Southwest Louisiana is in the target zone for quite a bit of rain over the next couple of days. A vigorous low pressure system that will push into West Texas on Monday will begin our initial round of rain overnight tonight into early Monday morning. Rain will continue off and on all day Monday and Monday night. The area of low pressure and associated cold front will push through southwest Louisiana on Tuesday morning bringing our rain chances to end during the day on Tuesday.
This image is the surface map valid Tuesday morning. Note the position of the low pressure center and associated cold front in relation to southwest Louisiana. It will be Tuesday before the front pushes through. Once this occurs, our rain chances will quickly diminish.
With an already over-abundance of moisture in the air, verified by the dense fog the past few mornings, we could see widespread rain totals from 2-3 inches by Tuesday morning. Even though we continue in a persistent drought, some localized street flooding is possible especially in poor drainage areas.
The following is an image courtesy of NOAA that displays the forecast rainfall totals over the entire duration of the event Monday and Tuesday.
Today would be a good day to do a visual check on storm drains and clear any leaves or debris that could block the flow of water into storm drains and culverts on your property grounds.
Although, atmospheric ingredients are not place for a big outbreak of severe weather, we could see a few storms that try to rotate or produce damaging straight line winds. Therefore, there is a slight risk of tornadoes and damaging winds in some of the storms that push through on Monday.
This image is courtesy of NOAA. The shaded area indicates the best location for any severe weather that could develop with the storm on Monday.
The KPLC 7Stormteam will be on alert all day Monday and Tuesday monitoring all the storms as they pass through the area notifying you if anything severe threatens the area.
To track all the rain as it moves through the area, download our 7StormTeam weather app for the iPhone and Android. It’s a free download in the app store. You can also view the latest radar anytime by going to www.kplctv.com/weather.
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