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Next few days, chilly and dry! Warmer weekend with Sunday storms

Next few days, chilly and dry! Warmer weekend with Sunday storms
BACK TO YOUR LOCAL WEATHER YET AGAIN. WE HAVE AT LEAST MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES TO CLOUDY CONDITIONS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS. THAT’S GOING TO HELP TO CLEAR SOME OF THIS CLOUD COVER OUT OF THE WAY. GETTING DOWN TO AT LEAST PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES INTO THE LATTER PORTION OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. WE TAKE A LOOK RIGHT NOW YET AGAIN. AND TAKING YOU BACK TO THE COASTAL AREAS, AS WELL AS OUR LOCAL LAKES, WHERE YOU HAVE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES IN PLAY THAT GO ALL THE WAY TO 6 A.M. IN THE MORNING. NOTHING DOING IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL RIGHT ABOUT NOW. WE HAD A 10% CHANCE EARLIER AND THAT’S ALREADY COME AND GONE. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES, YOU CAN SEE BREEZING GUSTY WINDS OUT OF THE NORTHWEST FOR THE COASTAL AREAS AS WELL. FOUR TO 6 TO 8 FEET FOR YOUR LOCAL TIDE HIGHS. IN FACT, YOU’RE GOING TO BE SEEING YET AGAIN ALONG THE COASTAL AREAS BACK INTO THE INTO YOUR LAKES. YOU’RE LOOKING AT SAME CONDITIONS, 20 TO 30 MILE PER HOUR WINDS, POSSIBLY. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE ALSO 3 TO 5 FEET FOR THE LOT. TIDES GETTING INTO THE LOCAL LAKES, GETTING INTO AGAIN, BREEZY AND GUSTY WINDS OUT THERE FOR NOW. YOU’RE SEEING THAT COME OUT OF THE WEST NORTHWEST, BUT EVENTUALLY IT’LL COME OUT OF THE NORTHWEST TO FINISH OUT THE EVENING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER FORTIES TO AROUND THE FIFTIES CURRENTLY. SO IT IS A BIG CHILLY TO COLD OUT THERE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AREAS BY PLAQUEMINES PARISH. WE SAW A 60 DEGREES OUT BURAS CHILLY AND DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH FRIDAY, SATURDAY. WE’RE GOING TO PICK UP A LITTLE BIT OF NICE WEATHER ON THE WAY. MILD TO WARM TEMPERATURES, PROBABLY THE BEST DAY OF THE WEEK GETTING INTO RAINSTORMS AND OF COURSE, SUNDAY. WE’LL SEE THAT IN JUST A BIT HERE. I’LL SHOW YOU. WE GET INTO THE TEMPERATURES FOR THE DAY TO FINISH OUT. YOU SEE SOME OF THAT CLEARING COMING IN FIFTIES FOR YOU AND THEN GETTING INTO, AGAIN, AT LEAST AROUND 54 DEGREES FOR A HIGH TODAY, YET INTO THE 630 HOUR FOR DINNER TIME OR AT LEAST WHEN YOU’RE LEAVING WORKING TO BE SEEING CONDITIONS TO BE PRETTY CHILLY OUT THERE. SO IF YOU HAVE A JACKET, IF YOU’RE GOING ON OUT AND ABOUT, YOU’RE GOING TO BE NEEDING THAT AS WELL. YOU’RE GOING TO SEE UPPER THIRTIES GETTING INTO AGAIN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SO TAKING THE KIDS OUT TO SCHOOL, BUNDLED THEM UP A LITTLE BIT. THEY CAN LEAVE THAT JACKET LATER ON ONCE THEY GET INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. EVENTUALLY, WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE MAYBE A COUPLE OF DEGREES WARMER HERE AND THERE FOR YOU, BUT STILL A BIT CHILLY. YOU’LL GET INTO TEMPERATURES AGAIN FOR 3:00 TOMORROW. TOMORROW, 55 DEGREES, POSSIBLY 56 DEGREES IN SOME CASES. AND THEN YOU’LL SEE AS WE GO TO 6 P.M. GETTING HOME AGAIN, WE START ALL OVER AGAIN WITH THOSE FORTIES, THE FIFTIES, AND THEN AGAIN WE CLEARLY TAKE IT DOWN AGAIN TO THE UPPER THIRTIES INTO THE FORTIES. AS WE GET INTO THE 11:00 HOUR TOMORROW, SUNNY, CHILLY AND A BREEZY WE’RE LOOKING AT 53 TO 59 DEGREES WITH WINDS UP TO 15 MILES PER HOUR, MAYBE A GUST OR TWO GETTING UP TO AROUND 20 MILES PER HOUR. YOU SEE THE RAIN CHANCES THERE, 10% THERE IN THERE EARLIER TODAY AND THEN THEY GO NIL AS WE GO RIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SO THAT IS FANTASTIC. DRIER AIR IS TRACKING AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO INDIANA AND EVENTUALLY WILL GET INTO SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. ALL THAT RAINFALL AND SNOW MOVING OVER TO THE EAST COAST. COLDER AIR DRIPS DOWN ON US AGAIN, CONTINUES TO HOLD ON FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SO