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Dawn Brown: December 2007 Archives***A HARD FREEZE IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT... AWAY FROM TIDAL LAKES ON THE NORTHSHORE... PLAN ON COVERING TENDER VEGETATION, MOVE PETS INDOORS AND COVER EXPOSED PIPES IF NECESSARY*** New Years Eve temperatures will drop to the 50s by midnight... wind chills could be in the 40s and then 30s in the early morning hours. Expect windy and cold temperatures New Years Day, with temperatures in the 50s to 60 and wind chills in the 40s. Tempe... Overcast skies and cool temperatures for your Saturday forecast. Afternoon highs will struggle to reach 60 degrees. The chance of showers increases this evening to 80 percent across the area... the southshore has the best chance for locally heavy rainfall and strong winds from thunderstorms. Tomorrow, expect clearing in the afternoon and temperatures in the low 60s. On New Years day, it should be sunny with a high around 70. New Years... You can feel the temperatures dropping outside... a cool northerly wind is bringing colder air into the region. While temperatures topped out in the upper 70s, they've already dropped 20 degrees... and will fall about ten more degrees tonight before bottoming out in the 40s across the area. Another storm system rolls through the area tomorrow night. ...As of 1pm... the tornado watch has been cancelled for all of SE Louisiana and Southern Mississippi... with the exception of coastal waters. As of 1pm... the tornado watch has been cancelled for all of SE Louisiana and Southern Mississippi... with the exception of Plaquemines parish and coastal waters, that will extend until 6pm. A line of thunderstorms ahead of a cold front is moving rapidly east. After temperatures soared to the upper 70s (and even an 81 in Houma) this afternoon... they will drop back to the 40s and 50s in the overnight hours... temperatures Saturday will... Expect overcast conditions on this Thursday with a slight chance of light rain along the coast. A warm front moves through the area Thursday night... bringing a chance for showers and thunderstorms overnight Thursday into Friday. On the heels of the warm front Friday morning, another cold front will move through this area... providing a chance for more rain and thunderstorms, with locally heavy rainfall possible once again. ...Dress in layers and bring the umbrella with you as you head out for those after Christmas sales this afternoon. You'll see a mixture of sun and clouds this morning, but a front is headed in our direction. The chance of rain this afternoon has increased to a 60 percent chance with locally heavy downpours possible. Unsettled weather is in the forecast for the next five days, with a chance of rain each day. ...After a cold and damp start with light rain across most of the southshore and portions of the northshore, a trough axis in the upper levels of the atmosphere is shifting off to the north and the east, giving way to partly cloudy skies this afternoon. A series of storms will move through the region this week, giving us a chance of showers each day. ...Sky viewers last night saw a halo or ring around the moon. What causes the ring? Upper level clouds are made up of ice crystals. These crystals bend light reflected from the moon. (We see the moon as reflected sunlight.) When the ice crystals are bent, it appears as a halo or ring around the moon. Because high pressure allowed for a dry and stable air mass, it created ideal conditions for the viewing. Also, last night's full moon created the p... Some severe weather warnings in advance of the front... mainly on the northshore. As of 10pm, most of the heavy activity is to our east, we are still seeing some rain showers in the metro area. But, it looks like a few light showers will continue in the overnight hours. Temperatures are already dropping, expect overnight lows in the 40s both north of the lake and south. Winds are shift to the Northwest. Strong winds and cooler temperatures on ... A warm and breezy welcome to the weekend. Expect temperatures in the mid to upper 70s on this Saturday in advance of a strong cold front that will move through in the evening hours. Expect showers and thunderstorms in advance of the front. Strong wind gusts are expect in the overnight hours... with isolated spots of locally heavy rainfall. Sunday morning lows will be in the 40s, afternoon temps will top out in the 50s. Afternoon highs are expe... Wind chills in the 40s and 30s today will give way to below freezing temperatures on the northshore and parts of the river parishes overnight. Click on the blog for the warning from the National Weather Service. ...With the passage of a strong cold front this evening... the National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for the area... please click on the blog for the advisory. Gale warnings are also in effect for coastal waters tonight into Sunday. ...A weak cold front moved through the area yesterday cooling temperatures slightly overnight. We won't see any more near record highs... but it won't be dramatically cool this Friday. Saturday, temperatures warm to mid 70s, before a stronger cold front moves through the area overnight Saturday night. Wind chills could be in the 30s early Sunday morning. Bundle up for the Saints game! ...Temperatures will be falling this afternoon behind a cold front that is slowly dragging across the area. In Baton Rouge at the noon hour, temperatures were in the 60s ... while temperatures were in the upper 70s across much of SE Louisiana. Look for 50s overnight. ...We're seeing a few showers today across the area, expect light rain showers to continue off and on throughout the afternoon and evening ahead of a cold front that will move through SE Lousiana overnight. Thursday, expect cooler drier air to start filtering in. However, the really cold air won't move in until Sunday, when another stronger front pushes through SE Lousiana Saturday night. ...Afternoon temperatures will once again hover around the 80s, with a warm airmass still in place across the region. A weak cold front will move through the area Thursday cooling us slightly, before a stronger, colder front moves through early Saturday, dropping temperatures to the 50s. A cold and windy weekend forecast. Subtropical Storm Olga ...Well, just as we are seeing temperatures outside of the norm for this time of the year, there is an unexpected development in the tropics. The National Hurricane Center is watching an area of disturbed weather East of Puerto Rico. There is a slight chance for development, but no threat to our area. ...High pressure over the southeastern United States will block any cold air trying to move our way over the next five days. A large trough over the western United States is creating chilly conditions for midwestern states over the next few days before it finally starts making the trek east... bring a cold front into Louisiana on Thursday. Expect warm temperatures until then. ...Well, it will seem cold Monday with a high of 62 and a cold northerly wind in comparison to the possible 83 degree mark that we will hit at New Orleans International Airport today. We've already tied the record set in 1982 of 82 degrees. Just to give you an idea of the temperature drop behind this front. Dallas is currently at 80 degrees right now, while Amarillo Texas is at 40 degrees! We won't see much rain with this front, overall a 30% cha... Temperatures will possibly be near record highs on Sunday with warm air moving in from the Southwest ahead of a cold front that will bear down on the region Sunday night. Cold artic air that has the Upper Midwest in the teens this Saturday afternoon will be making its way across the country dropping us back into the 50s by Monday evening. This weekend looks fairly tame as far as the weather is concerned. The only concern in the overnight hours... |
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