Tropical Storm Dexter update
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The storm remains disorganized on Wednesday but still has time to strengthen over the Gulf before making landfall on Thursday.
Invest 93L is expected to move onshore in Louisiana later today. Will it be a depression? Tropical Storm Dexter?
Hurricane center forecasters said the system, designated as Invest 93L, is forecast to continue moving westward and could emerge or redevelop.
There’s growing concern for another significant rain and flooding event this week, this time along the Gulf Coast, from what could become the Atlantic basin’s next tropical system.
The National Hurricane Center is tracking three tropical waves, including two in the Caribbean. Tropical wave 1: A far eastern Atlantic tropical wave is near 30W from 17N southward, and moving west at 11 mph.
New Orleans is preparing for heavy rainfall this week as a tropical disturbance moves through the Gulf of Mexico toward the Louisiana coast.
A tropical storm may form this week, bringing risks of flash flooding and strong thunderstorms from Florida to Louisiana.
It may or may not develop into a tropical depression, but the system will bring rains and the possibility of flooding. Here's the forecast for New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Lafayette.