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A warm and humid Tuesday

A warm and humid Tuesday

A warm and humid Tuesday

A warm and humid Tuesday

BAN TIKTOK. 517 NOW LET’S GET A CHECK OF THAT FIRST WARNING WEATHER FORECAST FOR YOU WITH DAMON SINGLETON. YEAH, SOME PARTLY CLOUDY, MILD AND HUMID CONDITIONS ALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THIS MORNING. SO YOU’RE GOING TO NOTICE THAT IT’S A LITTLE BIT ON THE STICKY SIDE. BUT AT LEAST IT’S NOT POURING IN RAIN LIKE IT IS UP NORTH OF US ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THAT LOW PRESSURE AREA IS BRINGING LOTS OF STRONG WINDS AND SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THAT ENTIRE REGION. THE CENTRAL AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY, A LITTLE BIT DOWN INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AS WELL. BUT MUCH OF THIS THAT YOU SEE HERE IS ACTUALLY MAKING ITS WAY TO THE GROUND. A LITTLE BIT OF IT IS, BUT NOTHING HERE IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA, OUR WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST, IT’S BRINGING ALL THE WARMTH AND MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO INTO ESPECIALLY THE LOUISIANA AND TEXAS GULF COAST THIS MORNING, A LITTLE BIT BETTER TO THE EAST OF US. BUT STILL, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME HIGH HUMIDITY OUT IN THAT DIRECTION AS WELL. THE WINDS ARE BLOWING ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 15MPH THIS MORNING. AND IF YOU’RE TRYING TO TAKE THE BOAT OUT WHILE THE WINDS ARE RELATIVELY LIGHT THIS MORNING, I’M EXPECTING THEM TO GET STRONGER LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. SO EXERCISE CAUTION IF YOU’RE TAKING THE BOAT OUT. WIND AND WAVES ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE YOUR TWO BIGGEST ISSUES TODAY. FISHERMEN AND FISHERWOMEN. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE NUMBERS. JUST OVER A FOOT OVER IN GRAND ISLE FOR THE RANGER TIDE. THERE AT THE RIDGELYS. 7/10 PER FOOT, 1.5 IS THE RANGER TIDE OVER AT THE SOUTHWEST PASS, AND THERE YOUR LOW TIDE AND YOUR HIGH TIDE TIMES ACROSS THE REGION. THIS MORNING AT THE AIRPORT RIGHT NOW, IT’S KIND OF PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY 70 DEGREES. THE DEW POINTS ARE IN THE UPPER 60S, WINDS BLOWING OUT OF THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 11MPH THERE AND ON THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST AND GULFPORT AT 72. SOME MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES, PRETTY HIGH DEW POINT TEMPERATURE OF 68 AS WELL. WITH THE WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH AT FIVE MILES PER HOUR. IF THE KIDS ARE UP AND GETTING READY FOR THE BUS STOP THIS MORNING, SOME CLOUDY SKIES, MILD AND HUMID CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES ANYWHERE FROM 66 TO 72 DEGREES. THIS MORNING, AND THE RADAR PICTURE IS CLEAR FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. HANCOCK AND PEARL RIVER COUNTIES. IF YOU’RE DRIVING WEST, HOWEVER, HEADED TOWARDS LAFAYETTE OR LAKE CHARLES, THE RAIN CHANCES ARE GOING UP THE FURTHER WEST YOU GET TEMPERATURES OUTSIDE ALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA AGAIN, UPPER 60S TO THE LOW 70S. I’M EXPECTING YOUR HIGHS TODAY UNDER SOME PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO RISE INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S WITH THAT SOUTHEASTERLY WIND AT ABOUT 10 TO 20MPH. TOMORROW MORNING WE’LL PROBABLY WAKE TO TEMPERATURES VERY SIMILAR TO WHERE WE ARE NOW UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A LITTLE BIT OF FOG AND SOME LIGHTER WINDS. YOUR AFTERNOON HIGHS FOR WEDNESDAY LOW TO MID 80S OR UPPER 70S TO MID 80S AS A POSSIBILITY. AND THEN ON THURSDAY MORNING TEMPERATURES UPPER 60S LOW 70S WITH THE AFTERNOON HIGHS MAYBE EVEN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. UP TO ABOUT 86 DEGREES IS POSSIBLE OVER AT THE AIRPORT. HERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR WDSU. FIRST WARNING, SEVEN DAY FORECAST AND OVERALL, NOT TOO BAD. YOU’LL NOTICE THE THE TEMPERATURES INCHING UP A LITTLE BIT EACH DAY. UH, MID 80S BY FRIDAY AND INTO SATURDAY. IF YOU’RE MAKING PLANS FOR THE TULANE UNIVERSITY SPRING GAME ON SATURDAY. OVERALL, SOME PRETTY DECENT CONDITIONS, SOME CLOUDY SKIES, ABOUT A 20% CHANCE OF RAINFALL, THEN THE COLD FRONT BRINGS THAT 40 TO 50% CHANCE OF RAINFALL ON SUNDAY, AND IT ALSO BRINGS SOME LOWE
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A warm and humid Tuesday

