More storms possible this weekend, New Orleans weather forecast sees low chance of tropical development
Storms look more scattered this weekend, with little chance of tropical development in the Atlantic and northern Caribbean
Updated: July 26, 2024 at 8:06 pm CDT
WDSU issues first weather warning. Now you will find that this is an influential day because of what is happening right now. There are probably still a lot of people trying to get to where they want to be. At the end of rush hour, I want to start here on the West Coast. I want to show you how the water stacks up from the audience here. You can see on the STUMPF Highway, the West Shore Highway, how the water has accumulated so far, all the way up to the wheels of that truck, when you find out you're on the stump, that's actually on the stump Taco Bell there. When you get to the East-West Highway, the West Shore Highway, WDSU Doppler Radar, WDSU First Alert Weather Doppler Radar. The thing is, this is the cleanup line. We are now in the worst possible situation. let's start. You see, this is the part of the West Shore that's outlined in the flash flood warning, the Uptown Garden District. You head downtown, to parts of Gentilly, maybe to the New Orleans East neighborhood. But parts of the west coast appear to be Cape Algiers, Gretna, Marrero, and maybe Harvey here too. Until 715. It's not over yet, but the latest radar images from our radar do show it's weakening. However, this may be what we call radar beam swallowing. Attenuation of the name, the rainfall here is estimated to be 2.5 inches. 4.5 In the rain. Probably close to Thibodeau. Two inches of rain fell near Picayune. In a minute and a half, we'll see the actual recorded rainfall in one second. Now, Jeanne Lafitte Lafitte. Pointe A La Hache won the gold medal. At this time, the final storm is about to come. I actually want to draw a line here on what's going to happen, at least in a second the rain is over here. Right there. I'm going to wrap this up for you here at about 20 mph, and when it gets here, it's about 740 miles until the cleanup line across the metro is all done. So be it. The heavy rain may continue for another hour. That's consistent with the short-term forecast, which shows the end time could be closer to nine, but with the worst storms a little earlier. So the thing is we still have about half an hour of heavy rain, but it could be heavier. That's why we're at this level. There is less risk of two locally heavy rains, but we have to go straight into the tropics. The tropics have been very, very quiet, but now that there's a low-level threat here, there's very little chance of tropical development. It's been a long time now. There's going to be New Orleans about 6 to 7 days from now, and there's this little pocket of energy and systems spinning up there. This is where potential development is expected. If it goes into a tropical system, it's going to be a tropical wave and it's sitting here interacting with the energy that it could become in this particular forecast. There is definitely some development here. But nothing really organized or grand, and even though it goes through Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, you're still closer to Cuba. Bahamas. Then we'll try to get some possible developments, but we're still a long way from now, and the key will be high pressure, probably over the Gulf and Bermuda High. But the chances are very low now. Right now, I think the chance of an impact to us is very, very low, about 2.5 inches in Uptown Gramercy, which is a lot of rain. You can see that the rain has cooled the temperature of the air, but there is still a lot of humidity. So if you think there's a good chance of rain here today, we're still going to have high rainfall amounts this weekend. But this is the highest humidity we've ever had. That will clear up tomorrow, giving us more scattered storms. That's the forecast for the rest of tonight, just to show that this is going to go away. Excessive and locally heavy rain is likely. But we will see massive scattered storms on Saturday. There may be heavy rain in the area. But the high temperature is still 90 degrees. There is still a 70% chance of storms. So we have to eliminate the impact. We think heavy rain is unlikely. Possible flooding. But temperatures will really rise next week
More storms possible this weekend, New Orleans weather forecast sees low chance of tropical development
Storms look more scattered this weekend, with little chance of tropical development in the Atlantic and northern Caribbean
Updated: July 26, 2024 at 8:06 pm CDT
More storms are possible this weekend, but keep an eye on the New Orleans weather forecast for possible areas of tropical development. Temperatures are starting to kick off the weekend in typical fashion. High temperatures will still be hot for most of us, in the low 90s. . I disagree. Showers are still possible in some areas, so please stay alert. The extended forecast will further reduce the chance of storms, with only isolated storms possible next week. This will bring temperatures near the mid-90s. Currently, there is an area from the southwest Atlantic to the northern Caribbean that has a small chance of development over the next seven days. Pass through the Lesser Antilles and enter the Bahamas. We will certainly be monitoring these developments closely.
