Severe Weather Threat Over...

Thursday, December 24, 2009

The severe weather threat has ended across the forecast areas this morning. The cold front has pushed through, and a much more stable air mass is being ushered in with much colder air. Clouds and/or intermittent light rain and drizzle will prevail through for the next few hours well into this afternoon as the strong Upper Level Low continues to push Eastward across North Texas. Our neighbors to the North (North Texas, Oklahoma) will see blizzard conditions associated with this feature. Snow may fall as far south as the I-20 corridor tonight, but no snow accumulations are expected in Louisiana. No snow here of any kind here, we'll clear up this evening, with a beautiful Christmas Eve on tap with clear skies and cold weather....the way Christmas should be!

 Much of the area came through this system unscathed as far as severe weather is concerned, but over in Acadiana there were several reports of tornadoes. One fatality has resulted as of the stormy weather this morning when a tree fell on a house in Scott.  I will have a complete run down of storm reports later on. We can now turn our attention to the all important Christmas forecast, and I will have a complete Christmas Eve forecast package available later on this afternoon. In short, it looks dry and cold for the duration of Christmas weekend with lows in the 20s and 30s and highs in the 40s and 50s. It will stay cold through New Years the way it stands right now. A cold rain is expected around Tuesday and Wednesday as yet another Gulf low forms in the never-ending El Nino pattern. Have a great day and Merry Chrismtas!


-DM-