National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is hoping that the addition to its arsenal of tools will help researchers better understand how hurricanes work.
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office wants to make sure people are aware and prepared so, they pulled a few tricks out from under their sleeve to get folk's attention.
Here is the parish by parish projected impacts of Tropical Storm Nicholas on Louisiana as released by the U.S. National Weather Service in Lake Charles.
Hurricane Ida continues to move at a snail’s pace through Southeast Louisiana, now as a Category 2, dropping to 105 mile per hour sustained winds with gusts of 125 miles per hour.
Hurricane Ida continues to barrel through Southeast Louisiana as a low Category 4 storm, dropping from 150 mph sustained winds at landfall to 130 mph sustained winds.
As of the 7 AM Advisory from the National Hurricane Center in Lake Charles, this monster storm is packing 150 mph winds with gusts of 165 mph. That's only 7 mph short of Ida having Category 5 intensity.
Hurricane Ida continues its slight eastward nudge on Saturday as the powerful Category 2 storm spends its final night before making landfall in Louisiana Sunday afternoon or evening.
As we await Hurricane Ida's unwelcome arrival, residents across the Acadiana region and the state of Louisiana mainly want to know, "How will the hurricane impact me and my area?"