Forecasters are now urging those of you near the Gulf Coast to be weather aware for the next few days. LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says there’s a disturbance brewing in the gulf; however, it will not rise to the level of a major storm.
“It’s going to be a minor nuisance. Street flooding could possibly be the biggest issue with this storm. That’s something we’ll clearly have to watch,” Keim said.
Keim says there’s less than a 50-50 chance of a tropical cyclone forming.
“The National Hurricane Center is giving this system a 40% chance of developing into a closed circular rotation. In other words, a tropical depression,” Keim said.
Keim says while wind will not be a factor, heavy rainfall will be.
“It looks like this thing could be making a landfall in Louisiana sometime on Thursday. And then basically kind of sit south central part of the state for a good 24 to 36 hours. And it could drop a lot of rain on us,” Keim warned.
Governor Landry will be holding a news conference at GOHSEP tomorrow morning to give an update on the state’s emergency response, should it be necessary.
