Strong winds will affect Mardi Gras events, a low risk of severe storms

Lake Charles, La. (KPLC) – Strong winds of more than 45 miles possible per hour!

Tonight gets warm and humid, and the temperatures only fall into the 1960s overnight. We can start seeing a few scattered showers in front of or near sunrise on Tuesday morning via SWLA. If we get rain early, this could serve to reduce the risk of a storm by getting the temperatures too warm during the day in front of an organized striker line.

For this reason, the forecast calls for a low risk of storms during most of the SWLA that the risk increases in the central -Louisiana. Even with a low risk, which does not mean that the risk is zero; And so some storms could still achieve a serious values. Damage winds of more than 60 miles per hour are probably the greatest storm risk. Although some storms may be able to generate one or two isolated tornado. The risk of Tornados is likely to be higher north and east of the southwest of Louisiana. And if we see showers in the morning, this could certainly help keep the risk of a storm lower.

Now the greater risk of SWLA and our Mardi Gras events will be the wind, and this is not associated with thunderstorms. The winds will probably dismantle all day in the 30 to 40 miles per hour, shortly after sunrise until a cold front arrives in the afternoon. Winds that are strong can cause power failures because the trees fall, but what is even more important, this could lead to problems with Mardi Gras Floats. There can be occasional gusts of more than 50 miles per hour!

For the various events planned for Tuesday, it will be at least available in rainy times together with the windy conditions and a slight probability that we could see some storm. When will the rain end? The graphic below shows the approximate end of the rain and remember that the weather ends from west to east. So I place the timing from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in SWLA. This would first happen near Sabine River and the rain will end near Jennings. The best word for the council is to keep the KPLC First Alert Weather app at hand tomorrow. You can check the radar at any time and receive warnings if watches or warnings are issued in your region. Download the app by clicking here.

The rain and the threat of storms will end over SWLA until the afternoon as soon as a cold front goes through. This brings cooler temperatures back to our area for a few days. The morning lows will probably reach the 30s and 40s later this week.

Another cold front will go through on Saturday and could bring some scattered showers together with another round of cooler temperatures to our area for the end of the weekend until the beginning of next week. At the moment there seems to be no risk of storm in this cold front, although we will continue to monitor changes.

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