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Record highs again Saturday

Record highs again Saturday
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT SLIDE ELEGANT UP TO 101 GULFPORT UP TO 101. THAT WAS NOT A RECORD AT THE AIRPORT AND WE GOT UP TO 99 DEGREES, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT MORE RECORDS ARE FORECAST FOR TOMORROW. SO THE RECORD FOR TOMORROW AT THE AIRPORT IS 97 WE’RE GOING TO GET UP TO ABOUT 98 SLIDELL THE RECORD 98 LOOKING LIKE 99 OR 100 GULFPORT THE RECORD. 27 AND IT’S LOOKING LIKE 99. I MEAN IT HAS BEEN HOT. SO OF COURSE, WE’VE GOT A HEATED VISORY FOR TOMORROW, BUT LIKELY NOT ONE FOR SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY. THAT’S BECAUSE RAIN CHANCES ARE GOING UP. IT’S 85 NOW AT THE AIRPORT THE HEAT INDEX 97 LOOK AT THAT DEW POINT RIGHT NOW IN THE UPPER 70S WHO BABY? IT IS HUMID OUTSIDE. WE CAN LOOK AT OUR TEMPERATURES AND AT THE LAKE RIGHT NOW 89 AND IN SLIDELL 89 GULFPORT 90 DEGREES. IT’S TEN O’CLOCK AT NIGHT FOLKS. IT’S HOT. LOOK AT THIS HEAT INDEX IN GULFPORT RIGHT NOW THE HEAT INDEX 109. THIS IS BRUTAL AND IN SLIDELL 102 AT THE LAKEFRONT 102. SO AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR FORECAST OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS FOR TOMORROW THE HIGH 98 AND THE HEAT INDEX AROUND 109 THEN TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO FALL AND THE HEAT INDEX WILL NOT BE AS BAD THE BIG PROBLEM THOUGH IS THAT TEMPERATURES ARE NOT DROPPING MUCH OVERNIGHT AND WHEN YOU DON’T COOL OFF AT NIGHT, WELL, THEN THE BODY JUST CAN’T RECOVER FROM ALL OF THE HEAT THAT WE HAVE. ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE AIR CONDITIONING SO MORNING LOWS AND COVINGTON UPPER 70S IN THE METRO LOW TO THE MID 80S AND IN HOUMA IN THE UPPER 70S, BUT BY 11 O’CLOCK. IT’S 93 DEGREES FORECAST TIES MID-90S BACK TO ABOUT A HUNDRED. I MEAN A REALLY HOT DAY FOR TOMORROW. LOOK AT HOW RAIN CHANCES THOUGH ARE GOING UP ESPECIALLY FOR YOUR SUNDAY AND WE COULD USE THE RAIN. WE’RE ABOUT FOUR INCHES BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH AND WITH THE HIGH EVAPORATION THINGS REALLY OR HIGH HEAT. YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT MOISTURE EVAPORATING SO WE HAVE THE UPPER HIGH AND YOU CAN SEE THE FLOW AROUND THAT UPPER HIGH LOOK AT ALL OF THE RAIN AND MOISTURE OVER HERE IN FLORIDA THAT’S GOING TO BEGIN TO MOVE OUR WAY WHICH IS WHY OUR RAIN CHANCES ARE GOING UP BUT NO RAIN OUT THERE RIGHT NOW LOOKING AT TOMORROW, YOU CAN SEE YES TEMPERATURES POP WITH SOME RAIN AND STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON MORE. SO ON THE SOUTH SHORE, YOU KNOW OVER TOWARDS TERREBONNE PARISH, THEY REALLY DID GET SOME RAIN TODAY THEN FOR SUNDAY MID. TOOTH BELOW 80S LOOK FOR IT. HERE COMES THE RAIN BEGINNING TO MOVE THROUGH IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND AT TIMES YOU COULD GET A LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOUR AND THEN WE’RE LOOKING AT THE TROPICS. THIS IS INVEST 94L AND I PUT THE FORECAST MODELS IN SO THAT YOU CAN SEE HOW IT’S EXPECTED TO MOVE ABOUT A 60% CHANCE FOR TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT COULD BECOME A DEPRESSION NEXT WEEK. HERE IT IS. WE CAN LOOK AT IT. SAHARAN DUST OUT THERE NOT A LOT DRIER AIR IS MORE TO THE NORTH OF THE SYSTEM AND THAT’S WHERE THE STRONGER WINDS A LOFT ARE AS WELL. WE’D LIKE THAT WIND SHEAR RIGHT OVER IT. WE DO HAVE WARM WATER. SO AS YOU LOOK AT IT NOT THIS ONE. THIS IS WHAT WE’RE WATCHING. IT’S VERY DISORGANIZED AS YOU LOOK AT THE FORECAST MODELS. YOU CAN SEE IT’S MOVING TO THE WEST AND TOTALLY NOT DEVELOPING LIKE IT WAS FORECAST. TO DEVELOP BEFORE BY THE GFS MODEL GOING TOWARDS NICARAGUA OR POSSIBLY COSTA RICA’S STILL NOT WRITTEN IN STONE. SO YOUR FORECAST UPPER 90S FOR SATURDAY AND THEN TEMPERATURES TEND TO LOWER JUS
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Record highs again Saturday
Record high temps at Slidell and Gulfport today. Slidell tied the record at 101 last set in 2009. Gulfport hit 101. Old record was 99 set 2009. Slidell has had 4 100 degree days in the past 7 days, and Gulfport has had 3 101 days! This June is the warmest on record for New Orleans. Heat advisory again Saturday. Highs mid 90s-100. Heat index 108-112. Some afternoon storms. Rain chances are higher Sunday, but mostly in the afternoon. Highs low to mid 90s. Rain chances are higher for the first of the week, so not as hot. Highs mostly low 90s. Watching the tropics. Invest 94-L may become a depression next week in the Atlantic before it moves across the Windward Islands into the Caribbean late next week.

Record high temps at Slidell and Gulfport today. Slidell tied the record at 101 last set in 2009. Gulfport hit 101. Old record was 99 set 2009. Slidell has had 4 100 degree days in the past 7 days, and Gulfport has had 3 101 days! This June is the warmest on record for New Orleans. Heat advisory again Saturday. Highs mid 90s-100. Heat index 108-112. Some afternoon storms. Rain chances are higher Sunday, but mostly in the afternoon. Highs low to mid 90s. Rain chances are higher for the first of the week, so not as hot. Highs mostly low 90s. Watching the tropics. Invest 94-L may become a depression next week in the Atlantic before it moves across the Windward Islands into the Caribbean late next week.

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