Honduran man visiting Louisiana drowns over Memorial Day weekend MUCH. AMY LOU REPORTING LIVE IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU. 517 ON THIS THURSDAY. LET’S CHECK IN WITH DAMON SINGLETON CHAD. NOT A BAD MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. IT’S MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND THE TEMPERATURES AND THE HUMIDITY OR THE DEW POINTS ARE VERY CLOSE TOGETHER. SO YOU MAY NOTICE THE HUMIDITY WHEN YOU STEP OUT OF THE DOOR. LET ME START BY TAKING YOU OUT TO THE GULF OF MEXICO ONCE AGAIN AND SHOW YOU THAT BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY, THAT NOW IS BEING REFERRED TO AS INVEST 91 EL. IT’S POSSIBLE THAT HURRICANE HUNTERS ARE GOING TO GO OUT AND CHECK THIS SYSTEM OUT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GULF OF MEXICO IS NOT A PLEASANT ENVIRONMENT FOR ANYTHING TRYING TO DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL STORM OR A HURRICANE. ALL THE DRY AIR, THE WIND SHEAR OUT THERE IS PRETTY AMAZING. BUT EVEN WITH THAT, THERE’S PLENTY OF RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS. BUT IT’S ALL FOR THE MOST PART, OUT OVER WATER AND AFFECTING PARTS OF FLORIDA RIGHT NOW. AND THAT’S GOING TO BE THE CASE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WE’RE NOT EXPECTING THIS THING TO MAKE ITS WAY OVER FLORIDA AND INTO THE ATLANTIC. ANY MORE. YESTERDAY, WHEN I SHOWED YOU THIS YELLOW AREA, IT EXTENDED OVER FLORIDA AND INTO THE ATLANTIC. NOW IT EXTENDS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN INTO THE SOUTHEAST AND GULF OF MEXICO, WHICH IS WHERE WE’RE EXPECTING THIS THING TO GO OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. ONLY A 20% CHANCE OF DEVELOPING INTO A TROPICAL SYSTEM IN THE NEXT 2 TO 7 DAYS IN THE EUROPEAN MODEL. THAT’S THIS SOLUTION IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE MODEL I SHOWED YOU JUST A WHILE AGO. ALL OF THE ACTIVITY FOR THE MOST PART OVER FLORIDA, THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FOR US TODAY, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT A BETTER CHANCE OF SEEING SOME RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AS THAT IT’S POSSIBLE THAT THAT THIS LOW PRESSURE AREA AND INVEST NIGHT AND WHEN IT GETS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO US HERE IN SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA THROWING MORE MOISTURE OUR WAY. SO PROBABLY GOING TO SEE SOME INCREASED RAIN CHANCES, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COASTLINE. PLAQUEMINES PARISH DOWN TOWARDS GRAND ISLE, OVER TOWARDS SAINT TAMMANY, HANCOCK COUNTY, AND SOME BREEZIER CONDITIONS AS WELL. BUT THEN THE LOW MAKES ITS WAY A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST, AWAY FROM US ON FRIDAY, BRINGING MORE RAINFALL TO PARTS OF FLORIDA INTO THE WEEKEND AS WELL. SO THIS THING IS NOT AN ISSUE FOR US. PRETTY MUCH AT ALL. I GUESS THE BIGGEST IMPACTS ON US WILL BE THAT SLIGHTLY HIGHER CHANCE OF RAINFALL THAT WE’RE EXPECTING FOR TODAY. RIGHT NOW, THE RADAR PICTURE IS CLEAR, EXCEPT FOR A FEW SHOWERS OUT THERE, MAINLY AFFECTING PARTS OF PLAQUEMINES PARISH. AND WHILE WE’RE EXPECTING SOME MORE RAINFALL AND PLAQUEMINES AS A CHANCE, WE’LL SEE THAT 30 TO 40% CHANCE OF RAINFALL TODAY WITH A SLIGHTLY LOWER CHANCE. I’M THINKING ON FRIDAY, MAYBE UP TO ABOUT A 10 TO 20% CHANCE. AND THEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER CHANCE, 20 TO 30% CHANCE OF RAINFALL ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, PROBABLY A BETTER CHANCE OF RAINFALL IS GOING TO BE WITH US NEXT WEEK. A 30 TO 40% CHANCE AS WE GO THROUGH MONDAY A Honduran man visiting Louisiana drowns over Memorial Day weekend Updated: 11:44 AM CDT Jun 1, 2023 Editorial Standards ⓘ A Honduran man visiting family in Bogalusa drowned over the Memorial Day weekend, according to the Washington Parish Sheriff's Office.Deputies said Oscar Torres drowned on Sunday at White Sands Lake. According to the sheriff, Torres was vacationing in America on a visa from Honduras when he drowned. Deputies said they responded to the lake after reports of Torres going underwater and not coming up. White Sands employees, two other women, and a nurse gave Torres CPR for 30 minutes before Northshore EMS arrived. Torres was taken to an area hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. “Our deepest sympathies go out to Mr. Torres’s family during this unimaginably difficult time. Although we are aware of the fact that water-related incidents tend to occur more frequently during summer, no one could have been prepared for a tragedy of this magnitude,” said Sheriff Randy Seal in an issued statement. BOGALUSA, La. —A Honduran man visiting family in Bogalusa drowned over the Memorial Day weekend, according to the Washington Parish Sheriff's Office.Deputies said Oscar Torres drowned on Sunday at White Sands Lake. According to the sheriff, Torres was vacationing in America on a visa from Honduras when he drowned. Deputies said they responded to the lake after reports of Torres going underwater and not coming up. White Sands employees, two other women, and a nurse gave Torres CPR for 30 minutes before Northshore EMS arrived. Torres was taken to an area hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. “Our deepest sympathies go out to Mr. Torres’s family during this unimaginably difficult time. Although we are aware of the fact that water-related incidents tend to occur more frequently during summer, no one could have been prepared for a tragedy of this magnitude,” said Sheriff Randy Seal in an issued statement.