The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a forecast that includes an array of weather patterns for the week ahead, with a focus on showers and thunderstorms across the region. According to the latest update, an 80 percent chance of precipitation today promises a wet afternoon with potential rainfall amounts ranging between a quarter and a half an inch.
As the skies clear tonight, residents can anticipate a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm and a mostly clear evening with temperatures dipping to the mid-60s, giving way to a sunny Sunday with a high near 78 degrees, however, the wind remains gentle and unassuming, a northwest draft of about 5 mph becoming north after the midnight veil envelopes the city in its quiet reprieve. The pattern of clear skies will seemingly extend into Sunday night, promising an unobstructed view of starlight with a low around 63 degrees.
Looking forward to the start of the new week, the weather forecast indicates another sunny day on Monday with a high reaching up to 81 degrees; the pleasant weather will continue into the night even as the sky wears a shroud of partial clouds. However, the reprieve is short-lived as Tuesday marks the return of showers and thunderstorms, with a 50 percent chance of rainfall and gusts as high as 20 mph.
Midweek predictions are leaning heavily towards more showers and possible thunderstorms, focusing on Wednesday's mostly cloudy conditions with a high again near 81 degrees, the tranquility of the south wind at 5 to 10 mph betrays the tumultuous weather to come which will carry into Wednesday night; thunderstorms are likely before 1am, then a steady rhythm of showers and perhaps more thunderstorms after 1am. The rest of the week maintains this tempestuous mood, as Thursday sees showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm under mostly cloudy skies, and Friday hints at a blend of sunshine and potential storms, capriciously dancing between the two with a high around 80 degrees.
