New Orleans Winter Weather: Hourly Updates
BATH THEM LESS IN COLD WEATHER. MARGARET: BLUE CAME RUNNING INSIDE TODAY. I THOUGHT IT IS WAY TOO COLD. WE HAVE A LITTLE RAIN. THE TEMPERATURES ARE ALREADY GOING DN, OW AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THIS IS EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON. WE ARE NOT EXPECTING HEAVY ICE OR ANYTHING, IT WILL BE VERY LIGHT. THE TRUTH IS IT TAKES JUST LITTLE TO CAUSE A PROBLEM. JUST ONE SMALL SLICK SPOT ON ETH ROAD CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. RAIN CHECKS UP, TEMPERATURES DROP GNGOI, IT WILL FREEZE ON THE NORTH SHORE IN THE MORNING. JUST ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COT AS I HAVE CONCERNS FOR YOU TOO. YOU WILL BE NEAR FREEZING. AND CLOSE TO FREEZING ON THE SOUTH SHORE, ESPECIALLY THE PARISHES OF HOUMA INTTHO E RIVER. ELEVATED ROADS HAVE A GREATER RISK OF LOWER TEMPERATURES ENGHOU THAN YOU COULD HAVE THESE ICE CONDITIONS. WATCOUH T FOR THIS. HERE’S A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS. WE ARE IN THE HIGH 30 TO NEAR 40 DEGREES WITH NDWI BLOWING. IT FEELS CLOSER TO T32O MID 30. JUST OUR WEST IT SEEMS THAT ITS I IS STARTING TO PUSH ON THE NORTH SHORE. FORECAST MODELS ARE IN KIND OF DISAGREEMENT WITH WHAT THEY SAID YESTERDAY, WHAT WE KNOW WAS POSSIBLE, AND SURELY ENOUGH THEY HAVE WAR – MORE MOISTURE INCOMING. THE EUROPEAN MODEL ALSO FITS. BEFORE IT HAD RAIN OFFSHORE. WHERE YOU HAVE RAIN AND DROPING TEMPERATURES, YOU HAVE ETH RISK OF HAVING THAT FREEZING RAIN. HERE IAS WATCH AN UPDATED MODEL. IT SHOWS TONIGHT AT 12:30 PM WE ARE IN THE MID 30’TOS LOW 40’S. 330 IN THE MORNING, SHOWING THIS POTENTIAL FOR THE WINTER BLEND. VERSIL RAIN AND FROST ON THE NORTH SHORE ALSO. THEN 5:30 AM EXTENDING ALONG THE GULF COAST. BUT IT’S NOT FREEZING. IF YOU HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR THESE ELEVATED ROADS TO HAVE A MORE TEMPERATURE DROP AND GET ICE. WHICH IS INTERESTING, I SEE THE TEMPERATURE DECREASE MORE AS YOU GO INTO THE MORNING HOURS. SEE THE PINK EV AEN 9:00 AM THEN LATER IN THE DAY IT STARTS TO DISSIPATE. FOR THE METRO, RAIN TONIT GHINTO FRIDAY MORNING. BRIDGES AND OVERHEADS ARE A CONCERN, BUT MORE WEST AND NORTH. ABOVE FROST IN THE MORNING. WIND CHILLS IN THE 20TH. IT IS MOSTLY COLD RAIN FALLING. TERREBONNE, LAFOURCHE, IN THE PARISHES OF VERIR. RAIN OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. YOU WILL BE NEAR FREEZING. THAT REAL POTENTIAL YOU COULD HAVE ICED AND DURING THE WEEKEND IT GETS COLD. DESCENDING IN THE UPPER 20’S TO THE LOWER 3”. GIVEN EIGHT HOURS OF FREEZING. THAT IS PLANTS, ANIMALS, PIPES AND PEOPLE. NORTH SHORE, FREEZING TOMORROW MORNING. IN THE SCATTERED RAIN BRIDGES AND OVERHEADS ARE A CONCERN. STRONG FREEZING THIS WEEKEND EVERYWHERE 24TH TO 27TH. 10 TO 12 HOURS OF CHILLING TEMPERATURES. ALONG THE GULF OF MISSISSIPPI COAST, FORECAST MODELS HAVE INDICATED POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN. ALMOST FREEZING FRIDAY MORNING,NG BRIDGES AND VIADUCTS. AND A FROST THIS WEEKEND. LOW 26 TO 29, POTENTIAL FOR NENI AT 10 HOURS OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES. YOUR FORECASTS ARE RECEIVING RAIN ON THE SOUTH SHORE, BUT YOU WILL ALSO RECEIVE IT ON THE NORTH SHORE AND SOUTH MISSISSIPPI, WHERE IT WILL BE COLDER. HIGHS TOYDA LOWS THROUGH THE MID 60S. IT HAPPENED AT MIDNIGHT. WE ARE NOW BETWEEN THE MID 30’S AND NEAR 40’S. THE FORECAST MODEL IS OUT OF A LILETT BIT, SHOWING IT COULD BE CDEOLR IN THE MORNING. WE ARE A FULL 23, 26 DEGREES COLDER THAN YESTERDAY AT THIS LAKEFRONT TEMPERATURE, ETH WDIN GUSTING TO 30. WIND WILL HELP EVAPORATE SOME OF THE MOISTURE BUT WILL ALSO HELP LOWER TEMPERATURES. FEELS LIKE UERPP 20’S TO MID 30’S. THIS IS ‘BOGALUSA. YOU’RE FREEZING IN THE MORNING THE PROBABILITY OF RAIN IS NOT HIGH. HAMMETT, FREEZING IN THE MORNING WITH AN INCREASED CHANCE OF RAIN TO 4. YOUR CHANCE OF RAIN IS DECREASE. SLIDELL, YOU ARE IN THE LOWO T MID 30S WITH A FAIRLY HIGH CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING. FREEZING RAIN HAS REAL POTENTIAL FOR YOU. HERE IS YOUR FORECAST. WENDY, 40% CHANCE OF RAIN. LOW 40’S OF YOUR HIGHS. THE WEEKEND, STRONG FREEZING FOR THE NORTH SHORE, WEAK FREEZING FOR THE SOUTH SHORE
