Author Archives: Chris Cozart

A: July 5th With the Lafayette Airport receiving another dose of rainfall today the streak for consecutive days of rainfall at the airport is now at 10 days. July is typically our second wettest month of the year and it … Continue reading →

After a dry spell for the end of June and the beginning of July where we only saw a trace of rain from June 20th -July 2nd things have definitely changed for the better. Over the past 2 days the … Continue reading →

It has been hot and humid for Acadiana but believe it or not the highs we have been reaching each day have been relatively close to our normal values for this time of the year. The extreme heat has been … Continue reading →

Tropical Storm Debby was a complete headache this weekend regarding the exact path that she would take. Good news is that this afternoon our forecast models are showing agreement with each other. We now have more confidence that Debby will … Continue reading →

Above is an image taken from the GFS model showing the possible development of a Low in the Gulf of Mexico. Originating from the Bay of Campeche starting in the middle portions of next week the model develops the low … Continue reading →

What a difference a year makes! Rainfall totals for this year up thru June 9th show that the Lafayette Airport has received a total of 26.51 inches of rain. That makes it now over 2 inches above the normal values. … Continue reading →

The team of Dr. Klotzbach and Dr. Gray from Colorado State University have updated their predictions for the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season. With the early formations of Alberto and Beryl they did push up their initial forecast with adding 3 … Continue reading →

Subtropical Storm Beryl became official this weekend marking a second named storm before the official start of the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season on June 1st. With a widely exposed center and elongated nature it is more subtropical and has been … Continue reading →

Say hello to Tropical Storm Alberto the first named storm for the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season. It is located just off the east coast of the Carolina’s moving very slowly to stationary. Maximum sustained winds are currently 45 mph. This … Continue reading →

Mother Nature does not follow a schedule and although the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season does not begin until June 1st the National Hurricane Center is already watching a cluster of thunderstorms. It has almost a 50% chance of becoming an … Continue reading →