The remnants of TD5 and a broad area of low pressure continued to linger across Southern Mississippi and Alabama Friday afternoon. This system is expected to meander across the northern Gulf States through the weekend with computer models insisting that the remnant circulation will drift back to the south by early next week and then westward through mid-week.
Interestingly enough, some of the models actually intensify the low as it drifts westward across the Louisiana coast during the Tuesday/Wednesday time-frame. While this is rather unusual, other poorly organized remnant systems sealed in an almost purely tropical environment have done this in the past with previous systems actually slowly strengthening over land, and near water, across the Yucatan, Florida, North Carolina and Texas…most memorable being Tropical Storm Allison in 2001.
The bottom line for us in Acadiana is that we may see better rain chances and something a little more for mid-next week. Meandering systems almost always make for “forecast busts” so stay with KATC and katc.com for the latest over the weekend…