Nowadays, when the people of New Orleans think of devastating hurricanes they think of Katrina, but before 2005, the most notorious storm name in Louisiana was Audrey. It was sixty-nine years ago from this Saturday when Hurricane Audrey slammed into the southwest coast of Louisiana and became the strongest June hurricane and earliest major (category 3) to make landfall in the US. Hurricane Audrey killed hundreds of people – estimated to be somewhere between 400 and 500 - including many of whom to this day remain unidentified and tragically, about one-third of those were children. The high number of deaths - in an era without satellite imagery - were attributed to the storm moving ashore earlier and stronger than predicted while most people were sleeping.
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The weather remains quite active today with the continuing chance of showers and thunderstorms. Any storm that forms can produce heavy rainfall and there are concerns for localized flash flooding. The weather turns hotter this weekend with middle 90’s on the table for afternoon highs and winds will pick up as well increasing concerns for wildfires.
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After a dry, warm day here on Thursday, the threat of showers and thunderstorms will increase tonight and continue for the next couple of days as a frontal system slowly works its way through the Mid-Atlantic region. The second half of the weekend and early part of next week should feature dry and quite warm conditions and then a hot spell begins on Tuesday and likely continues through the rest of the week with afternoon highs well up in the 90’s.
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After a dry, warm day here on Thursday, the threat of showers and thunderstorms will increase tonight and continue for the next couple of days as a frontal system slowly works its way through the Mid-Atlantic region. The second half of the weekend and early part of next week should feature dry and quite warm conditions and then a hot spell begins on Tuesday and likely continues through the rest of the week with afternoon highs well up in the 90’s.
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Low pressure has pushed away from the Mid-Atlantic region and the mid-week will feature drier and warmer conditions with high pressure in control of the weather. The late week will feature another frontal system that will generate an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms by Thursday night and a continuing chance on Friday and Saturday. Temperatures will remain at moderately warm levels through the upcoming weekend, but signs point to a warm-up that will likely bring afternoon highs into the 90’s for the middle and latter parts of next week.
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Low pressure has pushed away from the Mid-Atlantic region and the mid-week will feature drier and warmer conditions with high pressure in control of the weather. The late week will feature another frontal system that will generate an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms by Thursday night and a continuing chance on Friday and Saturday. Temperatures will remain at moderately warm levels through the upcoming weekend, but signs point to a warm-up that will likely bring afternoon highs into the 90’s for the middle and latter parts of next week.
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Low pressure has pushed away from the Mid-Atlantic region and the mid-week will feature drier and warmer conditions with high pressure in control of the weather. The late week will feature another frontal system that will generate an increasing chance of showers and thunderstorms by Thursday night and a continuing chance on Friday and Saturday. Temperatures will remain at moderately warm levels through the upcoming weekend, but signs point to a warm-up that will likely bring afternoon highs into the 90’s for the middle and latter parts of next week.
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The weather looks to become quite active again from later today into Wednesday and the chance of showers and thunderstorms will be on the rise. Any thunderstorm later today, tonight and on Wednesday can be on the strong side with localized flash flooding on the table in the I-25 corridor.
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Low pressure will only slowly push off to the northeast today and there will be occasional showers and maybe a thunderstorm or two…some of the rain can be heavy and some of the storms can be strong. After a quieter mid-week, another frontal system will approach the area during the late week raising the chance of showers and thunderstorms from later Thursday into the upcoming weekend. Temperatures will remain at rather moderate levels through the upcoming weekend, but signs point to a summer-like warmup for next week.
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The weather should turn drier later today and stay relatively quiet through Wednesday morning, but the chance of showers and thunderstorms will return from later tomorrow into Thursday. Any thunderstorm that develop from later tomorrow into Thursday can produce heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding conditions.
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