Great weather is moving in as we speak! Lower humidities are riding in on northeasterly breezes this morning and it looks like the fine weather should hang around for at least the early part of the week. We’re still seeing some storms over the coastal waters this morning, but those will continue to roll farther south during the day. We’ll start out with partly cloudy skies this morning, and skies should be mostly clear by late this afternoon. Temperatures will stay in the upper 80s today, with lows dropping into the mid 60s tonight. We might see a few locations over the northern fringe of Acadiana dropping into the low 60s believe it or not. By the way the record low at New Iberia for tomorrow is 66, so we might get at least a tie there tomorrow morning!
Labor Day weekend is coming up and humidity levels will rise by then. A few isolated showers and storms will be popping up over the weekend with temperatures back to near 90 and overnight lows back in the low 70s.
We’re watching a couple of areas over the tropics this morning. One disturbance we’ve been watching since Friday might have a chance for becoming the next tropical depression later today. 94L is located east of the Leeward Islands and is looking much more impressive on the satellite imagery this morning. Computer models over the weekend had a large number of different solutions for this disturbance with some pushing it into the Caribbean, others drifting it northward into the mid Atlantic. With the large differences in the model data, it’s hard to forecast anything accurate for the near future. September is the busiest month for hurricane development, so be on the look out!
Speaking of September. September 1st, tomorrow, is the anniversary of Hurricane Gustav striking the Louisiana coastline. We’re all too familiar with Gustav as it crossed the Acadiana area bringing Category 1-2 winds and heavy rains. Gustav also created some miserable conditions for the inland areas from Baton Rouge to Alexandria. Winds increased in localized areas thanks the the friction generated as Gustav interacted with land. Power outages lasted for weeks for many areas north of US 190. Gustav prompted over 1/3 of all Louisiana residents to evacuate their homes!
StormTeam3 Meteorologist Dave Baker
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