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Tracking chance for heavy rain for New Orleans this weekend

Tracking chance for heavy rain for New Orleans this weekend
6. MARGARET: WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAY. IF YOU LIKE COOL WEATHER, WE HAVE IT AS WE GO INTO THE MORNING. THIS COULD BE AS COOL AS IT WAS AT THE END OF APRIL. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE ARE WATCHING. THERE IS CLOUDINESS OUTSIDE MAINLY ON THE SOUTH SHORE. CLOUDS AT NIGHT PREVENT TEMPERATURES FROM DROPPING AS MUCH. IT’S ALSO KIND OF EASY, BUT THE WIND IS FORECAST TO DIE DOWN. WHEN YOU HAVE A WIND THAT MIXES THINGS UP AND YOU DON’T HAVE TEMPERATURES DROPPING AS MUCH. ANYWAY YOU SLICE IT, IT WILL BE PRETTY CHILLY. WE HAVE A BIG DROP IN TEMPERATURES TAKING PLACE. LOWE’S FORECAST IN THE 40’S. ALSO IN THE 50’S. IT WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY ON WEDNESDAY. A REALLY PRETTY DAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 70’S. THINGS BEGIN TO CHANGE. MOST OF THURSDAY LOOKS GOOD. THURSDAY NIGHT, RAIN CHANCES GO UP. FRIDAY LOOKS LIKE A WET DAY. I WILL PUT A 100% CHANCE OF RAIN. SOME OF IT COULD LINGER INTO SATURDAY. THERE WE SEE SOME HIGH-LEVEL CLOUDS IN THE AREA. LOOK AT THE DRY AIR THAT HAS MOVED IN. IT FEELS SO NICE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE HUMIDITY. KWEILYN MURPHY WAS ON THE AIR WITH THIS TORNADO. RIGHT AT NOONTIME. IT WAS AN EF ONE TORNADO. THE WINDS 80 MILES PER HOUR. THERE WAS A STORAGE FACILITY THAT WAS DAMAGED. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE FORECAST INTO THE EVENING. MID-50’S TO MID 60’S AT 9:00. GOING DOWN AT MIDNIGHT. IN THE MORNING, POTENTIAL FOR LOW TO MID TO UPPER 40’S NORTH SHORE. EVEN UPPER 40’S IN SOUTH MISSISSIPPI. ON THE SOU SHORE, POTENTIAL FOR SOME UPPER 40’S TO THE UPPER 50’S. IT DEPENDS ON THE CLOUDS AND THE WIND. THROUGH THE DAY, IT IS PRETTY. THE WIND BECOMING MORE EAST-NORTHEAST. HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 70’S. THURSDAY, MORE CLOUDS MOVE IN. WE ARE WARMER. NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT THE GLOBAL FORECAST MODEL. IT WILL BE GREAT OVERNIGHT, KIND OF CHILLY BEAUTIFUL DAY. BEGINNING TO LOOK AT THURSDAY. THERE IS THE RAIN MOVING OUT OF THE GULF. LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY, WE HAVE RAIN. POTENTIAL FOR STORMS. THE GLOBAL FORECAST MODEL MOVES THE RAIN OUT EARLIER. WE REALLY WANT THAT FOR THE WEEKEND. WEDNESDAY, THIS IS SHOWING A FEW CLOUDS. THEN THE RAIN RETURNS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS IS THE EUROPEAN MODEL. IT KEEPS THE RAIN IN PLACE A LITTLE BIT LONGER. WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH THAT FOR THE WEEKEND. THAT’S WHY I’M HEDGING IT, KEEPING SOME RAIN CHANCES FOR THE WEEKEND. TOMORROW, MID 40’S TO THE
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Tracking chance for heavy rain for New Orleans this weekend
Clear and cool for the rest of the week, but the weekend is a little different.

Clear and cool for the rest of the week, but the weekend is a little different.

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