda this weekend. It is expected to affect coastal Maine or Nova Scotia by next week, and then dissipate over the Northern Atlantic Ocean. Now on to our GORGEOUS weather! What a way to end September...dry air in place, low humidity, and low 80-degree temperatures. And the best part is that it is going to last through t... This nice weather will continue through weekend with 1st chance for rain not until Tuesday. Lots of sunshine the next few days with low humidity. We are taking advantage of the bad weather associated with an area of low pressure off the North Carolina coast. The flow on the backside of this low continues to bring in a dry flow over our area. This system may become a tropical or subtropical system. Tropical Storm Kyle has formed n... Just fabulous weather this morning: temperatures in the 50s and 60s, dewpoints low into the 50s, and actual highs today around 84. Great Fall weather for Louisiana, considering we could still be in the 90s this time of year! Looking ahead for at least the next 10-14 days, nothing pops up in the models that is of concern. We'll have dry days and days with a little more humidity mixed in, but it looks like our transition from September to Octobe...
Sunshine and highs in the low to mid 80s can be expected. An area of low pressure off the mid Atlantic coast may become a tropical or subtropical storm and bring nasty weather to North & South Carolina. The other di...
Lows will drop into the 50s Thursday, Friday, and Saturday mornings north of the lake while it will be in the 60s those mornings south of the lake. Afternoon highs will be in the low to mid 80s. The next chance for rain will come on ...
The area of disturbed weather around Puerto Rico may develop in the next few days. Computer models have this system moving towards the e... Today is the Autumnal Equinox. The equinox is when the sun is directly over the Equator. There are two days each year that are the equinoxes: March 22 (Spring Equinox) and Sept 22 (Fall Equinox.) During the equinoxes, the length of day and night are nearly equal (the only place on Earth where they are exactly equal are points along the Equator.) One "Old Wives' Tale" says you can balance an egg on it's tip only on the equinox. ... The upper level disturbance that moved across the central United States and pulled a surge of gulf moisture in our direction is now making its way east... and the rainfall associated with it is over the mid-Atlantic states as well as Florida. Yesterday, New Orleans International reported 2.78" of rain, a record for that day. We are now just 1.30" below average for the year. We haven't been above average in our rainfall totals since 2004. ...As of 6pm, weather watchers across the area area reporting heavy dowpours. In Folsom, one of our weather reporters has 2.85" in her rain bucket and the rain is still falling. Across the metro area we saw more than 2.5" in such less than 2 hours, allowing for street flooding in some locations. Light to moderate rainfall continues across portions of the northshore, Mississippi Counties, the river parishes and portions of the southshore... Spotty showers have developed across the area today, but a lot of moisture is moving along the Gulf Coast just to the south of us this afternoon, and we could see some heavy downpours late this afternoon and evening. For the latest shower activity, go to our Live Pinpoint Doppler on the web or the MyRadar site. ...Some models are hinting at heavy rain this weekend, although certain others keep the rain chances much lower. We are watching two areas of disturbed weather in the Southeast, which will combine over Louisiana and bring the chance for rain to about 60%. Those heading out tonight for area high school football games will need a rain jacket, and you could be waking up tomorrow with heavy rain around the area. The NWS hasn't issued a flood...
