NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The next few days will stay very quiet across the area, with a ridge of high pressure keeping things warm and dry. Afternoon highs will climb into the lower to mid-90s on both Monday and Tuesday, making for a summer-like feel as we head into the final days of September. The only factor that could hold back temperatures a bit on Tuesday would be some higher cloud cover drifting through.
By the middle and latter part of the week, the weather pattern becomes more unsettled and a bit tricky to pin down. Several weather systems are expected to interact near the Gulf Coast and the Southeast, though exactly where they line up remains uncertain. What looks most likely right now is that a disturbance will drift toward the northwestern Gulf by midweek and combine with a larger