More heat and humidity with daily rain chances, Erin starts to turn North

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) – Summer heat and humidity continue in the forecast as little change is expected through the next week. All rain ends overnight as temperatures settle in the 70s under mostly clear skies. Monday begins with high humidity and sunshine. Temperatures warm fast to near 90 by lunchtime. Feels-like temperatures will return to the 105 to 108 degree range during the afternoon hours, very close to Heat Advisory criteria. Highs will be in the mid 90s with a few storms developing in parts of the area to bring cooling relief to a select few.

In the tropics, Hurricane Erin has taken most of Saturday to reorganize. It remains a major hurricane, but it is expected to get a bit stronger over the next 24 hour as it begin to turn to the north. Models are pretty set that Erin will split the uprights between Bermuda and the U.S. East Coast midweek. Erin is expected to get much larger in size, so there is the potential that tropical storm-force winds could reach the Outer Banks of North Carolina midweek. Large swells and rip currents will be a big risk for the East Coast throughout this week as Erin passes by. Elsewhere, we are monitoring a tropical wave near the Cabo Verde Islands that has a chance of development later this week. There is plenty of time to monitor it as it moves westward and there are no threats to Acadiana anytime soon.

Locally, there won’t be much of a change to the forecast through Thursday. Each day will see highs in the low and mid 90s with pop-up storms and feels-like temperatures around 105 degrees. Friday, a weak front looks to stagger southward to help increase rain chances. The higher rain chances continue Saturday before the front washes out and summer weather returns Sunday.

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