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March 2008
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Dawn Brown: April 2007 ArchivesHigh temperatures this afternoon reached 86 at the airport in Kenner, and 89 at Audubon Park... above average but no records. Click on the blog for more information. ...With temperatures already warming to 80 degrees by 11am this morning, it's possible for us to hit a record high this afternoon. Click on the blog for the climate data. ...It was a warm day across the area today, but lower humidities helped make it "feel" more comfortable. Tomorrow, afternoon highs will be in the mid 80s as well. Click on the blog for a list of today's highs. ...A line of storms that moved through the metro area is moving East at this hour... with some of the heavier cells located in coastal Mississippi and the southshore this morning. ...No big changes in your Sunday forecast. I do expect the breeze to pick up Sunday afternoon, with winds up to 18 miles per hour out of the SE. We have more information on Sunday stargazing in the extended blog. ...Looking at the latest satellite imagery... we're starting to see clearing skies to our west. The light to moderate rainfall that fell across the area overnight continues to move across the southern parishes... but some of the northern parishes and the metro area may see some sunshine this afternoon. Temperatures will still be on the chilly side, but winds have calmed down... so the afternoon high of 52 will feel like 52. As of ... As cold air continues to move into the region, a mix of sleet and or snow is possible in some northern parishes close to the Mississippi State line. A freeze warning is in effect for Southern Mississippi parishes and Louisiana parishes including Washington, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa and St. Helena. Earlier today, sleet fell across portions of the southshore even as temperatures remained in the 40s and low 50s. Sleet is ... With a band of precipitation moving in at around 2pm, we are getting reports of light sleet across the southshore. Reports have been coming in from Norco, Kenner, Metairie and right here outside WWL studios in the French Quarter. Sleet is a form of frozen precipitation. It can occur two ways. Today it looks as though rain in the middle levels of the atmosphere may have changed over to sleet through evaporational cooling as it fell thr... In his last post, Chief Meteorologist Carl Arredondo mentioned the best time to plant to avoid a freeze is the week AFTER Easter. According to records at Armstrong International Airport, the latest freeze on record is April 8, 1971. Coupled with that, we are expecting rain to move in Saturday... Mostly cloudy skies have been prevalent across the area today, but most of the heavy showers have been limited to Southern Mississippi. A large low pressure system and trailing front have sparked showers to the north and east of the area. We still have a chance for isolated showers tonight... but overall the risk for showers continues to diminish. Patchy dense fog could be a problem for commuters Monday morning. The chance of s... A pretty large cluster of thunderstorms is affecting drivers along Interstate 10 from Bay St. Louis to Mobile Alabama at about 11am... and it looks like it may continue to dump heavy rainfall for the next hour along that route before slightly shifting to the north. Other areas of concern on the Pinpoint Doppler right now are Mississippi counties along our northern border. Some pretty heavy rain around Liberty and McComb. Throug... |
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