Strong Storms Pushing Through South Louisiana This Morning

As expected a frontal system approaching Louisiana from the west has produced heavy rain, gusty winds, and rumbles of thunder as it advances through Cameron, Vermilion, Lafayette, Acadia, and St. Landry Parishes early this morning. Below is a screenshot of the National Weather Service Radar out of Lake Charles.

As you can see, a thunderstorm cell is moving from southwest to northeast and should be over the city of Lafayette at about 1:30 this morning. A little further to the south and west, another thunderstorm cell could move over portions of Lafayette Parish, Vermilion, and Iberia Parish before 3 a.m.

View the Current National Weather Service Radar Scan

As of now, the only severe weather concern is storms in offshore waters. There have been numerous advisories for "Special Marine Warnings" throughout the evening hours. 

The current prognostication calls for all the shower and thunderstorm activity to slowly move off to the east. In fact, most of the heavier showers should be exiting Acadiana by sunrise. However, there might still be residual showers and sprinkles left over for the morning ride to work and school.

The rest of the work week should be quiet with much cooler temperatures moving into the area by Wednesday morning. The State Fire Marshal's Office is urging caution with space heaters, fire places, and home furnaces as Louisiana faces some of the coldest temperatures of the season.

Forecast low temperatures on Wednesday morning will be in the lower 40s across much of the I-10 corridor. Afternoon high temperatures on Thursday and Friday will remain in the 60s and by Friday overnight low temperatures could be in the upper 30s across many locations in South Louisiana.