The Cajun Life - Louisiana

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Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Remembering Betsy, 2nd Half of September To See Tropical Activity in Atlantic? When I arrived in NOLA in April 1978, I learned the local only talked about the 1947 Hurricane & Hurricanes Betsy(65) & Camille(69). Camille was the stronger storm, but it passed far enough east of the city that the major impacts were confined to lower Plaquemines and the Mississippi Gulf coast. Hurricane Betsy's track came just south of the city and had far greater impacts for SE LA. But Betsy wasn't supposed to come here as it was forecasted to turn to the north and move well off the East coast. That didn't happen as Betsy stalled and then made a loop back to the west towards Florida. Link in comments. 👇 Ссылка скрыта

A new GULF LOW arrives Friday, the first sign of it will be an explosion of storms along the SE LA coast early in the morning. This is where the forecast gets tough because multiple inches of rain will fall where these storms organize, is that on the pelicans in the marsh or does it creep into metro NOLA? We’ll see. Either way, expect storms to become more numerous early in the day over eastern LA and late in the day for western LA.

A NEW GULF WAVE - There it is, another wave entering the Gulf from Florida. Storms have blossomed this morning in association with this disturbance. It only has about 24 hours in the Gulf before running into Southeast Louisiana on Friday. That limited time should keep this from development.

HIGH CHANCE now out from the National Hurricane Center. Expect a cone to come out by morning if not later tonight and Tropical Storm Watches/Warnings will go up for SW LA into SE TX. Keep a close eye on this.

EDOUARD POSSIBLE - The National Hurricane Center continues to increase odds of development off our coast. A short-lived tropical storm is possible before this moves inland into SW LA/SE TX on Tuesday. The next name is Edouard.

Residents in southeast Louisiana should prepare for increased rain chances starting Sunday that could linger into early next week. More ⤵️ Ссылка скрыта

GULF DISTURBANCE - No shock here, the National Hurricane Center is now highlighting the low off our coast. Development would be minimal if at all so outside of rain chances, I’m not too concerned.

A Great Blue Heron watching the Sunrise at Lake Palourde