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Heavy rain and storms likely this weekend

Friday Night:  The cold front is moving across SE LA tonight and that will push the rain and storms to the LA Coast.  Overnight, we will keep partly to mostly cloudy skies around with a few spotty showers (20% Chance).  Lows will be near 56 north of the lake and 60 south.


Saturday Outlook:  The cold front will stay stalled along the LA Coast on Saturday.  As it sits there, weak disturbances will move along it from west to east.  This will set off scattered showers and thunderstorms during the day (50% Chance).  However, the bulk of the rain will be along and south of the I-10 corridor.  North of I-10 it will be just some isolated to scattered showers/storms.  Any storm could produce heavy rain.  We will be cooler with highs struggling to reach 70.

The tail-end of the cold front will start to retreat back to the north as a warm front on Saturday Night.  At the same time an area of low pressure is expected to develop along the Texas Coast.  This low will push the warm front into LA as it moves toward us.  All of this will set off scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms.  Heavy rain is possible.  Lows will be in the mid 50s.

Soggy Sunday:  As the low moves over LA on Sunday, it will draw in plenty of Gulf Moisture.  This will lead to numerous showers and thunderstorms all day long (90% Chance).  Some of these storms could be strong to possibly severe.  SPC has put South Louisiana in a Slight Risk.  The storms could have damaging winds, hail and very heavy rain.


We could pick up 1-3"+ of rain on Sunday!  It is likely that the NWS will issue a Flash Flood Watch for SE LA since most of the rain will just run-off thanks to the soggy ground.  It will become warmer in the wake of the warm front with highs back in the mid 70s.


More rain is expected on Sunday Night (90% Chance) as another cold front moves through the area.  Some of the storms along this front could be strong to severe going into early Monday Morning.  Lows will be int he mid 60s.

Next Week Outlook:  Once the front moves through on Monday Morning, the skies will become partly cloudy and we will briefly dry out.  Another weak system moves through on Tuesday, and it will give us mostly cloudy skies with a 20% chance for a shower.

Then we really dry out starting on Wednesday.  We will have some chilly mornings north of the lake in the 40s and 50s south.  Highs will be back in the 70s.



Be sure to keep an eye on the weather this weekend.  Please follow WWL-TV and my Facebook & Twitter feeds for weather updates.  Have a good weekend!!  -Dave 

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