TheNational Weather Serviceis suggesting to residents of Louisiana from Lake Charles to New Orleans and Shreveport to Vidalia and the parishes in between to get ready for an oldfashioned summer soaker. Oddly enough this increased threat of flooding rainfall can't be solely pinned onHurricane Beryl.However, that tropical system will play a part in Louisiana's wet weather forecast as we move into next week. The catalyst for those showers and storms will be a frontal boundary that is draped across the northern third of the state. The proximity of that frontal boundary coupled with daytime heating and abundant humidity will kick off showers and storms across Louisiana again today. TheNational Weather Service Forecast Office in Shreveporthas rain chances in northwest Louisiana at 60 for this afternoon. That is similar to whatNWS forecasters have predicted for south Louisiana.Rain chances will again be high on Saturday. For that reason, theWeather Prediction Centerhas placed almost all of Louisiana at a marginal risk for an excessive rainfall event. "Excessive Rainfall" is definedby the National Weather Service as a rainfall rate that exceeds a given area's ability to drain. In other words, rainfall rates exceed drainage rates, and that usually leads to some street flooding and ponding of water in lowlying areas. As of now, a similar threat will be in place for Louisiana on Sunday. Then we have to start figuring out how the moisture from Hurricane Beryl will figure into the forecast. Some of thetropical models push Beryldeeper into Texas and Mexico while others have the storm turning more northerly and moving into the Texas Hill Country. Should the "Hill Country Scenario" be the one that unfolds, and that is the scenario theNational Hurricane Centeris going with, that could mean excessive rains for southeast Texas and much of Louisiana during the early part of next week. Some forecast models showed rainfall amounts of up to seven inches from showers and storms over the next seven days. Naturally, the forecast will be finetuned over time and by Monday we should have a much better idea of just how Beryl will or won't affect Louisiana's weather moving forward. If there is a silver lining in all of these clouds, at least there aren't heat advisories posted for the next few days. So, we do have that going for us. Gallery Credit: Bruce Mikells. . . .
Louisiana residents are warned about potential flooding due to a front meeting humidity and daytime heating. Hurricane Beryl may contribute, threatening excessive rainfall with rates surpassing drainage capacities, causing street flooding. Models suggest Beryl could bring up to seven inches of rain to Texas and Louisiana. Heat advisories are absent for the next days.