>> FROM THE KATC WEATHER LAB, HERE'S ROB'S FORECAST.
>> WELCOME BACK AND WELCOME TO THE WEEKEND AND CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A BALMY START TO THE WEEKEND WITH TEMPERATURES STAYING IN THE 70'S TONIGHT, HUMIDITY UP THERE MAY BE A
LITTLE PATCHY LIGHT RAIN DRIZZLE OR MIST AND SOME FOG LATER ON TONIGHT, BUT LOOKS GOOD FOR KREWE DE TONIGHT PARADE, TOMORROW'S PARADES THOUGH,
ESPECIALLY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON COULD BE UP IN THE AIR WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT WHO'VE RUN ON THE WAY AND PERHAPS THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL. SO LET'S KETA
A LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE OUTSIDE GOING OUTSIDE A JOHNE L GETTING THE SHOT OF THE MARDI GRAS FLAG FLAPPING IN THE WIND.
NOW THIS IS AFTETHR E WARM FRONT FINALLY PASSED THROUGH THE AREA.
>> AS GOING TO BE BREEZY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. SO THATAY M LIMIT THE FOG A LITTLE BIT DURING THE COURSE OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. BUT AS TEMPERATURES MEET UP WITH THE
DEW POINTS I WOULD THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME MISTY DRIZZLES DEVELOPING AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON BUT NOTHING THAT'S GOING TO RUIN ANY PARADE ACTION FOR TONIGHT, BIG PICTURE
ACROSS THE LOWER 48 UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE STEM OVER HERE IN THE ARIZONA NEW MEXICO PRODUCING BIG SNOWS. 3 FEET OF SNOW IN THE FLAGSTAFF AREA OVER THE
LAST 2436 HOURS. THOSE BIG SNOW IS MOVING INTO NEW MEXICO PORTIONS OF COLORADO BLIZZARD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF KANSAS INTO NEBRASKA AND INTO
IOWA AND UP TO MINNESO.TA HEAVY SNOW WILL BE A FALLING MEANWHILE, IT'S BEEN HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE SAME STSPO FROM THE OZARKS INTO THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEYND A
THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THE GREATEST RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER GOING INTO TOMORROW, ESPECIALLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND TOMORROW EVENING SO BE WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELYOR F
OUR FRIENDS OFF TO THE NORTH AND EAST END A LOOK RIGHT HERE COUPLE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING JUST POSTED FOR PORTIONS OF MISSISSIPPI BUT ALL THE TIONAC
STAYING NORTH OF US OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, WE DID SEE SHOWERS SCATTERED SHOWERS EARLIER TODAY, HERE'S A 6 HOUR LOOP.
THE STORMS ARE MOVING TOHE T NORTH, ESPECIALLY THE ONES BY ALEXANDER WILL INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE FARTHER TO THE NORTH TONIGHT, SO ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT OF A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE BUT NOT ACADIANA AND THE RADAR NOT LOOKING TOO BAD THIS EVENINGA, FEW SPOTTY LIGHT SHOWERS ALSO OUT INTO THE BASIN AND THERE'S
GOING TO BE DRIZZLE AND MIST THAT YOU DON'T SEE ON THE RADAR THAT WILL BE OUT THERE AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON SO GOT TO FACTOR THAT INTO THE FORECAST. HERE'S THAT WARM
FRONT FINALLY MAKING HEADWAYE W GOT UP TO 78 LAFAYETTE, WE MISSED 80 TODAY BECAUSE THE FRONT WAS TARDY IT STUCK AROUND FOR A GOOD PART OF THE NIGHT LAST NIGHT BUT YOU CAN SEE 70'S
AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO STAY ALL NIGHT LONG LOWER 70'S AND TOMORROW WE THINK UPPER 70'S SO MILD WITH FOG MAYBE AND SOME MISS THE DEPENDS ON OUR WINDS ARE IT'S
GOING TO BE PRETTY BREEZE OUT OF THE SOUTH I DO THINK WE'VE GOT FOG IN THE MIX AND WE'LL REASSESS THAT FOG FORECAST TONIGHT AT 10. THEN HERE COMES A CALL FOR NOW FUTURE CAST.
I THINK IS UNDER DOING THE RAIN.
THAT WE SEE EARLY PARADES MAYBE A FEW PASSING SHOWERS FOR THE CARENCRO PARADE CREW DISH AND I THINK WE'LL SEE A BETTER CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS MAYBE A THUNDERSTORM AND THEN HERE
COMES THE FRONT IT WILL BE MOVING ON THROUGH DURING THE COURSE OF THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS ACADIANA NOT SHOWING A WHOLE LOT IN THE WAY OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND
THE FRONT WILL BE CLEARING THE AREA IN TIME WE THINK FOR AT LEAST THE MIDDLE PART OF THE RIO PARADE CLOUDS MAYBE SOME SPRINKLES BEHIND THIS FRONT IT WILL BE
COOLING OFF INTO THE 60'S SO JACKETS AND SWEATERS ON TOP OF THE RAIN GEAR JUST IN CASE WE GO INTO SUN. FINALLY A MOSTLY SUNNY AND NICE DAY.
TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT WHERE THEY SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR IN THE MID 60'S, SO SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS WEEKEND, HERE'S THE EXTENDED PREDICTIVE RADAR
MODEL I THINK IT DOES A BETTER JOB NOTICE IT'S SHOWING THE PATCHY LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SO WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCE 20 TO 30% TONIGHT. THEN HERE
COMES THAT FRONTAL BOUNDARY, 11 O'CLOCK STILL NOT TOO BAD FOR ACADIANA BUT 2 O'CLOCK THAT IS WHERE WE DO EXPECT SHOWERS AND STORMS TO FIRE UP. SO I'M LIKING THIS MODEL A LITTLE BIT
BETTER BIGGER STORMS YOU THINK DEVELOPING OFF TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF A SUDDEN BY 6 O'CLOCK TOMORROW EVENING, THINGS WINDING DOWN AND DRIER AIR MOVING IN AS WITH THAT SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT TONIGHTS I CONFINED MAINLY TO THE NORTHERN AND I THINK THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE STAY JUSAT MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER NORTH OF ACADIANA BUT TOMORROW
DIFFERENT STORY AS THE MUCH OF ACADIANA HATCHED IN FOAR MARGINAL TO SLIGHT RISK OF STORMS DAMAGING WINDS, MAYBE AN ISOLATED
SHORTLIVED TORNADO. THE MAIN THREATS BUT AGAIN, NOT LOOKING OVERLY THREATENING BASED ON THE LATEST MODEL DATA THAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT WE SEE, BUT THE WE WILL HAVE TO
KEEP AN EYE ON THE STOSRM TOMORROW AND THEN AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER AS UYO GET INTO THE EASTERN ARKANSAS, MISSISSIPPI AND TENNESSEE WHERE SUPER CELLS WILL BE POSSLEIB
THAT COULD PRODUCE AS A PSYCH LOANS AND BOEING ECHOES THEOS KIND OF CIRCULAR STRUCTURES THAT WILL BE CAPABLEF O PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND MAYBE A COUPLE
A STRONG TORNADO ZF TOR O GREATER SO ROUGH AND TUMBLE WEATHER IN MIND YOU THIS IS AN AREA THAT'S SEEN A LOT OF RAIN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS.
SO IT WON'T BE HARD TO UPROOT TREES ACROSS PORTIONS OF THAT PART OF TORNADO ALLEY TEMPERATURES TONIGHT, STAYING IN THE LOWER 70'S THROUGH
MIDNIGHT WE STAY NEAR 74 LOW IN LAFAYETTE THEN TOMORROW I THINK MID TO UPPER 70'S, A LITTLE BIT MILDER THAN WHAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU RIGHT HERE AND THEN COOLER AIR BEGIN TO WORK BEGINS TO
WORK ITS WAY IN 7 O'CLOCK TEMPERATURES IN THE 60'S AND THE LOWER 60'S BY 11 O'CLOCK TOMORROW NIGHT AND THEN COOLING OFF NICELY UPPER 40'S LOWER 50'S FOR SUN. MORNING AND THEN
SUN. AFTERNOON WILL GO AND TEMPERATURES WARNGMI NICELY INTO THE MID 60'S WHICH IS RARE WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR, 6566 DEGREES RIGHT ON MARK.
BUT A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE, NICE AND COOL. SO THE PARADE THIS EVENING LOOKING GOOD SOME MISTY SPRINKLES PATCHY DRIZZLE OF WITH TEMPERATURES
HOLDING IN THE 70'S AND TH'SAT HOW WE PLAYED OVERNIGHT WITH SOME FOG LATER ON A BREEZY AND WARM AFTERNOON FOR TOMORROW WITH STORMS LIKELY SOME POTENTIALLY SEVERE RAIN CHANCE
STILL HEALTHY AT 80%.
BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S GOING TO RAIN ALL DAY LONG SO MAKE YOUR PARADE PLANS AND JUST STAY WITH THE KATC IN KATC WEATHER APPS FOR THE VERY LATEST AND CHECK OUT THE
DOPPLER AND THEN AS WE GO INTO SUN. AND MON.
SOME NICE WEATHER ON TAP AND ON I'M BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE OPTIMISTIC IN THE REST OF THAT 10 DAY RELATIVELY BETTER LOOKING FORECAST THAN WHAT WE'VE ENSE
OVER THE LAST SAY 20 OR 30 DAYS, IT'S BEEN A CLOUDY