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March 2008
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Dawn Brown: December 2006 Archives2007 will begin on a sunny note for SE Louisiana with sunny skies and temperatures in the 50s. Good football weather... both on the field and off! New Orleans International Airport recorded a record rain of 3.68 inches Saturday. The weather is on track for a good New Year's Eve forecast with good visibilities for fireworks. Grab a light jacket or sweater if you're headed out the door... temperatures will be on the cool side this evening with temperatures around 61 at 7pm, dropping to 55 by midnight. 2007 will begin on a sunny note for SE Louisiana with sunny skies and temperatures in the 50s. Good football weather... both on the field and off! ... The National Weather Service has issued an urban and small stream advisory for Jefferson and Orleans Parish through 9pm. A band of heavy rainfall could produce an additional 1-2" of rain in the next hour causing flooding in poor drainage areas including the cities of Timberlane... Metairie... Marrero... Harvey... Avondale... New Orleans and New Orleans East. A flash flood watch is also in effect for these areas. ...A tornado watch has been extended until 8pm for SE Lousiana and Southern Mississippi. A slow moving line of thunderstorms moving easterly across the forecast area has been known to produce damaging winds, locally heavy rainfall and dangerous lightning. A flash flood watch is in effect until Sunday morning. A surface low that developed over the Gulf of Mexico and ejected clouds and light rain into our area this Christmas Eve will move over SE Louisiana tonight. In front of the low, temperatures have been rising this evening, in advance of a warm front. Christmas Day, the weather changes rapidly, with cold and windy conditions expected. Temperatures will be in the 50's but it will feel cooler due to brisk, northerly winds. Periods of light... A light steady rain continues across portions of the metro area... but the flood watch for SE Louisiana has been cancelled as the threat of heavy downpours has passed. The chance of rain tonight is 30 percent. The main focus of the forecast is now strong winds and cool temperatures. Christmas Day looks cloudy, windy and cool, with wind chill temperatures in the 40's. There is a slight chance for light rain Christmas Day. ...***FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING. WITH NEARLY SATURATED SOILS AND UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SLIDELL HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING PARISHES AND COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING: LIVINGSTON, TANGIPAHOA, ST. TAMMANY, ASSUMPTION, ASCENSION, ST. JAMES, ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, ST. CHARLES, TERREBONE, LAFOURCHE, JEFFERSON, ORLEANS, ST. BERNARD, PLAQUEMINES... HARRISON AND HANCOCK COUNTIES*... A line of thunderstorms stretching from north of Baton Rouge down through Terrebonne Parish will provide some heavy rainfall in the next two hours. We expect this line to dump anywhere from 1/2" to 1" of rainfall within that time frame. Heavy rain is possible today with isolated thunderstorms. Most of the area should expect measurable precipitation. Otherwise it will be cloudy, windy and cold. It looks like conditions will improve for ... Another set of storms headed our way will move in Saturday night, creating a 50% chance of rain starting at about 8pm Saturday, increasing through the overnight hours. There is a 90% chance of rain all day Sunday with scattered thunderstorms and heavy downpours possible. With saturated soils, more street flooding is possible. On the heels of this system, another frontal system will approach Monday. This will keep cold and windy conditi... We're seeing more heavy rain in the overnight hours... but it looks like most of the heavy activity may clear out in time for the Friday morning commute. Heavy showers are moving through the New Orleans metro area as of 2am... and will continue to provide heavy downpours over the metro area for the next hour before moving toward the Northeast. The heavy rainfall we've seen in SE Louisiana is part of a larger system dumping hea... As I mentioned in last blog, fog will be a problem overnight and into the Monday morning commute hours. As fog continues to reduce visibilities across SE Lousiana and the coastal areas, the National Weather Service has issued a dense fog advisory for these areas. Drivers are urged to reduce speed, stay a safe distance from the car in front of you, and use low beam headlights. I will have an update on your visibilities ... Visibilities are already reduced across the area tonight as a result of fog. No advisories have been issued by the National Weather Service for SE Louisiana yet, however dense fog could be a problem for the Monday morning commute. I will have an update on your visibilities tonight on Eyewitness News Nightwatch. Watch Krystal Boothe and Jeremy Eisenzopf tomorrow morning for the latest traffic and weather hazards. Expect... Latest computer models show dense fog is a possibility for the Monday morning commute. Sunday morning, the fog burned off relatively quickly, giving way to sunny skies and warm temperatures... already reaching the 70s by noon. Expect warmer than average temperatures for most of the week. A cold front moving through Friday will bring cooler temperatures for next weekend. ...Visibilities are already down in Boothville. Coastal areas could see thick fog once again tonight. However, development is expected to be patchy... and burn off earlier Sunday morning. Unfortunately travellers could still have problems over the Causeway and Twin Span after midnight and into the early morning hours. The fog should burn off by 10am Sunday, making way for temperatures in the mid 70s by Sunday afternoon. Co... After the fog burned off this morning, the sun is out this afternoon. Expect mostly clear skies this Saturday. Fog will develop once again this Saturday night, but expect patchy dense fog. Unfortunately travellers could still have problems over the Causeway and Twin Span after midnight and into the early morning hours. The fog should burn off earlier Sunday, making way for temperatures in the mid 70s by Sunday afternoon. ...Below freezing temperatures overnight are expected across the northshore and river parishes. A freeze warning has been issued for Upper Terrebonne, Upper Lafourche, St. James, Assumption and St. John the Baptist Parishes. It's advised to protect tender vegetation and bring the pets inside for the next couple of nights. High pressure building across the Great Plains will eject more cold air into our region, creating temperatures in the ... High pressure building across the Great Plains will eject more cold air into our region, creating temperatures in the low 20s on the northshore Tuesday and possibly Wednesday morning. A hard freeze is expected Tuesday and Wednesday morning in those locations. North of the lake, people may want to take precautions to protect pets, plants, people and pipes Tuesday. Wind chills tonight on the northshore expected to be in the 20s.... Saturday will feel better than Sunday even though afternoon temperatures will be in the 50s both days. A few clouds will filter in across the area today, but mainly the winds will pick up this evening and into your Sunday forecast. So expect temperatures in the lows 30s overnight tonight on the northshore with a light freeze in some locations, on the southshore temperatures will be in the 40s. 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