NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Rain has ended around the area Thursday evening and we will be left with muggy conditions overnight. Another heat advisory is in effect for the area on Friday. Temperatures will climb into the low 90s with heat index values over 100 before showers and storms pop up.
It looks like we will see a bit later but more widespread rain development on Friday. Look for scattered showers and storms by late afternoon with chances around 60%. Coverage looks widespread north of I-10.
We stay with an elevated rain chance later in the day Saturday as well before less rain coverage comes back on Sunday.
In the tropics Beryl is back to a category 3 storm with winds of 115 mph. The latest forecast track is basically unchanged. This system will continue west and weaken as it moves over land. It will then re-emerge in the southern Gulf over the weekend. The latest forecast track from the NHC is mostly unchanged.
Forecast models have also come in to more agreement on a turn to the north in the western Gulf. This will bring the storm to either northern Mexico or southern Texas by early Monday. There is the chance of it briefly strengthening back to a hurricane before making landfall.
Beyond this the rest of the tropics are looking relatively quiet as we head into the middle of the month.
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