The National Hurricane Center says there is a high chance we’ll see tropical development from a wave north of Haiti. National Weather Service Slidell Meteorologist Tim Destri says the system is expected to move northwest towards Florida.
“There are some lower surface pressures in the area now which could be giving us indications that could try to develop into a tropical depression or a tropical storm in the next day or so,” said Destri.
Destri says the system is expected to have minimal effects on Louisiana, but could bring some rain if the storm tracks more westward.
“It may just be some increase in rain chances this weekend and at this point as dry as we’ve been, any sort of rainfall that we can get is going to be beneficial,” said Destri.
Destri says if Louisiana sees any rain from the system, the timing will likely not impact any college football plans for this weekend.
“Mainly like the later part of the weekend, like Sunday, maybe into Monday of next week, and even then, we’re talking about rain chances on the order of 30% to 50%,” said Destri.
