We are absolutely getting deluged here in Algiers. Rain was not supposed to be the big issue, but my neighbor's yard is flooded enough that you could row a pirogue in it, and mine is slightly less flooded only because I filled and raised it last summer. At least now I know what areas of the yard I still have to address. I'll bet we have at least 3 inches over here.
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We are absolutely getting deluged here in Algiers. Rain was not supposed to be the big issue, but my neighbor's yard is flooded enough that you could row a pirogue in it, and mine is slightly less flooded only because I filled and raised it last summer. At least now I know what areas of the yard I still have to address. I'll bet we have at least 3 inches over here.
I was about to say the same thing. We may not get too much in the way of severe weather here on the South Shore if anything at all, but the rain has been pretty much non-stop for the last few hours here. There'll probably be some localized street flooding here and there!
We are absolutely getting deluged here in Algiers. Rain was not supposed to be the big issue, but my neighbor's yard is flooded enough that you could row a pirogue in it, and mine is slightly less flooded only because I filled and raised it last summer. At least now I know what areas of the yard I still have to address. I'll bet we have at least 3 inches over here.
Snooping around PWSs in Algiers, looks like around 2 inches.
PS I spent most of my youth in Algiers.... Bocage
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Mesoscale Discussion 1897 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0244 PM CST Thu Dec 31 2020
Areas affected...Parts of the upper Texas and Louisiana coastal plain
Concerning...Tornado Watch 520...521...
Valid 312044Z - 312245Z
The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 520, 521 continues.
SUMMARY...Potential for supercell structures capable of producing tornadoes may become primarily focused across southwestern Louisiana, near/south of Fort Polk, by 5-7 PM CST.
DISCUSSION...The center of the surface cyclone continues to deepen across the Greater Houston Metro area, as an 80-90 kt cyclonic mid-level jet (around 500 mb) noses across the lower Rio Grande Valley, toward the upper Texas coastal plain. However, the cyclone is in the process of occluding, and inflow of moist boundary-layer air into the upper Texas coastal plain probably will become cut-off within the next couple of hours.
Although strongest south/southeasterly 850 mb flow is forecast to develop across the Ark-La-Tex into the Red River Valley between now and 23-01Z, 40+ kt speeds may still be maintained as far south-southeast as the southwestern Louisiana coastal plain. Surface temperatures across the Louisiana coastal plain have warmed into the lower and mid 70s, with surface dew points in the upper 60s/near 70F. Despite weak lapse rates and lingering warm layers aloft, it appears that this is contributing to mixed-layer CAPE of 500-1000 J/kg.
Given this instability, in the presence of wind profiles characterized by strong deep-layer shear and sizable clockwise-curved low-level hodographs, the environment is becoming at least conditionally conducive to supercell storms capable of producing tornadoes.
Although strongest mid-level forcing for ascent will remain displaced to the northwest, strongest high-level difluence appears likely to overspread the region through early evening. Aided by low-level warm advection, this may contribute to discrete supercell development ahead of the eastward advancing cold front, probably focused near its intersection with the surface warm front (roughly extending east-west across the Fort Polk vicinity).
Post by Shibumi-Mandeville near FBHS on Dec 31, 2020 16:44:10 GMT -6
We may complain with our location on the gulf for tropical systems, but that same toe of the louisiana boot also seems to match up with less severe weather.
The bad stuff seems to blow its wad to our west or doesn't get started until it enters SWMS.
We are absolutely getting deluged here in Algiers. Rain was not supposed to be the big issue, but my neighbor's yard is flooded enough that you could row a pirogue in it, and mine is slightly less flooded only because I filled and raised it last summer. At least now I know what areas of the yard I still have to address. I'll bet we have at least 3 inches over here.
I was about to say the same thing. We may not get too much in the way of severe weather here on the South Shore if anything at all, but the rain has been pretty much non-stop for the last few hours here. There'll probably be some localized street flooding here and there!
We may complain with our location on the gulf for tropical systems, but that same toe of the louisiana boot also seems to match up with less severe weather.
The bad stuff seems to blow its wad to our west or doesn't get started until it enters SWMS.
Same for Thibodaux. 99% of the time every weather system turns out to be a non event for us. But rocking and rolling everywhere else. Even for this hurricane season, we were under a warning so many times and barely got anything. For Zeta, Thibodaux barely got tropical storm force winds but just barely to our south areas below Raceland such as Cut off we’re getting slammed with hurricane force winds.