DEFINITELY JACKET WEATHER, BUT THEN WE GET INCLEMENT WEATHER ON THE WAY. AS WE GET INTO SUNDAY, WE’LL GO INTO FRIDAY LOOKING LIKE THIS SUNNY SKIES GETTING INTO IT. YOU’RE PICKING UP THOSE WINDS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE VARIABLE COMING OUT OF THE NORTHEAST. EVENTUALLY 55 TO 60 DEGREES FOR FRIDAY. AND THAT’S NOT BAD AT ALL. BACK TO SEASONAL AVERAGES AND A LITTLE BIT HIGHER. WE GET INTO THE 8:00 HOUR FOR FRIDAY, 43 TO 50 DEGREES. WINDS DARK COMING OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST. WE BEGIN TO WARM IT UP WITH A LITTLE ADDED MOISTURE GETTING INTO THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE, 37 TO 46 DEGREES AS WELL AS WE GET INTO THE 11:00 HOUR FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ROLLS IN, WE GO INTO AT LEAST PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. WE PICK UP SOME RAINFALL COMING IN FOR SUNDAY. IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR ABOUT 4:00 IN THE MORNING OR SO. WE’RE PICKING UP AGAIN POSSIBLE INCLEMENT WEATHER AGAIN, SEVERE WEATHER SNEAKING INTO THE NORTH SHORE, DIPPING DOWN TO THE RIVER PARISHES AND CONTINUING ON AS WE GO INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS, YOU’RE GOING TO SEE THAT RAINFALL CONTINUE TO DROP DOWN A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO NEW ORLEANS. AND OF COURSE, WE’LL SEE IT ALL IN ABOUT 8:00, 9:00 IN THE EVENING WITH SOME COASTAL SHOWERS REMAINING ON SUNDAY. SO IT’S GOING TO BE A ROUGH DAY ON SUNDAY YET AGAIN. WE’LL GO RIGHT INTO HOW THIS ALL PLAYS OUT OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS. RAINFALL GETS UP TO ABOUT POSSIBLY FIVE INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS FOR YOU AND THEN AS WE GO INTO THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST, YOU’RE LOOKING AT CONDITIONS TO BE VERY CHILLY UNTIL FRIDAY AND THEN SATURDAY WE WARM IT UP BACK TO SEASONAL CHANGES AND ABOVE RAINFALL ON SUNDAY WITH AGAIN TEMPERATURES RISING FOR MONDAY AND TUESDA
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Next few days, chilly and dry! Warmer weekend with Sunday storms
Earlier this morning, Southeast Louisiana had a couple of light showers pass over the Northshore, but that was the extent over our 10% rain chance for this Wednesday afternoon. New Orleans is mostly cloudy at this hour and around 51° degrees. Winds are breezy for most local parishes, but over by the Lake Front winds are sustained at 24 mph. Gusts to linger around 25-40 mph from the coast to inland areas -- into 6 AM Thursday morning. Definitely, jacket weather for this afternoon, evening and tonight. The next couple of days will be similar, temperatures from 53-59°. Below seasonal average temperatures by 6-9° degrees (normal average high is now 63°). Dry and sunny skies begin Thursday, by Friday, partly cloudy skies return. Partly cloudy skies for Saturday -- our nicest day of this week. Saturday temperatures return to 63- 68°. Sunday, rain and storms jump back into the forec0ast with potential for severe weather -- for now.

Earlier this morning, Southeast Louisiana had a couple of light showers pass over the Northshore, but that was the extent over our 10% rain chance for this Wednesday afternoon. New Orleans is mostly cloudy at this hour and around 51° degrees. Winds are breezy for most local parishes, but over by the Lake Front winds are sustained at 24 mph. Gusts to linger around 25-40 mph from the coast to inland areas -- into 6 AM Thursday morning. Definitely, jacket weather for this afternoon, evening and tonight. The next couple of days will be similar, temperatures from 53-59°. Below seasonal average temperatures by 6-9° degrees (normal average high is now 63°). Dry and sunny skies begin Thursday, by Friday, partly cloudy skies return. Partly cloudy skies for Saturday -- our nicest day of this week. Saturday temperatures return to 63- 68°. Sunday, rain and storms jump back into the forec0ast with potential for severe weather -- for now.

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