Wet Christmas Day; Cold front this weekend

Wet Christmas Day; Cold front this weekend

Updated: 12:59 PM CST Dec 25, 2024

FOR WEEKS OR EVEN MONTHS. LET’S GO AHEAD RIGHT NOW. TIME NOW IS 1244 AND GET ANOTHER CHECK FOR YOU OF YOUR FIRST WARNING WEATHER FORECAST. AND I WISH THAT WE HAD A BETTER WEATHER CHRISTMAS GIFT TO GIVE TO PEOPLE THAN THIS WET AND RAINY WEATHER. YOU KNOW, I GOT A LITTLE DEPRESSED WHEN I CAME IN VERY EARLY THIS MORNING BECAUSE I WAS KIND OF HOPING THAT IT MIGHT GET A LITTLE DRIER AS OPPOSED TO GET GETTING WETTER, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED OBVIOUSLY, FOR THIS AFTERNOON, WE’VE BEEN TRACKING THE RAIN SINCE VERY EARLY THIS MORNING. NOW SOME OF YOU ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT DRIER, BUT LET’S GO AHEAD AND USE THE MEMORY THAT WE HAVE WITH WDSU. FIRST WARNING RADAR, WE’RE ABLE TO GO BACK IN TIME. I’M ACTUALLY GOING SIX HOURS BACK, SHOW YOU HOW THE RAIN DEVELOPED THIS MORNING. THIBODAUX HOUMA. BOY, YOU GOT SOME GOOD RAIN EVEN BEFORE ABOUT 8:00 THIS MORNING. NOW THAT RAIN IS STARTING TO SHIFT FARTHER TO THE EAST. SO THE PLACES THAT GOT SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAIN HOME IN THIBODAUX. LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE GETTING DRIER FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. LET’S ZOOM IN. USE OUR STREET LEVEL MAPPING. STILL GOING TO HAVE SOME WET WEATHER FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTH SHORE. THESE CELLS LOOK LIKE THEY’RE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 TO 25MPH. HERE’S SOME PRETTY HEAVY RAIN RIGHT IN THE HEART OF OUR VIEWING AREA. THERE’S OUR TRANSMITTER SITE IN CHALMETTE. THAT’S WHERE WDSU RADAR IS, IS LOCATED. SO THAT GIVES US A GREAT LOOK AT WHAT’S GOING ON TO THE SOUTH OF US. OBVIOUSLY, VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING UP INTO PORTIONS OF JEFFERSON PARISH AND THEN GOING FURTHER SOUTH. HERE’S MORE HEAVY RAIN. NOW WE’VE SEEN SOME THUNDER AND LIGHTNING OVER THE LAST HOUR OR SO. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT THUNDER AND LIGHTNING IS DECREASING SOMEWHAT FROM HERE ON OUT. WE’RE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE RAIN BECAUSE WE COULD HAVE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING. I THINK IN A FEW CIRCUMSTANCES. 63 OUR CURRENT TEMPERATURE RIGHT NOW IN BOGALUSA, 60 IN HAMMOND, 63 IN SLIDELL. I DON’T THINK WE’RE GOING TO GET A LOT WARMER THAN THIS AS WE’RE VERY CLOUDY RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE WAY IT LOOKS AT LOUIS ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 61 DEGREES. OUR TEMPERATURE 61. THE DEW POINT HUMIDITY AT 100%. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE RAIN WINDS FROM THE WEST AT ABOUT 12MPH. TOMORROW MORNING I THINK WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FOG. DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO BE OVERLY THICK, BUT THE FOG IS SOMETHING YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONSIDER FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING. MAKE SURE TO WATCH WDSU STARTING AT 430 IN THE MORNING. WE’LL BE CHECKING THE VISIBILITIES FOR YOU. THIS IS KIND OF A MID TO UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT’S HELPING TO PRODUCE THE RAIN. WE EXPECT A DRYING TREND THIS AFTERNOON. LET’S TAKE YOU TILL ABOUT THE MID AFTERNOON. STILL SOME SHOWERS IN PLACE ALTHOUGH FARTHER TO THE WEST THAT’S WHERE THINGS WILL BE DRIER BY ABOUT 3:00 330, 4:00. RIGHT AROUND DINNERTIME. STILL HAVE SOME CLOUDS IN PLACE AND A FEW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. THE CLOUDS MAY BREAK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT. HERE WE ARE AT 9:00. MOST OF THE RAIN SHOULD BE DONE AT THAT POINT. FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING, PICKING UP ON POSSIBLY A LITTLE BIT OF FOG BURNING OFF FAIRLY QUICKLY. TOMORROW AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURE MAKES IT TO ABOUT THE MID 70S. A MAINLY DRY DAY. 20% CHANCE FOR SHOWERS TOMORROW, BUT THEN THAT CHANCE FOR RAIN COMING BACK INTO THE FORECAST FOR US ON FRIDAY. FIVE,. 4321. HAPPY NEW YEAR. LOOKS LIKE OUR NEW YEAR’S EVE FORECAST CALLS FOR DRY AND COMFORTABLE WEATHER. WE MAY GET A COLD FRONT RIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR’S EVE, BUT I’M CALLING FOR A TEMPERATURE RIGHT NOW OF 57 DEGREES AS WE RING IN THE NEW YEAR. CLOUDY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO GET TO THE UPPER 60S AND A LOT OF SPOTS. THEN TONIGHT, SHOWERS DECREASING. STILL GOING TO BE WARM. CLOSE TO 60 DEGREES TO START YOUR DAY TOMORROW. CHANCE FOR RAIN AT 20%. TOMORROW AFTERNOON WE GET BREEZY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, THEN SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH ABOUT EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, 3:04 A.M. THAT’S WHEN WE HAVE A VERY GOOD CHANCE FOR RAIN. A 60% CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BEHIND THAT FRONT, IT GETS

Wet Christmas Day; Cold front this weekend

Updated: 12:59 PM CST Dec 25, 2024

A trough of low pressure to the west will bring us an unsettled Christmas Day, with showers getting more numerous by the late morning and afternoon. We will have a few thunderstorms in the mix as well, but no severe weather is expected. Our weather will continue to be somewhat unsettled for Thursday and Friday, with a good chance for showers, but the best chance for rain will come Saturday night into very early Sunday, thanks to a cold front that will be passing through. The cold front will bring us a slight cooldown, but significantly drier air that should stay in place for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. New Year’s Eve looks to be dry and comfortable, with temperatures in the upper 50s to ring in the new year.

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A trough of low pressure to the west will bring us an unsettled Christmas Day, with showers getting more numerous by the late morning and afternoon. We will have a few thunderstorms in the mix as well, but no severe weather is expected.

Our weather will continue to be somewhat unsettled for Thursday and Friday, with a good chance for showers, but the best chance for rain will come Saturday night into very early Sunday, thanks to a cold front that will be passing through. The cold front will bring us a slight cooldown, but significantly drier air that should stay in place for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. New Year’s Eve looks to be dry and comfortable, with temperatures in the upper 50s to ring in the new year.