SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA: Today and Thursday will see a 70-80 percent chance of thunderstorms during the day decreasing overnight to a 30 percent chance. Friday there will be a 60 percent chance of thunderstorms with a decrease to 20 percent in the evening. Saturday and Sunday is forecast to have a 20-30 percent chance of scattered thunderstorms throughout the day, each day.
Temperatures: Today: 91/76, Thursday: 92/74, Friday: 91/73, Saturday: 93/73, Sunday: 93/74.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER: Numerous to widespread showers and thunderstorms will be possible again today across the entire outlook area with a few strong to severe storms likely. Thunderstorm activity will be greatest during the afternoon hours. The main concern from severe storms will be damaging winds and frequent to continuous lightning. In addition to strong severe storms, locally heavy rainfall will be possible with the heaviest rain likely occurring along and north of the I-10/12 corridor.
Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected Thursday with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible each day Friday through the weekend. A few thunderstorms may be strong with gusty winds, frequent lightning and brief heavy downpours.
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA: Today has a 70 percent chance for thunderstorms during the day decreasing to 30-40 percent in the evening continuing into Thursday. Friday has a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms during the day and partly cloudy in the evening. Saturday and Sunday are forecast to be mostly sunny and partly cloudy in the evenings.
Temperatures: Today: 90/77, Thursday: 92/75, Friday: 93/75, Saturday: 94/75, Sunday: 94/77.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER: An upper level disturbance, tropical like moisture and daytime heating will combine for widespread showers and thunderstorms. Some of the activity will produce moderate to locally heavy rainfall, frequent lightning and gusty winds. Rainfall amounts will average around 1/2 inch area wide, however local amounts between 1 to 2 inches will be possible. Despite the rainfall, overall rainfall deficits remain large and burn bans remain in place.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue on Thursday. Rain chances will decrease on Friday with mainly hot and dry conditions over the weekend into early next week.
CENTRAL LOUISIANA: Today has a 70 percent chance for thunderstorms during the day decreasing to 30-40 percent in the evenings continuing into Thursday. Friday and Saturday will see a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms during the day and partly cloudy in the evenings. Sunday is forecast to be mostly sunny and partly cloudy in the evening.
Temperatures: Today: 90/75, Thursday: 94/75, Friday: 94/73, Saturday: 96/74, Sunday: 96/76.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER: An upper level disturbance, tropical like moisture and daytime heating will allow combine for widespread showers and thunderstorms. Some of the activity will produce moderate to locally heavy rainfall, frequent lightning and gusty winds. Rainfall amounts will average around 1/2 inch area wide, however local amounts between 1 to 2 inches will be possible. Despite the rainfall, overall rainfall deficits remain large and burn bans remain in place.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue on Thursday. Rain chances will decrease on Friday with mainly hot and dry conditions over the weekend into early next week.
NORTHERN LOUISIANA: Today has a 60 percent chance for thunderstorms during the day decreasing to 20 percent in the evening continuing into Thursday. Friday has a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms during the day and partly cloudy in the evening. Saturday and Sunday are forecast to be mostly sunny and hot with partly cloudy evening skies.
Temperatures: Today: 91/74, Thursday: 95/74, Friday: 92/72, Saturday: 95/75, Sunday: 97/76.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER: Numerous showers and thunderstorms will continue to overspread north Louisiana this morning, ahead of an upper level disturbance and remnant surface boundaries from earlier thunderstorms. Some of these storms may briefly become severe, given the stronger instability in place, with damaging winds possible. However, locally heavy rainfall will be the primary threat from the stronger storms, which may move repeatedly over the same areas which saw widespread two to in excess of five inches of rain Tuesday. Should thunderstorms occur, flash flooding will be possible, as the grounds are nearly saturated and additional heavy rainfall will run off. The heavy rainfall threat will diminish this afternoon with the passage of this upper level disturbance.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms will be possible across the area Thursday, but thunderstorm coverage may increase Friday as an upper level disturbance drops southeast across the region. While there still remains some uncertainty if this will indeed occur, the air mass is expected to be unstable enough such that severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging winds, large hail and locally heavy rainfall will be possible. Rain chances will diminish this weekend and next week, as a large ridge of high pressure builds east across the region. Thus, a return to the very hot conditions will ensue by the weekend.
Captain Tommy C. Boyett, LEM-P
Director, West Feliciana OHSEP
P.O. Box 796
9938 West Feliciana Parkway
St. Francisville, LA 70775
Cell (225) 245-4221
Office (225) 635-6428
Fax (225) 635-6996
tboyett@wfpso.org
tcboyett@gmail.com
wfpeoc@att.net
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