>> FROM THE KATC WEATHER LAB, HERE'S ROB'S FORECAST.
>> WELCOME BACK AND WELCOME TO THE WEEKEND UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE OF RAIN AND STORMS TOMORROW, BUT FORTUNATELY NOT ALL THE PARADES WILL BE IMPACTED. SO THAT IS
THE GOOD NEWS TENTATIVELY SPEAKING AND IT WILL BE WARM TOMORROW COOLER FOR SUN. AND SUNSHINE FOR SUN. CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN WE HAD A SUNNY DAY ON THE WEEKEND.
I THINK IT WAS FEB. 2ND ON THE GROUND HOG DAY.
WE WON'T BLAME HIM THOUGH LET'S GOHE AAD TAKE A LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE ACROSS THE LOWER 48, WE HAVE A STORM SYSTEM.
THAT IS BEEN A RECORD BREAKER COMING OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST THAT PRODUCE UPWARDS OF 3 FEET OF SNOW IN AROUND THE FLAGSTFAF ARIZONA AREA UP THROUGH THE GRAND CANYON. NOW STILL
PR ODUCING HEAVY SNOW IN NEW MEXICO, COLORADO. BLIZRDZA WARNINGS AS WE GET INTO A KANSAS EVENT UP INTO OF MINNESOTA AGAIN SOME
VERY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED HERE AND WE ARE GOING TO BE ON THE TAIL END OF THIS SYSTEM WHERE WE SEE MOSTLY RAIN TO THE SOUTH IN AREAS THAT HAVE GOTTEN WAY
TOO MUCH RAIN I JUST CHECKED THE LATEST TALLIES IN MISSISSIPPI NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI RAINFALL TOTAL SO FAR OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YSDA NEARLY 10 INCHES AND MORE ON
THE WAY OVERNIGHT TONITGH THROUGH TOMORROW AND THIS AREA IS GOING TO GROUND 0 FOR PERHAPS THE FIRST A BIG SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK OF 2019 AS WELL. WE HAVE A RISK OF SEVERE
WEATHER AS WELL WE DON'T WTAN TO DOWNPLAY THAT BUT I'M NOT A WHOLE LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE SCATTERED SHOWERS YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS UP TOWARDS MONROE RIGHT
NOW PRETTY STRONG CELL RIGHT HEARS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE GENTLY TO THE NORTHEAST.
SO SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA.
NORTHEASTWARD BUT TONIGHT WE DO SEE SOME SHOWERS AS WE GET INTO BAR GUARD. VERNON PARHIS IS AND THEN OVER REPEATS PARISH AND THEN A FEW OTHER SHOWERS SHOWING UPCR AOSS
EVANGELINE PARISH AROUND THE AREA OF THE PLAQUE AND THEN BACK TO THE SOUTH AND WEST WEST OF CROWLEY JUST TO THE EAST OF JENNINGS. A FEW MORE SHOWERS SHOWING UP AS WE GET INTO SAINT
MARY PARISH NOT GOING TO THIS STORY OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, FEW PASSING SHOWERS IN BETWEEN DRIZZLE MISS THEN SOME F AOGS WELL IN FACT A DENSE FOG
ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL PARISHES OF CAMERON.
VERMILION IBERIA AND SAINT MARY AND ALSO LOOKS LIKE OUT THE SHOES IN THAT NUMBER 5 WILL BE WORSE AS YOU GET SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND THEN ALONG THE CSTOA CREW CHANGEOVER CAUSED BY ALL
WILL BE DELAYED TOMORROW MORNING FOR SURE.
>> AS WE LOOK AT OUR FOG PRODUCT THIS PRETTY MUCHN I LINE WITH THAT ADVISORY WI.TH >> MOST OF VISIBILITIES HIGHWAY 14 ON
SOUTHWARD AND THEN HIGHWAY 90 ON SOUTHWARD SO THAT'S WHERE THE FOG WILL BE THE WORST BE FOGGY INLAND AS WELL, BUT VISIBILITIES MAY BE CLOSER TO A MILE FIRST THING
TOMORROW MORNING AND THEN VISIBILITIES BEGIN TO PROVE AS THE DAY WEARS ON THE WIND PICKS UP ALSO AS WELL FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
>> TEMPERATURES TOMORROW MORNING IN THE LOWER 70'S, MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES HERE COMES THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT SHOW YOU 2 MODELS HERE FUTURE CAST.