Over the weekend, showers or thunderstorms will still be around with highs in the 80s. Tropics fairly quiet. LSU forecast in Auburn on Saturday. Kickoff temp around 70 with 60s for rest of the game. Any chance for rain low at 10%. Saints g... of lower than normal humidity on Thursday. Lows will be in the upper 50s to low 60s north of the lake and 60s south of the lake. Highs will be in the low to mid 80s. Friday the humidity will rise and so will the chance for rain at 30%. No tropical activity to develop in the next few days. With the landfall if Ike, 2008 has the record for consecutive landfalls with 6 from Dolly to Ike. ...Dry and unseasonably pleasant weather will continue through the next couple of days. Through Wednesday we'll continue to see a good amount of sun, low humidity levels, and highs only in the lower and middle 80's. Gulf moisture will start to make a return Friday through the weekend with a returned chance of a few thunderstorms. A bit more uncomfortably humid conditions should return Monday and Tuesday. Beautiful weather this morning...60s on the Northshore, low 70s on the south. The dewpoints have dropped too...that is the measure of moisture in the air. The lower the dewpoint, the drier the air. We have dropped from upper 70s dewpoints to lower 60s dewpoints, and that is why it feels so "Fall-ish" outside. Expect the drier air to be with us through the workweek, then back to more humidity and warmer weather over the weekend. We'll be lookin... An early-season cold front continues to slowly pull across our area. It is taking its sweet time, though. Clouds have hung tough with showers all day today, but the front is projected to continue slowly slogging south and east before dissipating over the Gulf midweek. With the front still relatively closeby, there's still an outside chance of a shower tonight and Tuesday, but the front should get just far enough away on Wednesday to provide... We are in for some wet weather today on the southshore. A cold front is moving through the area, but is lingering behind a bit and causing more rain. It is going to be heavy at times, and will likely linger through the afternoon. Here are some weekend rainfall totals from Hurricane Ike, pretty impressive amount of rain in some spots: Denham Springs, LA 5.78" Houst... From the National Weather Service: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS CANCELLED THE TIDES ARE ABOUT 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL BUT CONTINUING TO FALL We are still under a coastal flood warning... but tides are slowly receding. Currently, tides are 2-4' above normal. The breeze continues this afternoon, with southerly winds up to 15 miles per hour. A cold front is moving through the area later this evening, with the front we can expect some locally heavy rainfall, and strong winds. The winds will shift to the north/northwest later on tonight and we still start to see the winds push ... Strong southerly winds associated with Hurricane Ike continue to affect SE Lousiana.
Ike is about 53 miles from Galveston with winds of 110 mph, a category 2 hurricane. We are still feeling some tropical storm gusts around the area. Air Force Hunters reporting that winds a few hundred feet above the surface are category 4 force winds of 130 mph. This would do a number on the high rises in downtown Housto... Hurricane Ike is still a Category 2 storm. It is now well SW of New Orleans, centered at about 27.7 N, 93.5 W. The storm is moving to the NW at 12 mph, making a beeline toward Galveston, TX. Most showers and thunderstorms with Ike have diminished across our area, but winds are still up, around tropical storm force at times, and seas are still running a good 6-8' above normal. Seas and winds should begin to subside tonight as Ike makes land... Hurricane Ike is still a Category 2 hurricane with 105 mph winds, centered near 27.4 N, 93.1 W, about 250 miles away from New Orleans. It is moving WNW at about 12 mph, heading to around Galveston, TX. Fringe effects of the storm, including storm surge flooding, possible tornadoes, and winds in excess of tropical storm force, will continue through the afternoon, slackening this evening. It will still remain breezy through the weekend. ...Strong, continuous southeasterly winds from Hurricane Ike continue to pile water up against the coast of SE Louisiana. Because of this we will see water levels rise in both coastal parishes, westbank parishes and areas near Lake Pontchartrain through Friday afternoon. When you combine storm surge and high tides, tides could run up to 9' above normal on east facing shores of Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes... With Ike's outer rainbands moving across SE LA, a tornado watch has been issued for all of SE LA and Coastal MS until 1pm. This means that isolated tornadoes can be expected today embedded within the heavy rain. We are also watching high tides rise through the morning, so expect coastal waters to surge 6-8ft above normal. This means water will be covering the roads and creating problems for residents outside of the hurricane levee protection. ...
Water levels will continue to rise through Friday. High tides will be from mid morning to early afternoon. Tides are expected to be 6-8' above...
