Special Marine Warning 49, NWS New Orleans, LA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS/BATON ROUGE LA
300 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2002

FINALLY...A SYNOPTIC PATTERN DEVELOPING...AS ADVERTISED FOR SEVERAL
DAYS...WHICH SHOULD PRODUCE RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF THE AREA DURING
THE NEXT FEW DAYS. ALTHOUGH PRECIP WATER VALUES HAVE BEEN BELOW NORMAL
THEY SHOULD GRADUALLY INCREASE TO AROUND 1.5 INCHES IN THE NEXT DAY
OR TWO. BROAD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER
SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING WITH MINOR SPOKES OF ENERGY
ROTATING AROUND THE SYSTEM WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SWD OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. THIS WILL BE DUE TO HEIGHTS RISING FROM THE NORTHERN
AND CENTRAL ROCKIES EWD INTO THE PLAINS EFFECTIVELY CUTTING OFF THE
UPPER SYSTEM FROM THE NORTHERN STREAM OF WLYS. THE UPPER LOW SHOULD
EVENTUALLY DRIFT INTO THE NRN GULF SOUTH OF LA BUT STILL BE CLOSE
ENOUGH TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE LOWER MS VALLEY WEA OVER THE WEEKEND.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS MAY AVERAGE 1 TO 3
INCHES WITH ISOLATED HEAVIER AMOUNTS DUE TO SLOW MOVING STORMS.

MCB 65/83/64/85 3523      BTR 67/82/65/86 4523
MSY 68/83/67/86 3523      GPT 68/83/68/85 2523

.NEW...NONE.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.
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