>> INDICATING THAT THE BEST CHANCE OF STORMS WILL BE COMING AFTER 2, BUT I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE ACTION DEVELOPING RIGHT AROUND 2 O'CLOCK ACROSS LAFAYETTE THE CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF ACADIANA FRONT WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE AREA HIGHS RAIN CHANCES UP UNTIL THE FRONT PASSES. THAT'S ROUGHLY 6 O'CLOCK 5 OR 6 O'CLOCK FOR LAFAYETTE AND THEN
BY 10 O'CLOCK TOMORROW NIGHT IT'S GOING TO BE AN OFF TO THE EAST AND THE GREAT NEWS IS SUN. LOOKS TO BE A MOSTLY SUNNY. AND NICE DAY PREDICTIVE RADAR. THIS IS THE EXTENDED RUN
OF THE PREDICTIVE RADAR AND I LIKE THE WAY THIS LOOKS A MUCH BETTER WITH SHOWERS AND STORMS FORMING UP YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE PRETTY STRONG
LOOKING ESPECIALLY AS WE GET INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. MAYBE SOME BOW ECHOES PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO THERE AND THEN THINGS PICK UP QUICKLY ACROSS ACADIANA
THIS IS AT 2 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON SHOWING A COUPLE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR SOME ROTATION IN THESE STORMS AND THEN THE FRONT BEGINNING TO PUSH THROUGH
AS WE HEAD INTO THE LATTER PART
OF TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND BY 6 O'CLOCK THE FRONT JUST ABOUT MOVING THROUGH LAFAYETTE RAINS PUSHING OFF TO THE EAST AND THEREAFTER WE WILL BE DRIER AS FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THIS IS
WHAT WE HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT WE AR E IN A MARGINAL TO SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS AND THAT SLIGHT TOUCHES ALL THE WAY DOWN THE LAKE CHARLES
COVERS ALL THE NORTHERN PARISHES NORTH OF I 10 INCLUDING SAINT LANDRY EVENTUAL ALLEN PARISH IS ON NORTHWARD AND THAT THE RISK IS FOR DAMAGING
WIND STORMS THAT COULD BECOME BRIEF SUPERCELLS AND MAYBE AN ISOLATED SHORTLIVED TORNADO OR 2 SO WE MAY HAVE A TORNADO WATCH POSTED FOR A GOOD PART OF THE AREA TOMORROW WE'LL HAVEO T
WAIT AND SEE ON THAT. BUT THAT IS A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY AND THERE WILL BE TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT NORTHEASTERN LOUISIANA OFF TO THE NORTH AND EAST WHERE THERE AN AN'SD AND
STRESS OF SEVERE STORMS SOME SUPER CEL TLSHAT COULD PRODUCE THOSE MEZZO CYCLONE.
AND BOEING STRUCTURES THAT PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS AND MAYBE A COUPLE OF STRONG A TORNADO ZF TO OR GREATER AT SOME TYPE OF SCENARIO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
FOR OUR FRIENDS OFF TO THE NORTH TEMPERATURE WISE WE AYST IN THE 70'S TONIGHT THE 70 THE LOW IN LAFAYETTE TOMORROW, MID TO UPPER 70'S AND THEN DRIER AIR
WILL BEGIN TO PUSH IN TOMORROW EVENING. SO IF YOU'RE HEADING ON OUT TO THE RIO PARADE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR RAIN GEAR JUST IN CASE AND THEN BRING A JA
CKET OR SWEATER TO GO UNDERNEATH THAT BECAUSE IT WILL BE COOLING OFF WILL BE A BREEZE AS WELL. TEMPERATURES LOWER 60'S TOMORROW EVENING AND THEN GETTING DOWN UPPER 40'S TO
LOWER 50'S FOR SUN. MORNING AND THEN SUN. AFTERNOON, A GORGEOUS DAY LOTS OF SUNSHINE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 60'S.
RIGHT WHERE WE SHOULD BE THIS TIME OF YEAR SO BREEZY A MEIL WITH PATCHY MIST DRIZZLE AND SOME FOG, ESPECIALLY DOWN TO THE COAST. CHANCE OF UNAFRAID WEDDING THE GROUND AT ABOUT
30% 70 THE BALMY LOW, MAYBE 80 TOMORROW WE SEE A FEW WRECKS BEFORE THE STORMS POP UP WILL SAY UPPER 70'S THOUGH, AND AGAIN SOME OF THE STORMS POSSIBLY SEVERE CHANCE OF
GEINTTG WET AT LEAST AT ABOUT 80 PERHAPS 90%, A BREEZY SOUTH THE SOUTHWEST WINDS AS WELL AS WE HEAD INTO SUN. LOOKING GOOD MON., PARTLY CLOUDY ALSO LOOKING PRETTY GOOD FEW SHOWERS
AS WE GO INTO THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK UP AND DOWN TEMPERATURES CONTINUE AND NO REAL SOLID PROJECTIONS GOING INTO MARDI GRAS WEEKEND FOR NOW