Heat and humidity increase over the weekend

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Today’s forecast: No major weather changes are expected today as Alberto moves into Mexico, helping to keep most of the active weather in the south.

However, the easterly flow on the north side of its broad circulation will transport enough moisture into the region to produce some more showers.

It will continue to be windy, with easterly winds of 10-15 mph and gusts around -6 degrees. Otherwise, outside of the showers, it will be hot, with highs between 90 and 150 degrees.

Coastal flooding

Flood warnings and alerts for the coast remain in effect today as a persistent easterly flow through Alberto is causing increased water levels. Conditions should slowly improve this weekend as wind direction changes and speeds decrease.

Weekend outlook

The high pressure system moving in from the east will ensure a hot and relatively dry weekend. Maximum temperatures will be above 35 degrees and the heat index values ​​could be above 40 degrees at times. It will not remain rainy, but the chance of rain will only be between 20 and 30 percent.

Another tropical system?

Forecasts continue to indicate that another tropical depression will form in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico by the weekend. The probability of development is 50%, according to the update Thursday at 1 a.m. It also looks like this next system could follow a similar path, primarily affecting northern Mexico and parts of Texas.

Expanded outlook

Even though the next system stays further south, humidity levels look set to increase again next week, leading to slightly better rain chances. Although isolated storms will return, highs will still be in the 90s and 100s most days.

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