A weather pattern located over the western Caribbean Sea brings a chance of tropical weather development in the Coastal Bend, according to National Weather Service officials. The system is producing disorganized showers and thunderstorms in the surrounding area during the most recent update Thursday.
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Breezier conditions and a few more tropical showers will be possible across Acadiana, especially coastal areas, early next week in response to a broad area of low pressure possibly developing in the Gulf of Mexico.
The rain chances for Sunday are up to 60% and some storms look to continue even into the evening hours as a trough of low pressure approaches the area from the Gulf.
Despite still-warm Gulf of Mexico waters, the disturbance isn’t expected to develop into a tropical system because of wind sheer.
Chances are 20 percent over the next five days that the system will become better organized or strengthen. The National Hurricane Center may send an Air Force Reconnaissance aircraft into the southern Gulf tomorrow, if necessary.
Temperatures will top out in the upper 80s to near 90 through Sunday while night-time lows level off near the 70 degree mark.
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However, Invest 99 will be impacted by strong upper level winds which are expected to keep this low weak and not much development is expected at this time.
