An area of disturbed weather off of the SW coast of South Florida Monday promises to bring active tropical showers and thunderstorms to Acadiana by Thursday. Tropical models do not show much in the way of robust development but hostile upper level winds could relax in time just as this system approaches coastal Louisiana by late Wednesday into early Thursday.
Our in house high resolution computer model, FutureCast, shows modest surface development to a tropical depression or weak tropical storm status Wednesday into Thursday as this system moves westward and then possibly northward.
The bottom line: expect a good soaking, perhaps some blustery winds, and perhaps a named tropical system knocking on Acadiana’s door by Thursday so stay with KATC and katc.com for the latest.