Wind chills in the teens Thursday morning! Increasing rain chances for Sunday parades.
Wind chills in the TEENS on Thursday morning across much of south Louisiana & Mississippi. Cold weather fans, rejoice! Get the heavy duty winter jackets & coats back out.
Friday Night: CHILLY! Temperatures in the 40s. Light winds. Increasing clouds, no rain.
Saturday: Chilly! High temperatures in the low-middle 50s. Mostly cloudy with a few breaks of sun. Spotty shower in south Louisiana(10%.)
Sunday: Staying chilly, growing risk for impactful rainfall for Sunday parades. (Barkus in the French Quarter, Femme Fatale, Carrollton, & King Arthur in New Orleans. Dionysus in Slidell, & Atlas in Metairie.)
Unfortunately, the GFS has trended more in line with the EURO model overnight. Both models now highlighting light-moderate showers arriving by late morning-early afternoon Sunday. Rain coverage looks highest between 11AM-5PM.
Rainfall totals .25-1.0″ across south Louisiana with the highest totals along and south of I-10.
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Wind chills in the teens Thursday morning! Increasing rain chances for Sunday parades.
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