As expected plenty of on and off tropical showers have soaked the area today with more of the same expected tomorrow. Weak areas of surface low pressure had developed along the upper Texas and Southwest Louisiana coasts but they have been weakening this afternoon as they have been moving inland. The threat of heavy rainfall will continue tomorrow but should shift a little closer to the upper low that is situated in Texas by Sunday. Nonetheless with all this deep tropical moisture I would expect high rain chances to continue for tomorrow with locally heavy rainfall amounts of several inches possible in spots. Showers and storms will be likely again Sunday but we should see a few intervals of sunshine thrown in. Rain chances should stay above normal through early next week with perhaps another backdoor front proving some relief at least in the rain chance department for mid-late next week.
As for the tropics, a couple of tropical waves in the Central and Eastern Atlantic are showing some signs of organization, but no developments are expected in the near term. But I will say that the waves are starting to look a little beefier…right on time. As for the Gulf, this current system will continue to move inland but with continued upper “troughiness” in the Eastern Gulf I wouldn’t be surprised if another weak disturbance develops there by early next week.
One interesting observation of the weather today…you may have noticed that the rainfall droplets are markedly smaller than what we usually see in a thunderstorm, but the density of drops per cubic area is much higher. This translates to us getting really wet when it does not seem to be raining that hard…believe me, you notice this more if you are bald! This is typical of purely tropical systems. Hopefully you will observe this, especially when the wipers are clearing the windshield on your car. Tune in tonight at 10pm for the latest on our tropical rains, plus check out the “Notorious Hurricane” I’ll be highlighting, the deadliest storm in Louisiana’s infamous hurricane history.