Water level... Hurricane Ike continues to be a large hurricane, but has kept a constant strength at Category 2, 100 mph. Its motion is also steady, moving WNW at 10 mph. The storm is forecast to continue this motion through the next couple of days, directly affecting Texas and continuing to provide fringe effects for us through the end of the week. Our watches and warnings remain the same. Ike is still a Category 2 hurricane with winds at 100 mph. It has continued a predicted WNW motion around 10 mph as a broad area of high pressure has re-established itself to Ike's north. Ike's current coordinates are 25.5 N, 88.4 W. Tropical Storm Warnings and Coastal Flood Warnings are now up for our area as it appears we will be getting the fringe effects of Ike through the early weekend. ...Ike is a Cat 2 this morning, with winds of 100mph. It is a large storm, so the far reaching effects will be felt here in Louisiana today and tomorrow. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for SE Louisiana, including metro New Orleans, where winds could gust up to tropical storm force. Rain is also a concern, with rain bands producing 2-4" of rain in some spots. We still have a Coastal Flood Warning up for SE LA, for a storm surge of 3-5' poss...
Coastal flood warnings are up from MS through the Lake to Terrebonne parish for tides to run 3-5' above normal. A tropical storm warning i...
Ike continues to gain strength as it moves over warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The models still target the Texas coast, but still spread out a bit from the Upper Texas coast to the Lower Texas coast. A tropical storm warning has been issued from the mouth of the MS river to Cameron, LA. A Coastal Flood warning is up tonight through Friday ... Hurricane Ike is now a Category 2 storm riding over the very warm waters of the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, centered at 24.2 N, 85.8 W. Maximum sustained winds are at 100 mph and further strengthening is expected. Ike is now on a NW track at 8 mph, but is expected to maintain a generally WNW motion as it crosses the central and western Gulf of Mexico. This regime continues to maintain a landfall on the Texas coast late-week or early in the... Hurricane Ike is now located midway between Key West and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico in the southeastern Gulf Of Mexico at 23.9 N, 85.3 W. Winds are sustained at 90 mph and Ike continues to grow in both size and strength. The storm continues to move to the WNW, now at 8 mph. The computer models as well as the National Hurricane Center continue to agree on a landfall in Texas, but just a glancing blow for us. This is why a Coasta... Ike is pulling away from Cuba this morning, but still hitting that nation hard with heavy rainfall. Now that the eye of the storm is over water, strengthening seems to be taking place. By looking at the satellite view this morning, darker oranges and reds are showing up, indicating some intensification. Winds right now are at 85mph, but I would expect those to increase today and tomorrow. The track still takes Ike through the Gulf, and then be...
Computer models continue to show Ike to head towards Texas. There may still be some shifts, but SE Louisiana continues to be out of the "cone of error". Coastal Flooding will be an issue Wednesday through Friday. AT 10:00 PM THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IKE WAS LOCATED Ike still reamains a hurricane, albeit a weak one, as it crosses the western portion of Cuba. It now has winds of 75 mph and is moving to the WNW around 12 mph. The projections and track remain the same on Ike, keeping it well to our south with fringe effects, if any, for us. There is a chance that could Ike become a tropical storm later today before it crosses off the northwestern portion of Cuba and restrengthens over the Gulf. ...Ike is currently in the process of making its second landfall on Cuba. It is moving to the WNW at 13 mph and currently has winds only of 80 mph, making this a Category 1 storm. It is expected, though, that Ike will move over Cuba and back into the warm waters of the southern Gulf of Mexico later today. This should allow for restrengthening. By week's end, Ike could once again be a Category 3 hurricane. The good news from this vantage poin... The models are still indicating a Texas/Mexico landfall this morning. The latest track from the NHC has removed Louisiana from the "cone of uncertainty" and it looks more and more like our effects will be minimal. Rain chances will be up a bit on Thursday and Friday, and expect winds to be a bit gusty. Coastal flooding outside of the levee protected areas is also a possibility along our Southern shoreline. ...
