RED FLAG WARNING issued for southeast Louisiana, southwest Mississippi

A chilly entrance will push by the realm tonight with cooler and drier air to observe. Hurricane Ian is not going to carry important impacts to the native space apart from elevated winds and enormous swells—particularly on offshore waters.

The mix of low relative humidity close to 25 % and winds between 15 and 20 mph with greater gusts will produce a excessive hearth hazard throughout the realm. Any fires that develop will probably unfold quickly. Outside burning just isn’t suggested.

The Nationwide Climate Service has issued a RED FLAG WARNING because of essential hearth situations for the whole WBRZ Climate Forecast Space (besides St. Mary Parish) from 10am to 7pm Tuesday. This consists of the parishes of: Pointe Coupee, West Feliciana, East Feliciana, St. Helena, Iberville, West Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge, Assumption, St. James, Tangipahoa, Livingston, Ascension and the counties of Wilkinson, Amite, and Pike. A Purple Flag Warning implies that essential hearth climate situations are both occurring now, or will shortly. A mix of robust winds, low relative humidity, and heat temperatures can all contribute to unstable hearth conduct.

Many areas within the area have gone greater than two weeks since measurable rain and dry situations will proceed in the course of this week. With elevated winds because of Hurricane Ian close by within the Jap Gulf of Mexico, favorable hearth situations might persist by a lot of the week. 

Subsequent 24 Hours: As a chilly entrance settles southward into the Gulf of Mexico tonight, temperatures will reply by falling beneath common for the primary time in about 10 days. Lows will settle close to 60 levels. Dry air and plentiful sunshine are anticipated on Tuesday. Highs might be close to 84 levels. Together with low humidity, north breezes of 5-15mph will end in favorable hearth situations.

Up Subsequent: The prolonged forecast is wanting quite nice. The rest of the workweek will characteristic clear skies, highs within the low to mid 80s and lows within the higher 50s. If there’s one damaging, the realm has turned quite crispy after a spell of sizzling, dry climate over the past two weeks. Winds out of the north and northeast at 5-15mph coupled with dew level temperatures within the 40s and relative humidity beneath 25% will carry an elevated danger for wildfires. Burning just isn’t suggested. Winds will ease over the weekend as temperatures progressively average with highs within the higher 80s and lows within the low to mid 60s. Nonetheless, no rain likelihood is at the moment marketed by the early subsequent week. CLICK HERE on your detailed 7-Day Forecast.

The Tropics: Hurricane Ian is quickly intensifying with deteriorating situations anticipated in Cuba anticipated Monday night time. As of 4pm Monday, Ian had most sustained winds of 100mph and was shifting northwest at 13mph. The storm is predicted to develop into a serious hurricane on Tuesday because it strikes into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico and strategy the west coast of Florida on Wednesday. Resulting from an anticipated slowing ahead velocity, lengthy lasting and harmful storm surge is feasible all alongside the west coast of Florida, most notably in Tampa Bay. As well as, torrential rain and powerful winds might batter the state for a number of days. Ian is predicted to develop into a remnant low over the Southeast U.S. this weekend.

Bathe and thunderstorm exercise has modified little in group at present related to an space of low strain positioned a number of hundred miles west of the Cabo Verde Islands. Regardless of the proximity of close by dry air, upper-level winds seem typically conducive for extra improvement, and there’s a seventy % likelihood {that a} tropical despair varieties in the course of the subsequent couple of days because the system meanders over the central tropical Atlantic. By the top of this week, upper-level winds are forecast to develop into much less favorable for improvement because the system begins to maneuver slowly north-northwestward.

The Clarification: A chilly entrance will proceed marching south and into the Gulf of Mexico by Tuesday morning. Thermometers will transfer beneath common Tuesday morning and keep beneath common relative to their daypart for almost per week. Dew level temperatures will path off into the 40s and 50s for a number of days on the opposite facet of the entrance. In the meantime, winds will enhance as a result of strain gradient between Hurricane Ian to our southeast and a floor excessive to our northeast. The breezy situations coupled with the low relative humidity will carry an increase in hearth climate situations by Thursday. Generally, winds might be round 10mph, however some greater gusts are doable, particularly nearer to the coast and I-55. By the weekend, the strain gradient will weaken and permit winds to slacken as Ian strikes inland and loses depth. Temperatures will progressively average. 

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