Sunny skies and mild temperatures will continue for the rest of the week. Nice ridge of high pressure in control now as temperatures this morning dipped into the lower 50s. Sunshine will stick around today with highs reaching the mid 70s. A weak cold front will drift across the area later tonight, so fresh northerly breezes will be in place for Thursday and Thursday night. Temperatures Thursday night will drop back into the upper 40s. Into the weekend, skies will be partly cloudy, then mostly cloudy for Sunday. Rain chances should hold off until the early part of next week.
The disturbed weather over the Bay of Campeche will drift northward Monday and bring chances for rain again. This system will drift inland Tuesday and Wednesday. After that it should rapidly roll up the east coast, and could be a significant Nor’Easter by the end of next week bringing rain, snow, and wind to New England. Another storm system may move across the midwest the week of the 15th, followed by another system taking a more “El Nino” southern track by the 20th. After that models point to a sharp cold blast covering most the country east of the Rockies. Average first freeze for Acadiana is anywhere between the 20th of November, to the first week of December. Doesn’t it seem like yesterday we were in the 90s???
By the way, the other disturbance we talked about yesterday (97L) became Tropical Depression #11 this morning. It is located off the coast of Nicaragua with winds of 35mph. It has the potential to become a Tropical Storm later today. Right now it is drifting slowly off toward the northwest and may move inland over northeastern Nicaragua late tomorrow. Because it is so close to land, don’t expect this one to intensify much. The slow movement could cause flooding and mudslides especially if it moves toward the more mountainous regions of Honduras and El Salvador.
StormTeam3 Meteorologist Dave Baker
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