BE HEAT AND MAYBE AN AIR QUALITY CONCERN. SO LET’S JUMP RIGHT TO IT. DOPPLER RADAR. AND THERE’S NOTHING SHOWN UP RIGHT HERE. WE’LL GET TO THE INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY, THOUGH, BEFORE TOO LONG. AND I’M GOING TO PUT THAT ON. YOU’LL SEE THAT WE DO HAVE A FEW HIGH IN THE SKY, CLOUDS COMING THROUGH, BUT NONE OF THESE PRODUCING ANY RAIN. ZOOM OUT A LITTLE FARTHER HERE AND YOU’RE GOING TO SEE THAT YOU’VE GOT SOME THICKER CLOUDS INTO THE GULF. THAT’S THE STORMY ACTIVITY. YOU CAN SEE THE BRIGHT WHITE. THAT’S A TALLER AND THICKER CLOUD. BUT HERE AT HOME, WE JUST HAVE A FEW CLOUDS IN THE NON RAIN PRODUCING VARIETY, JUST MAKING FOR A PRETTY SUNRISE HERE THIS MORNING. OUT FOR A MORNING WALK WITH YOUR BEST FRIEND ARE OUT FOR A STROLL YOURSELF TO JUST GET GOING ON THE MEMORIAL DAY TEMPERATURES RISING FAST. WHEN WE GET TO 8 TO 9, WE’RE ALMOST AT 80 DEGREES BY 930 TO EVEN 10:00. HOW ABOUT IF YOU’RE OFF FOR A COOKOUT OR A SEAFOOD CRAWFISH BOIL TODAY? HEY, WELL, THE UV IS VERY HIGH. SO YOU WANT LOTS OF SUNSCREEN, YOU WANT THE HATS OUT THERE, THE SUNGLASSES, 88 NEARING 90. LITTLE BIT OF A HEAT INDEX MAKING IT FEEL LIKE 91, 92 TO 93 AT TOPS, REAL TIME TEMPERATURES 60S TO 70S LAKEFRONT 77 TO HELP WITH THE WATER HOLDING TEMP UP. WE’VE BEEN HOLDING STEADY AT 72 OFFICIALLY IN NEW ORLEANS AND 60 NORTH SHORE FROM 67 SLIDELL, HAMMOND 65. THEY ARE IN BOGALUSA IN DEW POINTS TO MID-SIXTIES. THE EXCEPTION HOMA AT 70. THAT’S A LITTLE BIT MORE HUMID, HIGHER THE NUMBER MORE WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR YOU FEEL IS BEING HUMID. AND THEN WE GET TO 70 AND 75. THAT’S WHERE IT’S AWFULLY STICKY. BUT THE AIR QUALITY ALERT IS OUT TODAY. IT’S AN ORANGE AIR QUALITY DAY. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THERE ARE DIFFERENT COLOR CATEGORY LEVELS. IF YOU GET THE RED OR PURPLE, THAT’S TERRIBLE. BUT ORANGE IS FOR THOSE MOST SENSITIVE, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME BREATHING CONCERNS. AND HOTTEST PART OF THE DAY FOR ELEVATED OZONE LEVELS LIMIT THE OUTDOOR TIME OR DON’T BE RUNNING ANY MARATHONS OUT THERE TODAY IS WHAT I’D SUGGEST. SO YOU GOT THIS WEEK COLD FRONT TRYING TO BACK IN SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD LAST WEEK. THEY DROPPED IN THAT DRIER AIR AS WE WENT IN TOWARDS THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. THIS FRONT FADES NOW. WE START TO GET INTO WEDNESDAY IN THE SYSTEM THAT’S OUT INTO THE GULF. DON’T THINK IT’S ANYTHING TROPICAL. NO WORRIES THERE, BUT IT COULD PUSH IT A LITTLE HIGHER HUMIDITY AND MAYBE BRINGS IN SOME HIGHER RAIN CHANCES WEDNESDAY. BUT REALLY, THIS IS JUST THE SAME FORECAST OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH TYPICAL FOR SUMMER. I ISOLATED SHOWERS STORM THAT’S A LITTLE BIT OVERDONE BY THE PROJECTION OF SHOWERS AND STORMS TODAY I SAY ONE AND TWO FAR IN A FEW IN BETWEEN 10% CHANCES TEMPERATURES UPPER 80S WITH DEW POINTS STILL 60 FEELING LIKE THAT 90 9192 MARINE FORECAST FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE GETTING OUT ON THE WATER TODAY JUST MAKE SURE IT’S HAT, SUNGLASSES, SUNSCREEN, HYDRATION, TIDAL RANGE AT A MINIMUM, JUST TO SHOW THAT HERE, GET INTO TUESDAY, 60S 70S, GETTING BACK TO WORK. ISOLATED SHOWERS STORM BUT REALLY THIS IS ABOUT THE HEAT THAT WE START TO KICK IN FOR THE TIME OF THE YEAR. THOSE HIGHS PUSHING UPPER 80S TO NEARING 90 ONCE AGAIN HUMIDITY. IT’S UP A BIT TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE IT’S 90, 91, 92, 93 AND WEDNESDAY IT IS JUST MORE OF THE SAME TO COME. THERE’S A LITTLE PUSH OF SOME POSSIBLE HIGHER HUMIDITY. LET’S WATCH TO SEE IF WE BUMP UP THE RAIN. CHANCES BY ABOUT 20 TO 30%. BUT REALLY IT IS HARD PRESSED FOR ME TO FIND LIKELIEST WIDESPREAD STORMS FOR A WHILE. THIS HAS BEEN THE FORECAST FOR ABOUT THE LAST 5 TO 10 DAYS. SO A HOT MEMORIAL DAY HERE TODAY, KEEPING COOL, KEEPING COMFORT AND WATCH OUT FOR THAT AIR QUALITY, WHICH IS THE AIR QUALITY ALERT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.