>> THE KATC WEATHER LAB, HERE'S ROB'S FORECAST.
>> WELCOME BACK AND WELCOME TO THE WEEKEND AND FINALLY A SUNNY WEEKEND ON TAP WALL-TO-WALL SUN TOMORROW SUN FOR SUN., BUT SOME HIGH CLOUDS LATE IN THE DAY, BUT
IT'S GOING TO BE A STELLAR WINTER WEEKEND GET OUT ENJOY IT.
>> YOU CAN TAKE DOWN THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS DO YARD WORK WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO GOT PLENTY OF THAT GOING ON.
>> BUT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO BUSY GOING INTO THE NEW YEAR I WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
2018 AND FIRST OFF OF THAT TALK ABOUT RAINFALL.
>> IN LAFAYETTE, WE GOT A LITTLE BIT OVER 55 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT BELOW THE NORMAL OF 61.2 INCHES NOW THIS MAPS KIND OF HARD TO READ
A PULL THIS OFF GOVERNMENT SIDE, BUT THIS IS THE RAINFALL AND HERE'S THE KEY BEHIND ME OVER HERE TO THE YOUR RIGHT.
GENERALLY ACROSS ACADIANA 5060 INCHES OF RAIN THERE ARE HOT SPOTS VERMILION PARISH WHERE WE HAD SOME MAGENTA AND EVEN SOME BLUES 70, MAYBE 80 INCHES OF RAIN.
BUT THIS IS DOPPLER ESTIMATED RAINFALL NOT OVERLY ACCURATE.
BUT GIVES YOU A SPIRIT OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR MOST OF US PRETTY CLOSE TO NORMAL THEN YOU GET TO THE WEST AND LOOK AT THIS.
>> 7080 EVEN 90 INCHES OR MORE OF RAINFALL FROM BEAUMONT ON DOWN TO.
>> ABOUT PORT ARTHUR AREA SO INCREDIBLE RAIN AMOUNTS AND THIS IS COMING OFF A YEAR IN 2017 WHERE THEY HAD OVER 90 TO 100 INCHES IN THE SAME SPOT SO BACK TO BACK YEARS
A 100 AND RAIN FALLS OR NEAR THAT AROUND RIDGE AND THE PORT ARTHUR AREA YOU CAN SEE THE COMPARISON ON BOTH TWITTER AND MY FACEBOOK FEEDS I KIND OF PUT
THOSE ON THERE. SO OVERALL THIS COMMON NEAR NORMAL YEAR FOR RAINFALL BUT WE HAD A WET PATTERN LATE AUGUST ALL OF SEPTEMBER A GOOD PART OF OCTOBER AND THAT KEPT
OUR DAYTIME HIGHS DOWN BUT THIS IS WHAT KIND OF SHOCKED ME AFTER I CRUNCHED ALL THE NUMBERS FOR 2018 AND THESE ARE THE TOP WARMEST YEARS FOR LAFAYETTE
LAST YEAR WAS THE HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD WHICH BEATS THE YEAR BEFORE WHICH WAS THE HOTTEST YEAR ON RECORD NOTICE.
