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Tuesday 12 PM Tropical Update: Possible development in Gulf of Mexico late this week
SUMMARY: On October 1st, weather updates focus on the Atlantic tropics. Tropical Storm Kirk is predicted to become a hurricane but will not impact land. An area of possible tropical development has a 40% chance, though significant concerns are unlikely due to unfavorable upper-level winds and increasing wind shear. Tropical moisture is expected to move into the Gulf, bringing rain later in the week, particularly affecting Florida and the Eastern Gulf Coast. Overall, the weather will be mostly sunny and warm with temperatures reaching the upper 80s, but prepare for scattered rain and storms starting Thursday through the weekend.
We will be watching the Gulf of Mexico later this week/this weekend for possible tropical development. Some good news is that it is not a guarantee, as the probability still sits at a 40% chance for development by the end of this week. We’ll be watching a large area of tropical moisture move north into the Gulf waters through the end of this week, lasting into early next week.
This moisture will likely reach the northern Gulf Coast by Thursday. The steering currents will be weak, so this tropical moisture will stick around through the weekend and early next week. With the tropical moisture all trapped in the Gulf, we could begin to see some areas of low-pressure form by this weekend, and a depression or tropical storm could begin to form. Luckily the trend has been for a weak, messy system thanks to dry air and wind shear. This is something to monitor though as plenty of uncertainty remains in the forecast.
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New Orleans Weather: Some dense fog through Tuesday morning, chilly on New Year’s Eve night
SUMMARY: A dense fog advisory is in effect for early Tuesday morning, particularly between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m., reducing visibility to less than an eighth of a mile. Temperatures are in the 60s tonight, with clear skies and a mild evening. A cold front will bring cooler, breezy conditions tomorrow, with highs in the low 70s and temperatures dropping into the 50s by evening. New Year’s Eve will be chilly, with clear skies and temperatures in the 50s at midnight. A cold snap is expected in the coming days, with colder weather through Friday and into the weekend, along with some rain chances.
Colder days ahead to kick off 2025 later this week.
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Accounting issues found with Louisiana’s storage tank trust fund | Louisiana
SUMMARY: The Louisiana motor fuels underground storage tank trust fund’s financial statements showed accounting issues during a recent audit by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Office. The audit revealed that a liability exceeding $173.2 million, identified in a March 2024 report for participating sites, was not reflected due to cash basis accounting practices. This fund, established in response to the 1984 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, is financed through fees from tank owners and is used for site remediation. Despite the accounting discrepancies, the auditor maintained that the financial statements fairly represented the fund’s position according to cash accounting principles.
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Lawmakers addressed crime, tax reform in work this year | Louisiana
SUMMARY: In 2024, Louisiana enacted numerous crime and tax reform bills under Governor Jeff Landry’s conservative agenda. A significant focus was on juvenile justice, introducing harsher penalties: 17-year-olds can now be tried as adults, with stricter consequences for repeat juvenile offenders and public access to juvenile records. Other notable laws include life sentences for trafficking minors and enhanced penalties for drug distribution aimed at children. In tax reform, the state income tax rate was reduced to a flat 3% for those earning over $12,500, accompanied by a sales tax hike to 5%. Additional changes involved an increased tax exemption for seniors and corporate tax reductions.
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