Computer models have shifted westward a bit more and gives the Louisiana coast a little breathing room. However, coastal flooding is likely with a strong east and southeast winds later in the week. There may be some heavy tropical rains from Ike. This also depends on how close Ike gets to SE Louisiana. We may also get strong winds even up to ... Hurricane Ike continues as a 100 mph Category 2 Hurricane moving to the west at around 14 mph. It is over the extreme northern Caribbean Sea which should help Ike maintain its strength for the next few hours. Ike should then pass over western Cuba sometime overnight Tuesday, reducing the storm to a Category 1 as it moves back into the southeast Gulf. The warm water of the Gulf, though, should help ramp the storm back up to major hurricane s... Hurricane Ike is now a Category 2 hurricane with 100 mph winds moving over central Cuba. It is forecast to graze the far northern Caribbean Sea before moving back over the western portion of Cuba, re-emerging over the Gulf Of Mexico by late Tuesday. From here, any weakening should cease and it is expected Ike will regain at least Category 3 status once again somwhere over the Gulf Of Mexico. The good news for us is that an area of high pres...
Good morning all. Models early this morning are still trending westward, and indicate a landfall anywhere between Texas and Louisiana. Right now it looks like between the Atchafalya Basin and Houston, TX. The storm this morning is a Cat 2 with winds of 105mph. It is travelling across Cuba, and is expected to weaken even further before emerging into the Gulf. After that, it is still too early to know for sure, but the storm may feel the strengt... For 24 hours, computer models continue to hold that Ike will stay south of New Orleans until reaching Eastern Texas or Southwestern Lousiana... and then turn north for a possible landfall between the two bordering states. However, National Hurricane Center forecasters still say it's too early to tell which portion of the Gulf Coast will take a direct hit. Currently, the storm is making its way across Cuba, where it is expected... The new track is out from the National Hurricane Center, but there are no major changes, NHC forecasters still take Ike into the central Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday. From there, there is still a lot of uncertainty, and all northern Gulf Coast residents should monitor Ike. A quick reminder on the updates from the National Hurricane Center: The NHC updates the track of the hurricanes every 6 hours; at 10am, 4pm, 10pm and 4am. Every 3 hours as a storm approaches land, updates come in every 3 hours.
The eye of Hurricane Ike is passing over the Turk and Caicos Islands tonight as an extremely dangerous category 4 hurricane, and is not expected to weaken as it makes landfall in Cuba Sunday night. It is still too early to tell whether Hurricane Ike will be a threat the Northern Gulf Coast. We will know on Monday or Tuesday as the storm cross the island of Cuba whether or not Southern Lousiana is in the 3 day cone issued by the National Hurricane Center. After weakening to a category 2, Hurricane Ike has reintensified as expected as it gets closer to Grand Turk Island and Cuba... maximum sustained winds are now 115 milesr per hour. Hurricane Ike has weakened further to a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hour. On this Saturday morning, Hanna made landfall along the N.Carolina/S.Carolina border. Now that Hanna is inland, all eyes will focus on Ike. Hurricane Ike is still a strong hurricane, with winds around 115mph (Cat 3.) The track keeps taking a westward shift, and now it appears likely that Ike will be a Gulf storm. Where he tracks in the Gulf is the question. The models are (of course) spread out, with some bringing Ike to Florida, while others ... Tropical Storm Hanna is forecast to make landfall in South Carolina as a strong tropical storm with winds up to 70 miles per hour. The storm could cause coastal erosion along the Carolina coast, dump heavy rains and bring damaging winds to the East Coast. Hurricane Ike is about 550 miles east/northeast of Grand Turk Island and moving West at 16 miles per hour. Current coordinates 23.2 N, 62.7 W. The maximum sustained winds have decreas... A front is moving through the area this morning, and drier air is beginning to filter in behind the front. The northshore is seeing temperatures dip to the upper 60s in Baton Rouge this morning. Drier air allows temperatures to drop off more than a more humid airmass. This weekend, the chance of showers is less than 10%. Temperatures, however, will still climb to the lower 90s in some locations with more sunshine available to warm up the air i...