New Orleans Winter Weather: Hourly Updates
Updated: 12:03 AM CST January 21, 2022
There is a possibility of freezing conditions for parts of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi Friday morning. This blog will contain hour-by-hour updates on impacts and conditions on the North and South Rim. 12:00 p.m. Update: Temperatures are between 30 and 41. 36 Hammond, 37 Bogalusa, 39 Slidell, 38 Gulfport, 39 Kenner, 40 Lakefront and 41 Belle Chasse. North wind 12-25 mph. Wind chill between 20 s and 30 s. Showers cover the South Shore and rain spreads over the North Shore. The patterns are more bullish on the potential for morning sleet and freezing rain in the winter weather advisory area. 11 p.m. update: temperatures are dropping. Mid 30s to 40s Northshore and upper 30s to low 40s in the south. 39 now at the airport. The wind is north 10-20 mph. Wind chills mostly upper 20s to lower 30s. The rain is moving east over the entire region. A winter mix increases westward along I-10 near Lake Charles to Lafayette. It’s about 20 to 25 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago! The wind is north 12-29 mph. Wind chill is in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Showers are heading towards the North Shore and moving east over the South Shore. 8pm update: Temperatures are in the 30s to 40s. Most areas of the Northshore are in the 30s. Wind is NE 12-25 mph. Wind chills are in the 20s and 30s. Light rain is moving northeast in our area. The wind is North 17-23 mph. Wind chills are in the low to mid 30s. Showers are moving over the South Shore from the Southwest. As temperatures drop overnight, freezing rain is feared. The main concern concerns bridges and viaducts. Before leaving in the morning, be sure to contact us for the latest road information. 6:00 p.m. Update: The Winter Weather Advisor is now in effect. Precipitation moves through the region within the hour. Be sure to tune in to the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. broadcasts for the latest Margaret Orr weather information.
There is a possibility of freezing conditions for parts of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi Friday morning.
This blog will contain hour-by-hour updates on impacts and conditions on the North and South Rim.
12:00 p.m. update:
Temperatures are in the mid 30s to 41s. 36 Hammond, 37 Bogalusa, 39 Slidell, 38 Gulfport, 39 Kenner, 40 Lakefront and 41 Belle Chasse. North wind 12-25 mph. Wind chill between 20 s and 30 s. Showers cover the South Shore and rain spreads over the North Shore. The patterns are more bullish on the potential for morning sleet and freezing rain in the winter weather advisory area.
11 p.m. update:
Temperatures drop. Mid 30s to 40s Northshore and upper 30s to low 40s in the south. 39 now at the airport. The wind is north 10-20 mph. Wind chills mostly upper 20s to lower 30s. The rain is moving east over the entire region. A winter mix increases westward along I-10 near Lake Charles to Lafayette.
10 p.m. update:
9 p.m. update:
Mid 30s to low 40s now. It’s about 20 to 25 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago! The wind is north 12-29 mph. Wind chill is in the upper 20s to mid 30s. Showers are heading towards the North Shore and moving east over the South Shore.
8 p.m. update:
Temperatures are in the 30’s to 40’s. Most areas of the Northshore are in the 30’s. Wind is NE 12-25 mph. Wind chills are in the 20s and 30s. Light rain is moving northeast over our area.
7 p.m. update:
Temperatures are currently between 30s and 40s. The wind is North 17-23 mph. Wind chills are in the low to mid 30s. Showers are moving over the South Shore from the Southwest. As temperatures drop overnight, freezing rain is feared. The main concern concerns bridges and viaducts. Before leaving in the morning, be sure to contact us for the latest road information.
6 p.m. update:
The Winter Weather Advisor is now in effect. Precipitation moves through the region within the hour. Be sure to tune in to the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. broadcasts for the latest Margaret Orr weather information.
