Bonnie Nears Hurricane Status

METEOROLOGIST ART? JARRETT HAS THAT ANSWER FOR US? ART, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE EXCITED MYSELF INCLUDED, RIGHT? WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? WELL, YOU CAN EXPECT AGAIN THOSE AFTERNOON SHOWERS CARRY THEIR CATERING INTO THE EVENING HOURS THROUGH DINNER TIME THEN KIND OF DISSIPATING THEN TURNING INTO ISOLATED RAINFALL AND THEN FINISHING OUT LIKE THAT. THAT’S GONNA BE LIKE THAT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS WE GO INTO IT RAIN IS WITH US YET AGAIN. YOU TAKE A LOOK OUTSIDE AND LOOKING OUT TO THE EASTER SEEING SOME THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS WELL GETTING INTO PORTIONS OF WELL OUT THERE AS YOU GET A NICE VIEW FROM THE FROM THE BRIDGE HERE FROM THE EXPANSIVE. YOU CAN SEE AGAIN SOME BLUE SKY STILL HOLDING ON TO THE AREA. WE’LL TAKE IT INTO THE RADAR AND YOU’RE GOING TO SEE AGAIN. THAT IS LOOKS PRETTY ACTIVE AS YOU GET DOWN TO THE COASTAL AREAS FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS TAPERING OFF AS WE GO INTO THE THE NORTH SHORE. WE DID HAVE A AN AERIAL FLOOD ADVISORY GOING IN EARLIER JUST BY KENNER, BUT IS BROKEN DOWN SINCE ABOUT 2:30 OR SO NEW ORLEANS HAS 88 DEGREES CURRENTLY WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, BUT IT FEELS LIKE IT’S A HUNDRED DEGREES OUT THERE. IT IS HUMID. WE GO INTO THE NORTH SHORE YOU’RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO LOW 80S. YOU’RE ALSO PICKING UP THE SAME DOWN ON THE SOUTH SHORE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LAKEFRONT AT 90 DEGREES CURRENTLY. WE’LL GO RIGHT INTO HOW IT FEELS THOUGH. IT FEELS LIKE IT’S A HUNDRED DEGREES AS I MENTIONED HERE. NOT ONLY BUT ALSO IN BEERS PICKING UP GULFPORT AT 103 AND IT FEELS 93 IN BOGALUSA. WELL TAKE IT. TO AGAIN AS WE GO INTO SOME OTHER LOCATIONS YOU’RE GOING TO BE SEEING. WE’LL TALK ABOUT TROPICAL STORM BODY WHEN I RETURN AND WILL ALSO TALK ABO

Fourth of July Holiday and all of next weekNot much change in our weather pattern as local temperatures remain seasonal around 88-93° degrees. Hot and humid into the early evening as the Heat Index temperatures indicate -- it feels like 94-101° degrees. Chance of morning rain showers. Developing afternoon storms that become widespread and strong at times through the dinner hours. Then the transition of isolated storms to showers by late evening. Followed by a slight chance of rain around midnight. "Rinse and repeat" -- into the following week. A reminder for Independence Day, Excessive Rainfall Risk for all SELA areas east and south of the line from I-55 straight down to Galliano. This includes, the eastern half of Tangipahoa Parish, Washington, St. Tammany, Orleans, Plaquemines, Jefferson, Parishes, Eastern portions of St. John the Baptist and Lafourche Parishes. Areas of Mississippi and Alabama. Therefore, a LOW Risk of Scattered Flash Flooding. Rainfall potential up to 2.50" inches per day by midnight Tuesday.Tracking the TropicsThe North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Tropical formation is not expected during the next 5 days.https://kubrick.htvapps.com/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/images/dynamic/wdsu/HURRICANE_SPAGHETTI.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=900:*Tropical Storm BonnieNow in the Eastern Pacific and retaining the name "Bonnie", this tropical storm may become a hurricane late this evening or late tonight. Maximum sustained winds 70 mph, moving WNW at 17 mph, pressure 993 mb. Location 280 miles of Salina Cruz, Mexico (Coastal Southwest Mexico).https://kubrick.htvapps.com/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/images/dynamic/wdsu/Hurricane_Wind.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=900:*Bonnie is not a threat to Louisiana.Remnants of ColinJust showers and thunderstorms are left from the remnants of former Tropical Depression Colin as of 7 PM this evening.https://kubrick.htvapps.com/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/images/dynamic/wdsu/Hurricane_Track.jpg?crop=1xw:1xh;center,top&resize=900:*

NEW ORLEANS —

Fourth of July Holiday and all of next week

Not much change in our weather pattern as local temperatures remain seasonal around 88-93° degrees. Hot and humid into the early evening as the Heat Index temperatures indicate -- it feels like 94-101° degrees. Chance of morning rain showers. Developing afternoon storms that become widespread and strong at times through the dinner hours. Then the transition of isolated storms to showers by late evening. Followed by a slight chance of rain around midnight. "Rinse and repeat" -- into the following week. A reminder for Independence Day, Excessive Rainfall Risk for all SELA areas east and south of the line from I-55 straight down to Galliano. This includes, the eastern half of Tangipahoa Parish, Washington, St. Tammany, Orleans, Plaquemines, Jefferson, Parishes, Eastern portions of St. John the Baptist and Lafourche Parishes. Areas of Mississippi and Alabama. Therefore, a LOW Risk of Scattered Flash Flooding. Rainfall potential up to 2.50" inches per day by midnight Tuesday.

Tracking the Tropics

The North Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: Tropical formation is not expected during the next 5 days.

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Tropical Storm Bonnie

Now in the Eastern Pacific and retaining the name "Bonnie", this tropical storm may become a hurricane late this evening or late tonight. Maximum sustained winds 70 mph, moving WNW at 17 mph, pressure 993 mb. Location 280 miles of Salina Cruz, Mexico (Coastal Southwest Mexico).

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Bonnie is not a threat to Louisiana.

Remnants of Colin
Just showers and thunderstorms are left from the remnants of former Tropical Depression Colin as of 7 PM this evening.

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Bonnie Nears Hurricane Status

Bonnie Nears Hurricane Status

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