Midweek cool down, storms return Friday
A cold front will bring well below-average temps into midweek.
Share
Updated: 8:30 AM CDT Apr 20, 2021
A cold front will bring well below-average temps into midweek.
Share
Updated: 8:30 AM CDT Apr 20, 2021
Hide Transcript
Show Transcript
CONDITION." THIS ANNOUNCEMENT LIKELY MEANS THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WON’T PURSUE HOMICIDE CHARGES AGAINST THE TWO PEOPLE CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING SICKNICK. KWEILYN:KWEILYN: CLOUD COVER RIGHT NOW. WE WILL SEE SUNNY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON. WE ARE DEALING WITH LIGHT SHOWERS THROUGH 9:00 A.M., WITH 60’S AND 50’S OUT THE DOOR. HIGHS TODAY IN THE MID TO UPPER 70’S. A LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE AS WE ARE DRY OVER THE CITY AND AIRPORT. 62 DEGREES WITH CALM WINDS. LOW HUMIDITY. 55 DEGREES IN HOUMA, BELLE CHASSE IS AT 57. 72 AT THE LAKEFRONT. 50 DEGREES IN GULFPORT. I MENTIONED THE SHOWERS, THEY ARE VERY LIGHT. ACCUMULATION HAS BEEN 3/100 OF AN INCH OR LESS. WILL GET THE SHOWERSWE -- WE LOOK GET THE SHOWERS OUT OF HERE. A COLD FRONT IS COMING THROUGH TONIGHT, BUT NO RAINFALL AS IT COMES THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THEY CHANGE WILL BE THE CLEARING SKIES AND COOLER NORTHERLY FLOW WITH COOLER CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70’S. TONIGHT, DROPPING INTO THE LOW TO MID 40’S, MAINLY IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 40’S. ON THE SOUTH SHORE, UPPER 40’S, LOW 50’S TO START. TOMORROW AFTERNOON, MUCH COOLER, A 10-12 DEGREES DROP BELOW AVERAGE WITH MIDDLE TOF UPPER 60’SOR THE HIGHS. TEMPERATURES DOWN ON THURSDAY MORNING WITH LOW TO MID-40’S ON THE SOUTH SHORE, UPPER 40’S AND 50’S AS WELL. WE ARE WATCHING DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, BUT WE WILL BE MONITORING THE RIVER, CRESTING THIS AFTERNOON AT 18 FEET BEFORE IT FALLS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. MINOR FLOOD STAGE EARLY NEXT WEEK. DRY THROUGH THURSDAY, GREAT NEWS FOR THE ZURICH CLASSIC, BUT NOT GOOD FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH A STORMS RETURNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. WE WILL SAVE THE REST OF THE WEEKEND BY SUNDAY WITH 80 DEGREES AND DRY CONDITIONS. WE WILL SEARINGLY -- W