It's another one of those lopsided tropical systems, where the New Orleans region ends up in "the splash zone."
"There's going to be some flooding problems," says LSU Health New Orleans climatologist Barry Keim.
Keim says the gulf right now is warm enough it could support hurricane development. Luckily, that isn't a worry here.
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"The fact that it's going to stay really close to the coast, though, is going to suck some of the energy out of it," said Keim.
But, because the atmosphere over southern Louisiana and southeastern Texas is so moist right now, it means a lot of rain.
"It's dragging a lot of moisture inland and there's also a front that's been interacting with this system," Keim said.
And as is often the case, the rain is actually off to the side of where the storm is developing.
"It seems like we get a lot of these earlier on in the season, and most of the convection is on the right side of the track," said Keim.
