A warm front moving out of the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday is expected to bring heavy rain to the Capital Region, and a strong disturbance moving out of south Texas could follow with severe weather, according to the National Weather Service’s New Orleans-Baton Rouge forecast office. In a hazardous weather outlook issued today, the NWS says, “Rainfall could become heavy over a rather large area and may pose a localized flood threat through Wednesday.” Additionally, “a strong upper-level disturbance is expected … to provide a high probability of thunderstorms across the outlook area Wednesday night and Thursday morning.” There is a 60% chance of thunderstorms on Tuesday, primarily after noon; 40% on Tuesday night; 50% on Wednesday, primarily after noon; 80% on Wednesday night, with new rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches; and 50% on Thursday. Keep up-to-date with the developing weather situation at the NWS’ New Orleans-Baton Rouge forecast office website here.
Heavy rain, severe weather possible through Thursday
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