Category Archives: Landfalling Louisiana Storms

Tropical systems heading for the Louisiana coastline

It’s That Time of Year Again!

While we have not yet reached June 1 and the official start of the 2018 Atlantic Hurricane Season, it looks like nature may be poised to jump the gun by a few days. Models have been hinting for about a week that something might try to form near the Yucatan Peninsula and move into the […]

Tropical Storm Warning

The National Hurricane Center has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for the Louisiana Coast from Intracoastal City to the mouth of the Pearl River. A tropical storm warning means tropical storm conditions, with winds in excess of 39 mph are expected in the warning area within the next 48 hours. In this case we could […]

Subtropical Noname

There is an old saying that if it looks like a duck, waddles like a duck and quacks like a duck; it is probably a duck. Well such is the case this morning. Sitting 140 nm southeast of Berwick Bay this morning is a low pressure area with a central pressure of 994 mb, 29.35 […]

Models Still Show Gulf Storm

A quick update on the system shown in yesterday’s models. The latest run of the ECMWF shows the system in a bit more clarity. It is basically predicting a hurricane approaching the coast of central or western Louisiana by the end of next week. Do not worry so much about the path this far out […]