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March 2008
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Dawn Brown: August 2006 ArchivesErnesto weakens more this evening, hurricane hunter aircraft shows a maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour as of 7pm our time. However, warm water between Haiti and Cuba could allow the storm to intensify overnight and into tomorrow morning. Latest satellite images show signs of improvement in the storms organization. However, this could be short lived as Ernesto then interacts with terrain over Cuba. Intensity forecasts may vary over t... Watching satellite imagery this afternoon, and receiving latest update from National Hurricane Center, Ernesto has been downgraded to a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 60 miles per hour. Ernesto had trouble maintaining itself over the mountainous terrain of Haiti. Three day track forecasts continue to take Ernesto over the southern Florida Peninsula. The intensity will vary as the storm is expected to move over open water and th... Upper level shear to the west of Ernesto eroded as the models predicted, and the storm has now intensified into a hurricane. The National Hurricane Center has Ernesto becoming a major hurricane as it moves into the Gulf of Mexico and then makes landfall north of Tampa Florida. Computer models were in better agreement this morning as far as an upper level low over the United States guiding the storm on a more easterly track next week. All resid... Latest models continue to push Ernesto toward the Florida Panhandle. Upper level shear provided by upper low in central Caribbean Sea has moved to the west, allowing the storm to continue on west northwesterly path toward Haiti, Jamaica and the south-central portion of Cuba. All interests along the Gulf Coast should continue to monitor this storm. ...As of 4 o'clock Saturday, the National Hurricane Center has moved the center of Tropical Storm Ernesto to the east. Ernesto strengthened slightly despite battling shear to its west. The storm is still expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico late Monday or Tuesday as a hurricane. The current NHC track has the storm making landfall near the Florida Panhandle. Several factors will come into play as the storm moves closer to the gulf. Residents in SE... Heavy thunderstorms are causing urban street flooding in the New Orleans metro area. Expect these to continue to move into New Orleans East and over the twin spans through 4pm. Tropical Storm Ernesto continues to move toward the WNW at 15 mph with maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour. Rapid intensification of the system is not expected this weekend as upper level winds are not favorable for development in the next 24 hours. How... Recon flight into tropical wave over Windward Isles canceled. Limited development of wave today. A non-tropical low east of Florida will be watch in the upcoming days for development. Hot, hot, hot! No records today, but heat indices were in the triple digits across much of the area today with temperatures in the 90s and dewpoints in the mid 70s. Definitely need to take it easy the next couple of days, and make sure you're drinking ple... Hot and humid conditions are the main weather feature this Sunday afternoon. Expect temperatures in the mid 90s, especially on the northshore. Isolated thunderstorms continue to develop, locally heavy rainfall and lightning are assocated with these thunderstorms. The air force reserve unit in Biloxi is scheduled to investigate a tropical wave and associated area of low pressure over the Windward Islands this afternoon. Overnight, the ... Thanks to his puppy, WWL TV photographer Brian Lukas caught an awe inspiring show of the Perseid meteor shower on the northshore this morning. Tonight is one of the peak nights for viewing from midnight until dawn. For more information go to skytonight.com. (The weather home page on wwltv.com has a link to sky news at the bottom right hand side of the screen.) Here's what Brian wrote about seeing the meteor shower: We had a lot of thunderstorm activity yesterday. It will be a quieter day across SE Louisiana Sunday. 50% chance for a few scattered showers or storms. The upper level low that helped generate the severe storms yesterday has tracked to the west. We are seeing some spotty showers develop today, but it will not be as heavy as yesterday. Two storm reports from yesterday: Golf ball size hail reported near White Sand, Mississippi, a... Thunderstorm activity has calmed down in the metro area tonight, however Little Lake, Barataria Bay, Galliano and coastal waters continue to be affected by thunderstorms tonight. Watch for possible development again tomorrow afternoon. Otherwise, this week looks hot and humid with chance for afternoon thunderstorms. Thunderstorms developed over Cuba today, however Chris is not expected to regenerate. ...As of 7:15 most of the heavy activity has moved out of the metro area. The strong cluster of storms that moved through the New Orleans metro area... is now moving toward Larose, Lafitte, Houma areas, and will continue on a southerly track at about 15-20 miles per hour. Lightning and locally heavy rain associated with these storms. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEW ORLEANS HAS ISSUED A .. SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR... .. UNTIL 530 PM CDT .. AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A The National Hurricane Center issued its last advisory on Chris at 5am EDT this morning. The remnants of Chris were Northeast of Cuba. The storm is not expected to regenerate. Meanwhile, showers and thunderstorms being pushed along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Southeast Louisiana led to special marine warning this morning. Those showers are moving off to the Southwest, and high pressure is moving in behind it. There is still a pretty... |
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