Expires:201308131800;Remove:201308131800;412767 FPUS74 KLIX 131632 NOWLIX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA 1131 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013 GMZ530-LAZ038-040-049-050-056>065-131800- ASCENSION-ASSUMPTION-LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS-LIVINGSTON- ORLEANS-ST CHARLES-ST JAMES-ST JOHN THE BAPTIST-ST TAMMANY- TANGIPAHOA-UPPER JEFFERSON-UPPER LAFOURCHE-UPPER PLAQUEMINES- UPPER ST BERNARD-UPPER TERREBONNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAMMOND...HOUMA...METAIRIE...NEW ORLEANS... SLIDELL 1131 AM CDT TUE AUG 13 2013 .NOW... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS HAVE QUICKLY DEVELOPED AROUND LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN. WHILE ONLY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRESENT...AN INCREASE IN INTENSITY TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. THE RIVER PARISHES AND AREAS ADJACENT TO LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN CAN EXPECTED INTERMITTENT RAINFALL PERIODS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. $$