A warm and humid Tuesday

Upper ridging for the next several days will keep our temperatures high and our rain chances low. The southeast flow at the surface will continue to filter the warmth and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico into SELA through Friday.A cold front will bring increased rain chances and cooler, drier air to SELA on Sunday. Tuesday: Expect a partly to mostly cloudy, warm, humid and breezy day with no significant rain chance and afternoon temperatures in the low to mid 80s.Wednesday: A partly to mostly cloudy, warm and humid day with a light breeze, no significant rain chance and afternoon temperatures in the low to mid 80s.Thursday: Expect early morning patchy dense fog. Otherwise, a partly to mostly cloudy, warm and humid day with a light breeze, a 10% chance of rain and afternoon temperatures in the low to mid 80s.Friday: Expect early morning patchy dense fog. Otherwise, a mostly cloudy, warm and humid day with a light breeze, a 10% chance of rain and afternoon temperatures in the mid 80s.Saturday: Expect early morning patchy dense fog. Otherwise, a mostly cloudy, warm and humid day with a light breeze, a 20% chance of rain and afternoon temperatures in the low to mid 80s.Sunday: A cold front moves across SELA. Expect a mostly cloudy, warm, humid and breezy day with a 40 to 50% chance of rain and storms and afternoon temperatures in the mid 70s to low 80s.Monday: A mostly sunny to partly cloudy, mild and breezy day with slight chance of rain and afternoon temperatures in the mid 70s.

Upper ridging for the next several days will keep our temperatures high and our rain chances low. The southeast flow at the surface will continue to filter the warmth and moisture from the Gulf of Mexico into SELA through Friday.

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A cold front will bring increased rain chances and cooler, drier air to SELA on Sunday.

Tuesday: Expect a partly to mostly cloudy, warm, humid and breezy day with no significant rain chance and afternoon temperatures in the low to mid 80s.

Wednesday: A partly to mostly cloudy, warm and humid day with a light breeze, no significant rain chance and afternoon temperatures in the low to mid 80s.

Thursday: Expect early morning patchy dense fog. Otherwise, a partly to mostly cloudy, warm and humid day with a light breeze, a 10% chance of rain and afternoon temperatures in the low to mid 80s.

Friday: Expect early morning patchy dense fog. Otherwise, a mostly cloudy, warm and humid day with a light breeze, a 10% chance of rain and afternoon temperatures in the mid 80s.

Saturday: Expect early morning patchy dense fog. Otherwise, a mostly cloudy, warm and humid day with a light breeze, a 20% chance of rain and afternoon temperatures in the low to mid 80s.

Sunday: A cold front moves across SELA. Expect a mostly cloudy, warm, humid and breezy day with a 40 to 50% chance of rain and storms and afternoon temperatures in the mid 70s to low 80s.

Monday: A mostly sunny to partly cloudy, mild and breezy day with slight chance of rain and afternoon temperatures in the mid 70s.