Weather Service: Cooler Temperatures Coming to Louisiana

(KMDL-FM) This afternoon, much of Louisiana will be sweltering. A Heat Advisory has been posted for the entire state with the exception of a small sliver of southwestern Louisiana. Most of us will experience daytime temperatures in the upper 90s and a feels-like temperature of more than 105 during the hottest times of the day.

Still from Shreveport to Slidell and Lake Charles to Lutcher and almost everywhere in between, Louisiana folks are asking the same question, "When is it going to cool off"? Surprisingly, the answer to that almost rhetorical question is "sooner than you might think".

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We all know that "guessing the weather" or weather forecasting is an inexact science at best. Still, our forecasters at the National Weather Service and our local television meteorologists do a very good job of not only keeping us safe from the storm at hand but helping us prepare for the next weather event.

The forecast arm of the National Weather Service, whose job it is to offer long-range forecasts, is the Climate Prediction Center, and if you take a peek at the graphic below, you can see the CPC has its eyes on some cooler temperatures in the next 6 to 10 days.

True, the bulk of the near-normal or below-normal temperatures on the graphic approach but do not cross Louisiana's borders on the map. But, as we mentioned, "weather guessing" is an inexact science, so maybe we'll have some spillover and that cooler air will move a little further south than this long-range projection is willing to extrapolate.

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Another thing to consider is this. The average high temperature in Lafayette, Louisiana, during July is about 92 degrees. So, even if we are "a few degrees below normal," we could be looking at temperatures in the upper 80s at best. Which is still pretty darn hot. And, this outlook doesn't really take humidity into consideration.

But if you take a sneak peek at this 14-day forecast for South Louisiana, you will see the afternoon high temperatures are considerably lower than what is forecast for today, and in fact, many days are forecast to be "below normal" as far as the temperature is concerned.

But in the meantime, we still have to get through today, don't we?