Overview

• National Hurricane Center forecasters have reduced Invest 93L’s chance of developing into a tropical depression to 30% over both the next 48 hours and seven days.
• Rainbands are expected to drop 2 to 4 inches of rain, with isolated totals up to 8 inches in coastal Louisiana.
• Flood watches are in effect through Friday night from the Florida Panhandle to southeastern Louisiana.
• New Orleans officials and residents have opened sandbag distribution sites in anticipation of rapid storm-related flooding.
• Hostile upper-level winds have kept the system disorganized despite warm Gulf waters and an active hurricane season.