New Orleans weather

[NYCTWCjunkie]

On this two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, all is quiet on the Gulf Coast during this early
overnight period. There is the chance of scattered showers and a possible thunderstorm or two
for at least the next 36 hours. Temperatures will be near 90° later today and Friday.

In case anyone is interested, I posted a blog entry on Hurricane Katrina.
It's not much, but I figured I'd say a few words on it.
http://nyctwcjunkie.blogspot.com/2007/08/hurricane-katrina-two-year-anniversary.html

I have not added the transparent byline on the photo yet, but to give the appropriate copyright credit,
the current conditions graphic page background is by "Boys Last Shot" at Flickr.

[Localonthe8s]

Nice job! Can you do a forecast for San Francisco?

[NYCTWCjunkie]

Yes, I most certainly will be. I nearly completed all the graphic pages for San Francisco days after putting together the San Diego package, but got sidetracked.  I also promised you that I'll have Toronto coming in short order.

I have St. Louis just about ready to go, so in addition to Toronto in the near future, expect to see a new St. Louis weather thread.

In the meantime, I have added the local forecast screens for the above New Orleans weather update post.

[Mike M]

Nice. BTW, what does that icon on Hammond mean? Is that Fog (it doesn't have the word "FOG" on it), or is it drizzle and I just can't see the raindrops?

[NYCTWCjunkie]

It is The Weather Channel's mist weather icon. It is actually the first time I'm using it for a report.

[NYCTWCjunkie]

Pockets of light to moderate rain from the eastern fringes of what was briefly Hurricane Humberto can be
found region-wide.  Heavy thunderstorms are moving across downtown New Orleans at this hour and
more rain is in the forecast as previously posted.

















Southeastern Louisiana radar views at 2:10 PM Central Daylight Time (courtesy of The Weather Channel)...

regional view



New Orleans metropolitan area view

[Localonthe8s]

I always love that thunderstorm icon with the 2 lightning strikes. That's how I find it to be a severe/strong t-storm icon.

[NYCTWCjunkie]

I just created an emulator video clip covering the latest weather in New Orleans this afternoon.
It is from the last hour.

New Orleans (Lakefront Airport) weather - 8/24/2008 at 1:25 PM CDT

[NYCTWCjunkie]

Hey guys, just to let everyone know, I plan to post a weather report for New Orleans during the late night/overnight hours tonight. Hopefully Hurricane Gustav does not cause anywhere near the kind of damage Katrina left. At the same time, I'm crossing my fingers the levees around the city hold up this time.

[Tyler]

Courtesy of yours truly:

[Mike M]

Very nice! 

[NYCTWCjunkie]

Surprisingly enough, it is right now the calm before the storm in the Crescent City early on in this overnight period.

As Hurricane Gustav approaches the Louisiana coastline, winds will increase and moderate to heavy rain will move
into the region as we head toward dawn. It may be clear at the moment, but it is oh so temporary.

Just miles away from New Orleans, showers can be found in places like Slidell, Belle Chasse and Hammond.
Winds are also light, but that will obviously change as the day progresses.

Gustav is expected to make landfall within hours and its project track takes the center of the storm southwest
of New Orleans and into the south central portion of the state. How the repaired levee system around the city
holds up undoubtedly will be tested by storm surge and tropical storm to near hurricane strength winds.

This report I put together is from two hours ago.
I saved an image file of the radar view covering the hour since the data was retrieved.
I will attempt to resave it and try to get it onto the post later today or tonight.

I have not added the transparent byline on the photo yet, but to give the appropriate copyright credit,
the current conditions graphic page background is by Matt Valletta at Flickr.


























Southeastern Louisiana regional radar as of 1:53 AM CDT (courtesy of HamWeather)...

[NYCTWCjunkie]

I'm noticing that nearly all of the major reporting sites are not giving weather updates, including Louis Armstrong International Airport. So I won't be providing a report for this hour. I won't be available for the next few hours, so if anyone sees the major reporting sites around the region submitting weather data, please post them. They include:

New Orleans, Louisiana (Lakefront Airport)
Kenner, Louisiana (Louis Armstrong International Airport)
Belle Chasse, Louisiana
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Slidell, Louisiana
Mandeville, Louisiana
Hammond, Louisiana
Houma, Louisiana
Boothville, Louisiana
Gulfport, Mississippi
Biloxi, Mississippi
McComb, Mississippi

At this point, I wouldn't bother with any of the local reporting sites using Weather Underground.

[Tyler]

For storm totals -moderate green indicates 1" of rain, where as pink indicates 8", and white 11". Sorry I forgot to put the colorbar on the banner.

[Pop Light Brown]

Reviving this thread....

The weather's been nice, but it sure has been dry as a bone. October is typically the dryest month around here, but not a drop of rain has fell at Armstrong Int'l this month.

Forecast from WWL-TV:

ELEVATED FIRE DANGER
Fire danger will remain elevated for the entire area over the next several days due to recent low humidity and little additional rain on the way.

TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY MORNING
Partly cloudy, mild, and muggy with a 10% chance for a shower or sprinkle. Lows around 59 north of the lake and 63 south of the lake. Wind SW/W Around 5 mph.

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
Partly cloudy, warm, and humid with a 20% chance for isolated showers, or perhaps a thunderstorm. Highs around 84. Wind W/NW 5-10 mph.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Partly cloudy, mild, and muggy with a 10% chance for a shower or sprinkle, mainly before midnight. Lows around 59 north of the lake and 65 south of the lake. Wind SW/W Around 5 mph.

THURSDAY
Mostly sunny and warm with decreasing humidity. Highs around 84. Wind N 5-10 mph.

FRIDAY
Mostly sunny, warm, and continued less humid. Lows north of the lake around 53 and south of the lake around 62. Highs around 83.

SATURDAY
Partly cloudy and warm with a 10% chance for an isolated shower. Becoming more humid. Patchy morning fog possible. Lows north of the lake around 56 and south of the lake around 64. Highs around 83.

SUNDAY
Partly cloudy, breezy, warm, and humid with a 30% chance for spotty showers and thunderstorms. Patchy morning fog possible. Lows around 67. Highs around 85.

MONDAY
Mostly cloudy, breezy, warm, and humid with a 50% chance for scattered showers or thunderstorms. Patchy morning fog possible. Lows around 68. Highs around 85.

TUESDAY
Partly cloudy, breezy, warm, and humid with a 20% chance for isolated showers or thunderstorms. Patchy morning fog possible. Lows around 70. Highs around 86.

Below are the current temps and radar animation.