This front may help down the road in keeping Ike from being a big threat in the Gulf of Mexico. There is still a chance that Ike can affect the... A tornado watch is in effect for northshore parishes until 2am. The remnants of Gustav continue to slowly pull off to the north and should eventually pull back northeast well away from us. As the remnants move away, the Gulf will remain open. Therefore there will be an increased chance for showers and thunderstorms over the next few days with temperatures generally in the 80's. Sunshine and heat with temperatures near 90 will return... Gustav's leftovers are still providing for heavy rain across central Louisiana all the way through central Mississippi and into Arkansas. With plenty of instability left in the wake of Gustav, several heavy showers and thunderstorms may pop up across our area today, some with heavy downpours. Elsewhere in the tropics, active conditions continue. Tropical Storm Hanna is just to the north of Haiti with 60 mph winds. It appears the sto... We still may see some heavy showers or thunderstorms today and tonight as bands of rain from Gustav still may drag across the region. Heavy rain is a threat, but generally the storms will be weaker than they were yesterday. Hanna is a tropical storm, still forecast to move North to Florida/Georgia/S. Carolina by the weekend. Ike may be a concern down the road, but right now the storm is moving west through the tropical Atlantic. Joseph...
More feeder bands will continue rotate around Gustav on Wednesday. A Flash Flood Watch continues until 8am Wednesday morning. A Coastal Flood warning continues as well. ...**TORNADO WATCH ISSUED FOR THE AREA UNTIL 4PM** The outer bands of Gustav are still pushing North across Southeast Louisiana this morning. We have a tornado watch in effect for the Northshore until 7am, and isolated brief tornadoes are possible through the morning. What is left of the center of Gustav is around Shreveport, and rain covers most of the state. Through the day, more gusty winds will be possible, along with intermi...
A flash flood watch is in effect through Tuesday evening for heavy rain. Gustav is a tropical storm 20 miles SW of Alexandria with winds of 60 mph. The main concern is for coastal flooding, heavy rain, and tornadoes... As of 7pm, Gustav is a weakening hurricane, with winds of 75mph. The storm is moving NW at 14mph, and will continue to pull away from SE LA tonight. Heavy rain is still a threat, as is storm surge in a few areas along the coastline. A tornado watch continues through midnight tonight, and a few heavy rainbands are still crossing Louisiana tonight. Don't try to go outside and survey property, as nightime is coming, and we could still see tropica... Powerful Hurricane Gustav moving past Morgan City Louisiana with 105 mile per hour winds. The weaker, back side of the storm is now approaching Houma Louisiana. Hurricane Gustav weakened slightly to a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 110 miles per hour as it moved onshore across Terrebonne parish. The storm continues to move toward the northwest at 16 miles per hour. Wind gusts up to 100 miles per hour have been reported as the storm raced toward the Louisiana coast overnight. Hurricane Gustav is making landfall as a category 3 hurricane ... currently crossing the Timbalier Island with 115 mile per hour winds. The storm is moving rapidly to the northwest at 16 miles per hour. We have reported sustained winds of 70 miles per hour in Belle Chasse in Plaquemines parish... hurricane force winds in Grand Isle. There is a report that power is out on Grand Isle and 6-8' waves are hitting Grand Isle. Other wind repo... As of 4 a.m., Hurricane Gustav is still a Category 3 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour and is 65 miles from Port Fourchon... with expected landfall between 7am and 9am. Hurricane force winds extend upward of 70 miles from the center of the storm, and tropical storm force winds extend upward of 230 miles from the center. |
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4pm coordinates: 21.1 N, 74.6 W, about 60 miles northeast of Cuba, moving...