WE HAD BETTER RAIN FALLS AND THEN HERE'S 2018 SNEAKING IN NOT WITH MUCH RAIN. BUT OVERNIGHT LOWS WERE ELEVATED A DAYTIME HIGHS WARRANT THAT THE HELP AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAD
A LOT OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. NO HEAT WAVES, BUT WE TAKE THE MEAN TEMPERATURE WHICH IS TAKING THE LOWS AND IS DIVIDED BY 2 AND WE FINISHED IN THE TOP 10 WHICH
IS INCREDIBLE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS HERE IN YELLOW 9 10 7, 6, 2 AND WON ALL OF THESE AS 6 OF THE TOP 10 YEARS HAVOC HER IN THE LAST 13 YEARS. SO THAT'S INCREDIBLE
IF YOU PUT 19 98 IN THERE THE LAST 21 YEARS YOU WOULD HAVE THAT 7 OF THE TOP 10 THE ALL YEARS THAT ARE HOTTER WHERE THE DUST BOWL YEARS BACK IN THE 20'S AND INTO
THE 30'S SO TREND ABSOLUTELY WHY IS THAT WHILE THE GULF OF MEXICO HAS BEEN RUNNING ONE TO 2 DEGREES WARMER IN LINE WITH THE REST OF THE GLOBE'S OCEAN SO WE'RE SEEING
THAT HEATING OF THE ENTIRE GLOBE. MANIFEST IN THE OCEANS AND THAT AFFECTS US ESPECIALLY OUR NIGHT TIME LOWS AND THAT'S WHY 2018 FINISHED IN THE TOP 10 WHICH WAS QUITE SHOCKING
TO ME, IT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS THAT HOT OF YEAR BUT THOSE OVERNIGHT LOWS THAT ARE COMING UP WEATHER PATTERN LOOKING GOOD HIGH-PRESSURE EDGING IN DRIER AIR COMING IN THE CLOUDS
PUSHING ON OUT OF THE AREA GENERALLY FAIR SKIES AND TEMPERATURES DROPPING NICELY TONIGHT INTO THE UPPER 30'S LOWER 40'S TOMORROW, LOTS OF SUNSHINE IN THE MIX
YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THE SUNGLASSES FOR SURE PUT AWAY THE UMBRELLAS IN THE RAIN GEAR AND NICE AND MILD IN THE AFTERNOON IT WARMS UP NICELY COOL AGAIN TOMORROW
TEMPERATURES DROPPING THROUGH THE 50'S INTO THE 40'S AND THEN ANOTHER CHILLY START EARLY SUN., BUT LOTS OF SUNSHINE EVEN MILDER TEMPERATURES IN THE MODELS HAVE BEEN HOLDING
OFF ON THE CLOUDS SO SOME HIGH CLOUDS LATER IN THE DAY AND WE MIGHT BE WARMER THAN THE MID 60'S. WE MAY GET CLOSE TO 70 FOR SUN. AFTERNOON WEAK FRONT TRIES TO GET IN YOUR
MON. TUE. OF NEXT WEEK AS WE LOOK AT THE EUROPEAN BUT NOT MUCH RAIN IN THE FORECAST.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT COLDER, THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK AND THEN OUR NEXT BEST REALLY GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN WILL COME LATE FRI. INTO SAT., NOT SURE HOW THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT
THAT'S GOING TO BE MOSTLY A GULF SYSTEM OR A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO US SO RIGHT NOW I HAVE RAIN CHANCES, 40% FOR NEXT FRI. SAT. EARLY SAT. AND THEN FOR LUCKY SUNDAY'S GOING TO BE
NICE AS WELL. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT DROPPING DOWN INTO THE MID 30'S, NORTHERN PARISHES UPPER 30'S TO LOWER 40'S I 10 CORRIDOR AND MUCH THE SAME ALONG THE COAST AND THEN
TOMORROW BACK INTO THE MID-SIXTIES LOOKING VERY NICE INDEED, LOTS OF SUNSHINE CLOUDS ON THE WAY BACK BUT AT LEAST IT WON'T BE TOO WET. SLIGHT RAIN CHANCES TUE. LATE INTO EARLY
WED. AND THEN TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK WHERE WE COULD SEE A CHILLY SOAKING WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE ON THAT MAYBE NOT TOO BAD AND OVERALL A LITTLE TIME TO DRY OUT AFTER
SUCH A WET PATTERN OF LATE, BUT SO INTERESTING 2018.
>> NORMAL PRECEPT WISE FOR MOST OF US, BUT THE TEMPERATURES NOW TEMPERATURE VERY OR THERE.
YEAH VERY SNEAKY AND I'M OFF OF MEXIC