GINA: WE'VE BEEN WATCHING RAIN
AROUND TODAY, AND PLENTY OF
PEOPLE PULLED OUT THEIR CAMERAS
AND SNAPPED PHOTOS OF THIS
WATERSPOUT ON LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN,
TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS FR
WDSU VIEWERS.
GINA: CHIEF METEOROLOGIST
MARGARET ORR HERE WITH THE
WEATHER CENTER FORECAST.
MARGARET: SO HERE IS THE DEAL.
I JUST HAD A PHONE CALL THAT WE
MAY HAVE A WATERSPOUT.
HERE'S A LOOK AT THE CAMERA
LOOKING OFF TO THE RELEASE AND
IT LOOKS LIKE THAT SHOWER -- THE
WRIGLEYS.
FOR A SECOND, YOU CAN SEE, SURE
ENOUGH, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT
OF A SPIN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT VERY CLEARLY.
IT IS ACTUALLY WATER.
IT DOES LOOK LIKE YOU COULD HAVE
HAD A WATERSPOUT.
WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON,
FERNANDO, A MAJOR HURRICANE,
THAT IS OFF IN THE PACIFIC,
MAXIMUM WINDS WHEN HUNDRED 25
MILES PER HOUR.
60% CHANCE FOR TROPICAL
DEVELOPMENT AND OVER HERE
TROPICAL DEPRESSION 7.
WHAT WE ARE REALLY WATCHING,
SLIGHT CHANCE FOR TROPICAL
DEVELOPMENT WELL INTO THE
ATLANTIC THE RIGHT HERE, AIR
FORCE RECONNAISSANCE WENT IN AND
THEY FOUND DON HAS FORMED.
THIS SYSTEM OVER WARM WATER,
THE WINDS ALOFT ARE NOT THAT
STRONG.
OVERTIME IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
INTO STRONG WINDS ALOFT AND IT
IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE WITHIN
THREE DAYS.
THERE YOU CAN SEE THE FORECAST
TAKING IT OFF TO THE WEST AS WE
LOOK AT THOSE FORECAST MODELS.
MEANWHILE WE HAD A GREAT
WATERSPOUT THIS MORNING AND THIS
IS A LOOK AT THE LITTLE SYSTEM
WE ARE WATCHING SHOWING ROTATION
AND THAT IS WHERE OUR VIEWERS
SAID THEY SAW WATERSPOUTS.
WE CAN LOOK SOUTH OF THE CITY,
OVER HERE BY LAFITTE YOU HAVE A
DECENT SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM
OCCURRING.
NORTH OF RACELAND, THAT IS WHERE
YOU HAVE THE LIGHTENING.
WEST SIDE OF THE COSTLY, YOU
HAVE A PRETTY GOOD DOWNPOUR
GOING ON.
OVER INTERSTATE 55, THE GOOD
NEWS IS THAT RAIN HAS
DIMINISHED.
BUT, LET ME TELL YOU, IN BILOXI,
CAN YOU TELL, KEITH WILSON WAS
PULLED OVER, LOOK AT THAT RAIN
COMING DOWN TODAY.
THEY GOT A DOWNPOUR, BOOTHVILLE,
1.25 INCHES.
GOING INTO THIS EVENING, YOU
LOSE THE HEATING OF THE DAY, THE
RAIN DIMINISHES AND STILL THE
POTENTIAL FOR A SHOWER OR STORM.
THEN TOMORROW MORNING, THAT LAKE
WATER IS WHERE THE REAL
POTENTIAL IS, YOU COULD HAVE A
WATERSPOUT AGAIN AND ALONG THE
COAST RAIN AND STORMS ARE
FORECAST.
AS YOU GOING TO THE AFTERNOON,
WE'RE GOING TO HEAT UP, I'M
EXPECTING MORE STORMS AND THE
POTENTIAL AT TIMES YOU COULD
HAVE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.
HIGH TEMPERATURE SO FAR IN THE
MID-80'S TO 90 DEGREES.
THUNDERSTORM CLOSE TO THE LAKE
AND WE CAN LOOK IN OUR
TEMPERATURES, 77 IN SLIDELL
WHERE YOU GOT A HEAVY DOWNPOUR,
82 AT THE AIRPORT.
AND GOING INTO THE EVENING 9:00,
UPPER-70'S.
IT IS WHERE WE HAVE BEEN EVERY
NIGHT.
MORNING WAS MID-70'S TO THE
UPPER-70'S.
DAYTIME HIGHS TOMORROW, BECAUSE
THERE IS MORE RAIN, UPPER-80 TWO
NEAR 92 THE LOW 90'S.
AS WE GO THROUGH TIME, WE CAN
SEE THAT SCATTERED ACTIVITY EACH
DAY.
IT IS GOING TO GO DOWN.
JUST NOT TOMORROW.
STILL A GOOD SHOT AT RAIN FOR
TOMORROW.
BRING IT DOWN FOR WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IT IS ONLY A
40% CHANCE.