A more typical summer pattern will develop across Acadiana over the next several days as the ridge of high pressure that has been dominating our weather of late weakens enough to allow for scattered showers and a few thunderstorms. Deeper tropical moisture will edge into the area for next week with good chance of storms possibly developing mid-next week. A frontal boundary will approach the area for the latter part of next week but it’s too early to tell on whether we’ll see any cooler conditions. This frontal trough should however enhance the rain chances for Wednesday and perhaps Thursday. Hopefully we may see a north winds and lower dew points by next weekend…thoughts of fall begin to dance in our minds! But don’t get excited yet!
The tropics are very quiet across the Atlantic as the Bermuda ridge has expanded to the Azores and has encroached southward into the Intertropical Convergence Zone. This should keep any developing systems at bay for at least the next week…always good news this time of year. This pattern over the next week could support lower pressures and possible tropical development closer to the SW Caribbean, Central America and into the Eastern Pacific. Meanwhile closer to home, an upper low over NW Caribbean will push into the Gulf and bring with it deeper tropical moisture that could ultimately add to our daily rain chances for the latter part of the weekend into next week.