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Dawn Brown: September 2007 ArchivesYesterday, I talked about the surprise showers showing up in Saturday's forecast... and then added a chance of rain today. But, with most people expecting a nice dry weekend... an explanation is in order! ...A few tweaks to the official forecast this afternoon... as a couple of stray showers have shown up on our PinPoint Doppler radar. It's still a very nice day, with mostly sunny skies, drier air from the north and highs in the mid to upper 80's. ...Looking forward to this gorgeous weekend forecast with plenty of blue sky... still warm temperatures, but drier air. Tropical depression #14 has formed off the coast of Africa... it will move toward the middle of the Atlantic. Karen is still out in the middle of the Atlantic, and Lorenzo is dumping heavy ran on Southern Mexico after making landfall overnight. ...Lingering coastal showers have ended this morning. The cold front has stalled over NW Lousiana. It will push through later today, bringing drier air to the region. Looks like a nice weekend. While a surface high stays to our north and an upper level trough moves just east of us, look for cool, drier air moving into the region. ...A cold front that will be our main weather maker over the next several days is located over Arkansas and the Ohio/Tennesse River Valleys right now. It looks like it will move through the area overnight Thursday into Friday morning. TD#13 and Karen struggling this morning. Go to our hurricane page for the latest. ...Tailgaters may experience periods of heavy rain for the Saints home opener. Currently, there is an 80 percent chance of showers Monday afternoon. Right now, showers have let up a little bit on this Sunday evening, but the moisture continues to pile up in the central Gulf. ...The remnants of TD #10 actually gave us some nice weather Saturday as far as keeping the dry air coming in from the north. We had some isolated thunderstorms. Now that that low has tracked west... southeasterly winds are pushing tropical moisture into the region. Good chance of rain for the next couple of days. ...Coastal thunderstorms developing overnight will move into the region starting Sunday morning. Overall, the chance of thunderstorms Sunday starts off at 40 percent. ...While TD # Ten is gone... leaving little rain over our area, the National Hurricane Center has turned its attention to another disturbance kicking up showers and thunderstorms in the Northern Caribbean/Southern Gulf near the Yucatan Peninsula. Hurricane Hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate 94L Sunday afternoon. ...Rain chances continue to dimish this Saturday afternoon. A low pressure system, the remnants of TD #10 are moving over the area... but the moisture drawn in along with the system is limited. A few showers moving through Baton Rouge region during the start of today's game will continue to move to the south. ...The National Hurricane Center's latest analysis of depression #10 indicates it has become a tropical depression... otherwise no major changes since the 10am advisory. ...Hurricane Hunter aircraft found a low level circulation the National Hurricane Center is now calling Subtropical Depression #10. Right now, we are expecting the possibility of locally heavy rain, winds up to 40 miles per hour and tidal flooding along coastal parishes. ...Officially, not yet. The Autumnal Equinox takes place at 4:51am on Sunday, September 23rd. A cold front has passed through the area, bringing cooler, drier air. ...Another gorgeous day out there... a little cooler today as the cold front has passed through the area, and cooler, drier is moving into the region. ...Mostly clear, less humid and slightly cooler for your Sunday forecast... it's a little breezy out tonight. A secondary cold front is bringing cooler, drier air in from the north. ...What is now tropical depression Ingrid is expected to weaken further in the next 24 hours as it continues to move into a hostile environment for tropical systems. Mostly clear, breezy and less humid conditions this weekend. ...Good Morning! It's a gorgeous weekend in S. Louisiana. A little taste of Fall. The Autumnal Equinox occurs at 4:51am our time on the Sunday, September 23rd. For more on our forecast and weakening Ingrid, click on the blog title. ...Mostly clear and dry across the area today, with just one coastal shower popping up SE of Plaquemines Parish on the Pinpoint Doppler radar. ...Our live Pinpoint Network is catching rain bands from Gabrielle moving into Carolinas Outer Banks, and our WeatherBug sites show winds up to 25 miles per hour in some locations. As far as our forecast... ...Sunday looks hot and humid with less of a chance of showers than your Saturday forecast. Gabrielle is now a tropical storm, continuing to move toward North Carolina. ...It looks like we'll see more showers this Saturday than Sunday, overall hot and humid and temperatures in the 90s. Drier air is in the extended outlook. ...As I said in the last blog, Hurricane Felix exploded today from at category 1 storm at 1am Sunday morning into a category 5 storm late Sunday. Crossing the open waters of the Caribbean Sea have allowed for this rapid intensification. ...Crossing the warm waters of the central Caribbean, Felix has exploded from a category one hurricane early this morning into a category 5 hurricane in less than 24 hours. Current coordinates 13.8 N, 72.9 W, moving WNW at 18 miles per our. Max. sustained winds 165, pressure, 934 mb. No significant changes to track. ...Hurricane Hunter aircraft measure 140 mile per hour winds during the latest fly through Felix this afternoon, the storm is now a category 4 on the Saffir Simpson scale. This rapid intensification wasn't ruled out, as the storm is passing over warm waters of the central Caribbean Sea. No significant changes to the track. ...Hurricane Felix's maximum sustained winds are 125 miles per hour. The storm is now a dangerous category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson scale as it makes its way WNW toward possibly Central American in the Caribbean Sea. Gulf Coast residents need to monitor the storm in the 5 day outlook; next Wednesday and Thursday. ...Hurricane Felix is more organized this morning. It continues on a path toward the tip of Honduras and the Yucatan Peninsula, before re-emerging in the Western Gulf of Mexico possibly Thursday. Coordinates: 13.2 N, 70.1 W, max. sustained winds 105 mph, pressure 980 mb, moving WNW at 18 mph. ...Current coordinates of Hurricane Felix: 12.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 66.9 WEST, 210 MILES EAST OF ARUBA. MOVING WEST NEAR 18 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 75 MPH. PRESSURE: 993 mb. ...Hurricane hunters found Felix has strengthened into a category one hurricane. The latest from the National Hurricane Center has Felix at 12.6 N, 63.0 W, moving West at 18 miles per hour about 270 east of Aruba. Max. sustained winds of 75 miles per hour and minimal central pressure of 993 mb. ...Lightning and heavy rain from metro area thunderstorms will continue to affect portions of the French Quarter, Uptown, the Westbank, and Chalmette for the next hour until about 5:30. ...Tropical Storm Felix continues its westerly track in the SE Caribbean Sea. Coordinates: 12.5 N, 64.5 W, moving West at 18 miles per hour. Pressure: 999mb, Max. sustained winds 70 miles per hour. ...What was tropical depression #6 has been upgraded to tropical storm Felix. Current coordinates 12.3 N, 63.6 W, moving West at 18 miles per hour. Minimal central pressure 1001 mb. Maximum sustained winds have increased to 65 mph. ... |
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