Scorching weekend with warmth alerts in impact
Temperatures and warmth indices staying excessive
THERE ON YOUR SCREEN AS WELL. WELL, OVERALL TODAY WE’RE EXPECTING THOSE HEAT INDEX VALUES TO ONCE AGAIN TOP OFF WELL INTO THOSE TRIPLE DIGITS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. THAT IS WHY THAT HEAT ADVISORY IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. MEANWHILE, OUR LOCAL WEATHER STARTING OFF PRETTY NICE. JUST TRACKING A FEW CLOUDS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. BUT LET’S GO OUT INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC, BECAUSE I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE WITH MAJOR HURRICANE AARON. THIS THING HAS RAPIDLY INTENSIFIED. IT WENT FROM A TROPICAL STORM YESTERDAY MORNING TO A CATEGORY FOUR, JUST SHY OF A CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE JUST NORTH OF THE LEEWARD ISLANDS. A VERY TIGHT, SYMMETRICAL LOOKING HURRICANE. THERE IS THAT EYE THERE SHOWING UP VERY, VERY NICELY THERE. IT’S CONTINUING TO MOVE TOWARDS THE WEST AND WEST NORTHWEST, BEING STEERED BY THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST OFF TO THE NORTH, AND THERE’S THE SPEED MOVING AT WEST NORTHWEST AT 20. WINDS ARE 130 MILES AN HOUR, ALTHOUGH IT’S PROBABLY MORE THAN LIKELY GOING TO BE UPGRADE HERE SHORTLY AS THE RAPID INTENSIFICATION CONTINUES. SO THE WEST NORTHWEST MOVEMENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, AND THEN THAT TURN TOWARDS THE NORTH, AND EVENTUALLY WE SHOULD SEE A NORTHEASTERLY TURN BY LATER NEXT WEEK, AS WE ARE EXPECTING THE SYSTEM TO BE CAUGHT IN A WEAKNESS BETWEEN THE HIGH AND ALSO THE JET STREAM JUST OFF TO THE NORTH. SO THAT SHOULD ALLOW THE SYSTEM TO TURN HARMLESSLY OUT TO SEA. LUCKILY FOR A LOT OF US. SO THE TROPICAL STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE NORTHERN LEEWARD ISLANDS. AND THAT’S BECAUSE THEY’RE LOOKING AT SOME GUSTY SQUALLS COMING IN, MAYBE GUSTS UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS AT TIMES. LUCKILY, THE CORE OF THE SYSTEM WILL BE MISSING THEM HERE TOO. MEANWHILE, WHAT’S HAPPENING FOR THE REST OF THE TROPICS AS WE’RE WATCHING THIS DISTURBANCE OFF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. AND THIS SYSTEM ONLY HAS A ten% CHANCE OF TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT THAT ONE. THE REST OF THE TROPICS ARE QUIET, THOUGH. TEMPERATURES INTO THE 70S ON THE NORTH SHORE, UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S HERE ON TOWARDS THE SOUTH SHORE. AND THE FORECAST OVERALL TODAY IS GOING TO CALL FOR A PARTLY CLOUDY DAY. A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM CAN’T BE COMPLETELY RULED OUT. OTHERWISE, IT’S REALLY JUST ALL ABOUT THE HEAT. HUMIDITY TODAY WITH HIGHS MAINLY BETWEEN 90 TO AS WARM AS 95 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. SO HERE’S A LOOK AT THAT HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. ALL OF SOUTH MISSISSIPPI INCLUDED STARTING AT 10 A.M. GOING UNTIL 7 P.M. FOR HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 108 DEGREES. AND WE CAN ALL REALLY THINK THIS UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE FOR CREATING ALL THAT HEAT AND HUMIDITY RISING, THOSE TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX VALUES OVER THE COMING DAYS. AND YOU SEE IT HERE GOING FORWARD, THOSE HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BETWEEN AT LEAST 95 TO AS WARM AS 96 DEGREES AT LEAST THROUGH TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY NOT AS HOT, BUT STILL WARM 94. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE WE’RE PRETTY MUCH BACK TO AVERAGE WHERE WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR STARTING THURSDAY. THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY HERE COMING UP. SO AS FAR AS THE SHOWER AND STORM POTENTIAL, IT’S REALLY NOT THAT MUCH. MAYBE A STRAY SHOWER HERE POP UP POPPING UP IN SOME LOCATIONS AT AROUND FOUR, AND THEN THE RAIN CHANCES DIMINISH AT AROUND 8:00 THIS EVENING. LET’S TAKE YOU INTO TOMORROW, AND YOU CAN SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS AROUND 3:00 IN THE DAY AND THEN ENDING BY 10:00 TOMORROW NIGHT. SO THAT’S YOUR WDSU FIRST WARNING. SEVEN-DAY FORECAST SHOWING ANOTHER WEATHER IMPACT DAY HEADING INT
Scorching weekend with warmth alerts in impact
Temperatures and warmth indices staying excessive
A Warmth Advisory is in impact for a lot of southeast Louisiana and all of south Mississippi from 10am-7pm for warmth index values as much as 108.An higher stage excessive stress system will proceed to extend our temperatures this weekend and into early subsequent week.Excessive temperatures are forecast to proceed to be close to 94-96 by Wednesday.In addition to the warmth, a slight probability of showers and thunderstorms will likely be attainable Sunday and subsequent week.
A Warmth Advisory is in impact for a lot of southeast Louisiana and all of south Mississippi from 10am-7pm for warmth index values as much as 108.
An higher stage excessive stress system will proceed to extend our temperatures this weekend and into early subsequent week.
Excessive temperatures are forecast to proceed to be close to 94-96 by Wednesday.
In addition to the warmth, a slight probability of showers and thunderstorms will likely be attainable Sunday and subsequent week.
