UNFORTUNATELY, IT’S GOING TO TAKE A STRONG STORM THAT IS JUST OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST TO GO AWAY TO KEEP THE NORTHEAST WINDS FROM BLOWING THE SMOKE RIGHT INTO THE NEW ENGLAND CORRIDOR. THAT IS PURPLE AIR. THAT’S HAZARDOUS. I’VE GOT FAMILY THAT DIRECTION. I SAW REPORTS FIRSTHAND OF IT AND IT’S NOT GOOD. WE HAVE OUR OWN AIR QUALITY CONCERNS AND WE HAVE AN ORANGE AIR QUALITY DAY THAT SETS IN FOR TOMORROW. I’LL EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS FOR THOSE THAT ARE MOST SENSITIVE, COMING UP. FIRST OF ALL, WE DO HAVE OUR DOPPLER RADAR TONIGHT STILL TRACKING AND SHOWING THAT WE HAVE SOME STORM POTENTIAL HERE TONIGHT IS WE’VE GOT THAT COMING IN FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH. WE’RE GOING TO SEE THAT THOSE PARTICULAR STORMS COULD GIVE US THOSE RAIN CHANCES, BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO BE UNTIL LATE THAT I SEE THOSE PARTICULAR STORMS COMING INTO THE OUTLOOK HERE TONIGHT. BUT THERE IS SOME SOUTHERLY MOVEMENT TO IT. AND WITH THAT SOUTHERLY MOVEMENT, IT’S NOT VERY FAST, ONLY ABOUT TEN MILES PER HOUR. WHEN I PUT THIS IN MOTION HERE OVER THE PAST HOUR, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY’RE JUST MOVING IN TO OUR NORTHERN PARISHES. THERE WE GO. AND WE SEE THAT SOME OF THEM WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHTNING HERE TONIGHT. BUT WHERE THEY ARE AND HOW FAST THEY’RE MOVING, I DON’T SEE THEM HERE UNTIL VERY LATE TONIGHT, 15MPH. THERE’S THE DISTANCE TO WHERE IT IS IN NEW ORLEANS. WE’RE LOOKING VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING HOURS. THE POTENTIALLY COULD BE HERE REALLY SPOTTY RIGHT NOW. WE HIT A HIGH OF 91 TODAY, WHICH IS PRETTY TYPICAL. IT’S CLOSE TO THE AVERAGE OF 89 REAL TIME TEMPERATURES. WE’RE INTO THE 70S RIGHT NOW. BUT LAKEFRONT STILL STANDS AT 80. LET’S GET RIGHT TO THE FORECAST TO SHOW YOU WHAT’S IN STORE FOR MORE HEAT, MORE STORMS, AND ESPECIALLY THAT AIR QUALITY CONCERN. LITTLE SYSTEM HERE THAT’S BEEN NO WORRIES AND CONTINUES TO BE NO PROBLEM INTO THE TROPICS. THE COLD FRONT TRIES TO MOVE IN, BUT IT ONLY ADDS TO OUR HEAT THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. IT KIND OF COMPRESSES THE AIR. IT MAKES IT EVEN HOTTER. WE GET SOME WEAK SYSTEMS MOVING NOW NORTH TO SOUTH, AND THAT’S WHAT’S BRINGING IN OUR RAIN CHANCES. DOPPLER RADAR WITH THE LATEST SHORT TERM FORECAST LINES ARE PRETTY WELL FORECAST WANTS TO FADE THE SHOWERS BEFORE THEY’RE HERE, BUT BY TWO I DO HAVE A CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR STORM HERE VERY LATE TONIGHT AND TOWARDS TOMORROW MORNING. NEARLY 70 NORTH SHORE TOMORROW MID TO UPPER 70, SOUTH SHORE, KIND OF A MILD WARM START. AND THEN WE DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. STORMS FIRING UP, HEAT OF THE DAY SCATTERED IN NATURE. COULD BE A STRONG WIND GUST AND OH YEAH NEAR THIBODAUX WE ACTUALLY HAD A REPORT OF HALF INCH SIZED HAIL, 90 DEGREE TEMPS FEEL LIKE THEY’RE CLOSER TO 100 TOMORROW. AND THERE’S THE ORANGE AIR QUALITY. WHAT THIS MEANS IS OZONE DEVELOPS, NOT THE PARTICULATE MATTER. IT’S NOT THE SMOKE NEW ENGLAND’S BEEN DEALING WITH THE NORTHEAST, BUT THIS IS OZONE. THAT’S EXHAUST, THAT’S SUNSHINE. IT’S HEAT, EVERYTHING COMING TOGETHER. SO THOSE THAT ARE SENSITIVE AND HAVE SOME BREATHING ISSUES, YOU WANT TO LIMIT THE OUTDOOR TIME TOMORROW. NO WORRIES ON THE LOCAL WATERS EXCEPT FOR STORMS AND THE TIDAL RANGES STARTING TO GO DOWN FOR A RECENT PEAK. NEW ORLEANS WINE AND FOOD EXPERIENCE ON THURSDAY GOT TO WATCH OUT FOR THE HEAT AND BE READY FOR A POTENTIAL STORM INTO FRIDAY. WE DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. SCATTERED STORMS 90S FEELING MORE LIKE 100 AND IT ONLY GETS A LITTLE BIT HOTTER FROM THERE. BUT A QUICK CHECK OF THE TROPICS IS ACTUALLY SOME GOOD NEWS THIS LITTLE SYSTEM THAT ENHANCED RAIN CHANCES THE PREVIOUS COUPLE OF DAYS HAS MOVED OUT INTO THE GULF AND CONTINUES TO MOVE OUT TO THE GULF WITH A LITTLE SUBTROPICAL JET STREAM HERE. AND THAT’S KEEPING YOU FROM ANY DEVELOPMENT OUT OF THIS SYSTEM THAT’S KIND OF FRONTS AND DIFFERENT SYSTEMS BEHIND IT. SO THERE HASN’T BEEN ANY CONCERN WITH THAT. AND WE LOOK AT THE GREATER PICTURE, HIGH PRESSURE KIND OF BERMUDA HIGHS FORCED ALL THESE TROPICAL WAVES THROUGH SOUTH AMERICA. THOSE WON’T DO ANYTHING. AND THE SYSTEM THAT WAS WAY OVER BY EUROPE AND OFF THE AFRICAN COAST, WELL, THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE’S NO MORE CHANCE OF ANYTHING COMING FOR THAT. SO THERE’S NOTHING COMING FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS EXCEPT FOR HEAT AND SCATTERED STORMS. THE NEXT THREE COULD PRODUCE A STRONG WIND GUST OR MAYBE SOME SMALL HAIL. BUT BY SUNDAY, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE NEXT WEEK, WE’RE REALLY HEATING UP. MID 90S MIGHT