NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Dry and unseasonably warm weather helped us kick off the first weekend of fall along the Gulf Coast. Some changes to our weather pattern are expected though over the next few days.
All of Southeast Louisiana and South Mississippi are still experiencing extreme or exceptional drought conditions. Unfortunately, it will likely get worse in the coming days and weeks with no significant rain in the forecast.
Rain chances are forecast to increase to around 40 percent Monday and Tuesday, and 50 percent on Wednesday. Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible each day, mainly in the afternoon hours. However, only about half an inch to one inch of rain is expected.
Afternoon temperatures will continue to top out in the upper 80s over the next few days before dropping slightly into the mid 80s by Thursday.
In the tropics, the National Hurricane Center is watching Tropical Storm Phillippe and a tropical wave way out in the Atlantic that has a high chance of development. Both of these systems are forecast to remain over open water. There is currently no threat to the Gulf Coast in the near future.
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