THESE ARE LITERALLY POPPING UP. SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT RADAR, YOU CAN SEE HOW IT’S BECOME MORE ACTIVE OVER THE PAST 15 TO 30 MINUTES. AND WE DO HAVE A GOOD BIT OF LIGHTNING POPPING UP NEAR THE METRO AREA. WE HAVE SOME SHOWERS OVER NEW ORLEANS AND THEN OUT TO THE WEST, THAT’S WHERE THAT THUNDER AND LIGHTNING ARE. THE LIGHTNING IS STRIKING. SO HERE’S A LOOK AT THIS ONE CELL HERE. WE’LL ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT KIND OF FOLLOWS THE RIVER A LITTLE BIT. SO LULING UP TO NORCO INCLUDED IN THAT. AND IT BACKS UP TOWARDS THE KENNER AND METAIRIE AREAS. HARIHARAN INCLUDED IN THAT TWO. AND THEN IT’S JUST LIGHT SHOWER ACTIVITY THAT EXTENDS ALL THE WAY BACK TOWARDS CHALMETTE. LOOK AT THIS, ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM NOW STARTING TO MOVE OVER PORTIONS OF SAINT BERNARD PARISH. NOW ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM THAT I’M WATCHING IS THIS ONE DOWN HERE BETWEEN HOMA AND THIBODAUX, BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN SOME SIGNS OF HAIL. SO LET’S GET ANOTHER CHECK ON THAT AND SEE IF WE CAN SEE ANY SORT OF HAIL SIGNS TO WITH OUR RADAR HERE. WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK, IT WOULD BE PURPLE THAT SHOWS UP. SO LET’S SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS TO WORK FOR US. MAYBE. THERE WE GO. SO YOU SEE HOW THAT PURPLE SHOWS UP RIGHT THERE? THAT’S RADAR TELLING US THAT THERE COULD BE SOME SIGNS OF HAIL WITHIN THAT STORM, TOO. NOW, OF COURSE, THAT’S NOT THE ONLY THING THAT WE ARE TRACKING WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, THOUGH. LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE. SHOWS MORE ACTIVITY DOWN TOWARDS THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER AND THEN ALONG THE RIVER OVER TOWARDS GRAND ISLE. AND THEN ON THE NORTH SHORE, WE DO HAVE SOME SPOTTY DOWNPOURS STARTING TO POP UP AS WELL, MOVING OVER PLACES LIKE MADISONVILLE OVER TOWARDS PONCHATOULA. SO SAINT TAMMANY OVER INTO TANGIPAHOA COVINGTON, YOU’RE GETTING SOME OF THAT RAIN MANDEVILLE AND THEN IT EXTENDS BACK INTO OUR MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES AS WELL. LOOK AT THAT. A LIGHTNING STRIKE NOW POPPING UP WITHIN THAT STORM THERE, TOO. SO A LOT TO TRACK ON RADAR. A LOT OF RAIN OUT THERE. TEMPERATURES STAYING A BIT MORE COMFORTABLE THANKS TO THE CLOUD COVER AND RAIN. IT IS ONLY IN THE 70S IN HOMA AND IN SLIDELL. SAME FOR THE AIRPORT, ONLY 74 DEGREES THERE, 82 IN BELLE CHASE, 85 IN BEATRICE. AND SO OUR FEELS-LIKE TEMPERATURE IS NOT TOO BAD BECAUSE WE CALL THE RAIN MOTHER NATURE’S AIR CONDITIONING. IT HAS COOLED A LOT OF US DOWN SOMEWHAT BURAS YOU HAVE IT FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES. HEADS UP. HANCOCK COUNTY STILL TODAY. YOU HAVE THAT COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 7:00 THIS EVENING. SO SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY DURING THE HIGH TIDE. NOW, TODAY, EVERYONE WILL SEE HIGHS STAY IN THE 80S. IT WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH THIS 50% CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FUTURE RADAR SHOWS US THAT MORE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND THEN SLOWLY IN THE EVENING IT STARTS TO DISSIPATE. YOU’RE STARTING TO GET THE HANG OF IT NOW. WE ARE JUST ENTERING THAT SUMMERLIKE PATTERN WHERE WE HAVE MORE ACTIVITY IN THE AFTERNOON, ESPECIALLY WITH DAYTIME HEATING, AND THEN IT STARTS TO DISSIPATE IN THE EVENING. TONIGHT WILL BE MOSTLY CLOUDY. I CAN’T RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM. IT WILL BE MILD AND MUGGY. LOWS WILL MAINLY BE IN THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S ON THE NORTH SHORE AND FOR MOST OF YOU ON THE SOUTH SHORE, LOW AND MIDDLE 70S OUT THERE, THEN TOMORROW WILL BE A PARTLY SUNNY DAY. HIGHS ANYWHERE FROM 85 TO 91 DEGREES, VERY WARM, VERY HUMID. BUT THE HEAT CONTINUES TO CRANK UP AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE END OF THE WORKWEEK AND RAIN CHANCES FALL. SO WE WILL HAVE FALLING RAIN CHANCES FOR THE WEEKEND. BUT LOOK AT THOSE TEMPERATURES STARTING TO CLIMB THROUGH THE 90S. I THINK WE’LL START THE WORKWEEK NEXT WORKWEEK WI