A system that was in the Gulf of Mexico has crossed Florida into the Atlantic Ocean. Forecasters continue to watch it and two other systems in the tropics this morning.
A new tropical depression in the Atlantic and a different area of disturbed weather in the Gulf of Mexico. The good news is that neither of these systems are expected to be major players in South Louisiana's weather.
The National Hurricane Center is watching an area of disturbed weather that has the potential to be come the next named tropical cyclone in the 2015 season.
Fortunately for Louisiana residents most of the heavy rains and coastal flooding problems that were predicted with Bill's arrival were very short lived.
The Hurricane Center is monitoring a system that is approximately 500 miles south of Lafayette this morning. The greatest threat appears to be heavy rainfall.
The tropical season may be winding down but the Southwest Gulf of Mexico remains active. Tropical Depression Nine could become Tropical Storm Hanna by later today.
The Journey, Pat Benatar and Loverboy concert, scheduled for August 28th, 2012 at Lafayette's Cajundome, has been postponed, due to Tropical Storm Isaac.
LAFAYETTE, La. (KPEL) — Hurricane watches in effect from Morgan City to the Florida gulf coast have been upgraded to hurricane warnings as forecasters shifted Tropical Storm Isaac’s predicted path even further to the west.
Everyone knows that the last two hurricane seasons have been pretty bad. But just how bad were they?
Experts say that actually we had just gotten used to an unnaturally low level of hurricane activity, with relatively few major hurricanes hitting the East Coast over the last 30 years.