Weather Alerts for Louisiana

Recent Locations: Baton Rouge, LA  

1. Coastal Flood Advisory for: Lower Vermilion; Lower Iberia; Lower St. Mary

2. Coastal Flood Advisory for: St. John The Baptist; Lower St. Bernard; Southeast St. Tammany; Eastern Orleans; Southwestern St. Tammany; Lower Tangipahoa; Southern Livingston; Southern Hancock; Southern Harrison; Southern Jackson

3. Coastal Flood Warning for: Southern Calcasieu; Southern Orange

4. Coastal Flood Warning for: West Cameron; East Cameron; Lower Jefferson

5. Flood Warning for: Beauregard, LA; Calcasieu, LA; Newton, TX; Orange, TX

6. Flood Warning for: Bossier, LA; Webster, LA

7. Flood Warning for: Calcasieu, LA

8. Flood Warning for: Franklin, LA

9. Flood Warning for: Rapides, LA

10. Flood Watch for: Avoyelles; St. Landry; Northern Jefferson Davis; Northern Acadia; Southern Calcasieu; Southern Jefferson Davis; Southern Acadia; Upper Jefferson; Lower Jefferson; Southern Orange

11. Flood Watch for: Vernon; Rapides; Beauregard; Allen; Evangeline; Northern Calcasieu; Tyler; Hardin; Northern Jasper; Northern Newton; Southern Jasper; Southern Newton; Northern Orange

12. Wind Advisory for: Lower St. Martin; West Cameron; East Cameron; Upper Vermilion; Upper Iberia; Upper St. Mary; Lower Vermilion; Lower Iberia; Lower St. Mary

13. Wind Advisory for: Pointe Coupee; West Feliciana; East Feliciana; St. Helena; Washington; Iberville; West Baton Rouge; East Baton Rouge; Assumption; St. James; St. John The Baptist; Upper Lafourche; St. Charles; Upper St. Bernard; Upper Terrebonne; Lower Terrebonne; Lower Lafourche; Coastal Jefferson; Lower Plaquemines; Lower St. Bernard; Northern Tangipahoa; Southeast St. Tammany; Western Orleans; Eastern Orleans; Northern St. Tammany; Southwestern St. Tammany; Central Tangipahoa; Lower Tangipahoa; Northern Livingston; Southern Livingston; Western Ascension; Eastern Ascension; Upper Jefferson; Lower Jefferson; Upper Plaquemines; Central Plaquemines; Wilkinson; Amite; Pike; Walthall; Pearl River; Northern Hancock; Northern Harrison; Northern Jackson; Southern Hancock; Southern Harrison; Southern Jackson

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus Clouds Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds