Not a bit getting back into the low and mid
90s,
but it's feeling a lot hotter than it has over
the past several days with our feels like temperatures across
the area in the one hundreds and even the one
10s up to about 107 for it feels like right
now in New Orleans.
Belle Chase checking in at 104 Slidell at 1:06.
So feeling pretty hot out there.
Our actual temperatures stay in the low 90s for at
least the next couple of hours and then we should
get back into the mid 80s after sunset.
So right around 9-10 o'clock we get back into the
mid 80s and then we stay in the 80s overnight.
So we're really not cooling down a whole lot overnight.
And with that, our temperatures staying warmer going into tomorrow
morning will see us heat up a little bit faster
going into Sunday.
So we do have an excessive heat warning in effect
now.
This is an upgrade from the heat advisory that we
had earlier today.
We have a heat advisory for our area anytime that
feels like temperature is one O 8 or higher.
The excessive heat warning comes when we expect it feels
like temperature
113 or higher. So the area highlighted in pink is
where you can see that excessive heat warning for tomorrow.
Now our heat index expected to get up to about
115 across the area on average.
Some spots getting a little bit cooler than that as
we go into the afternoon,
possibly seeing a couple showers to help cool things off
briefly.
We should get back down into the low and mid
one hundreds by the middle of the week with higher
rain chances.
So we'll see our temperatures starting to cool down just
a little bit more
sometime next week. Futurecast showing we should see a good
batch of storms coming through tomorrow afternoon into the evening,
mainly between about 3:00 PM and about 7:00 PM for
your Sunday.
So we could see a few storms hopefully help cool
things off for us heading into tomorrow night.
Now down in the tropics,
we're watching a few systems,
three of them. We have one that is now over
the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico,
forecast to move into the southwestern Gulf,
the Bay of Campeche, where it has a
50% chance of formation over the next couple of days.
We also are tracking hurricane
barrel right behind it and we'll see it over the
next few days.
This system continues to get stronger.
It's rapidly intensifying right now.
We'll start to see this eye clearing out just a
little bit as we go into the next couple of
days.
While it's still over open water,
it has more time to strengthen and get a little
bit more organized.
It's forecast to hit the southern part of the Windward
Islands going into late Sunday or early Monday as a
category three hurricane.
So a major hurricane with winds over 120 miles an
hour and after that,
we should see some weakening as it moves past Jamaica
and gets a little bit closer to Cuba and Mexico.
By Thursday or Friday next week,
we're expecting more wind shear there and the forward speed
of this expected to slow down a little bit as
it gets closer to Mexico.
Now our forecast models, we're in pretty good agreement at
least through the middle of the Caribbean.
After that, we started to see some divergent in the
models with the majority of them bringing this closer to
the Yucatan Peninsula.
Now, earlier today, we saw most of these models a
little bit farther N,
closer to Cuba, even going into the central Gulf of
Mexico.
So now we're seeing a slightly farther W trend
more S, But these forecast models will continue to change
quite a bit here over the next several days because
that's still about seven days away.
And the margin for error seven days out is hundreds
of miles.
So we are going to be watching this very carefully
here over the next few days.
We will likely see more forecast changes for the track
and intensity.
So just make sure you're staying up to date over
the next several days with us on air and online
at
wgno.com. A 40 to 50%
chance of rain each day for the next few days,
and we'll see us get back down by a 30%
chance by the 4th of July.
All right, Yeah, stay up to date for sure.
Also try to stay cool because temperatures,
even this morning, we're very warm already in the 90s
by like
8:00. Yeah, heating up quick.
All right. Thanks so much,
Brantley. Well, millions.