Freeze Warnings
Updated: 5:49 PM CST Feb 18, 2021
Updated: 5:49 PM CST Feb 18, 2021
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ALRIGHT, IT IS GRAY AND COLD OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, BUT WAIT, I WANT YOU TO SEE THOSE TOMORROW. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE SUNSHINE BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. I KNOW THAT WILL BE NICE. HERE IS A LOOK THOUGH. WE’VE GOT MORE COLD WEATHER A HARD FREEZE WARNING FOR TONIGHT ON THE NORTH SHORE. YES, YOU DO NEED TO PROTECT THE PIPES PLANTS PETS AND PEOPLE THEN ON THE SURE. IT’S A FREEZE WARNING AND THAT GOES INTO EFFECT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TILL NINE O’CLOCK TOMORROW THE POTENTIAL FOR TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S TO THE LOW 30S IF YOU LIVE IN A RAISED HOME AWAY FROM THE LAKE YOU MAY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND PROTECT THOSE PIPES, YOU KNOW YOUR HOME BETTER THAN I DO AND THEN ANOTHER FREE SATURDAY MORNING WITH LOWE’S ONCE MORE UPPER 20S TO THE LOW 30S. HERE IS A LOOK AT WHERE WE HAVE THE WARNINGS NORTH. THAT’S THE HARD FREEZE WARNING JUST INTO MISSISSIPPI SOUTH SHORE THE FREEZE WARNING. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE’RE WATCHING IS THIS BIT OF PRECIPITATION OFF TO THE WEST SOME OF THAT MOISTURE LOOKS TO MOVE OUR WAY. SO WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH THIS CAREFULLY FOR TOMORROW MORNING A CHECK IN WITH METEOROLOGIST. QUELIN MURPHY AND JUST MAKE SURE THERE’S NO FREEZING PRECEPT BEING REPORTED ANYWHERE AT THIS POINT. WE JUST HAVE A CLOUD TICK THERE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE OUT THE WARNINGS AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ALONG THE COAST GENERALLY WHEN YOU HAVE CLOUDS AT NIGHT TEMPERATURES DON’T DROP AS MUCH BUT WITH THAT NORTH WIND, OUR TEMPERATURES ARE GOING DOWN THERE. YOU CAN SEE THE NORTH OLAF FLOW AND I’M KIND OF WATCHING TO SEE IF WE GET ANY OF THAT PRECIP ON THE NORTH SHORE OR SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI, NOT REALLY LOOKING LIKE FREEZING RAIN, BUT AGAIN YOU’RE GOING TO WANT TO MONITOR THAT HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY SEVEN DEGREES WAY BELOW THAT AVERAGE OF 66 ABOUT THE AREA LOW 40S TO THE UPPER 40S. BUT BATON ROUGE ONLY 38 AND YOU KNOW WHEN YOU DON’T WARM UP MUCH IT DOESN’T TAKE MUCH FOR THOSE TEMPERATURES TO GO DOWN AND FREEZE 43 AT THE AIRPORT THE WIND NORTH NORTHWEST 16 LIKE 35 CHECK THE TIME IT’S JUST AFTER FIVE SO OUR TEMPERATURES ABOUT THE AREA MID-30S TO THE MID 40S. WE’VE GOT A NORTH WIND GUSTING 22 MILES PER HOUR 25 AT GALLIANO FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES UP FOR 20S NORTH SHORE TO THE MID TO THE UPPER 30 SOUTH. I KNOW IT’S COLD AND IT’S FEELING EVEN COLDER. HERE WE ARE GOING INTO THE MORNING AND IN THE SLIDELL AREA. I’M EXPECTING UP FOR 20S WITH THAT WIND CHILL AROUND 20, THEN YOU’RE GOING TO GET SUNSHINE TOMORROW. THEN AS YOU LOOK AT THE SOUTH SHORE THESE MODELS SAY MAYBE NOT QUITE AS COLD, BUT WITH THE NORTH WIND MOVING OVER MISSISSIPPI WHERE THEY’VE HAD ALL OF THAT SNOW. IT’S GOING TO BE USHERING THEM. SOME COLDER AIR. HERE IS A LOOK AT MY LOWE’S MID UPPER 20S NORTH LOW 30 SOUTH, MISSISSIPPI SOUTH SHORE GENERALLY LOW 30S, BUT SOME UPPER 20S POSSIBLE. WE CAN LOOK AT THE FORECAST MODELS NINE O’CLOCK. WE’RE ALL IN THE 30S THEN. INTO THE MORNING TEMPERATURES GO DOWN THE SUN COMES OUT. I CAN’T WAIT FOR SUNSHINE HIGH TEMPERATURES UPPER 40S TUPELO 50S COLD AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING UPPER 20S TO THE LOW 30S AND THEN WE PICK UP AN ONSHORE FLOW BEGIN TO WARM UP SUNDAY BEF