Meteorologist Dave Nussbaum's Weather Blog

It was a beautiful weekend, but things will be going downhill today.  A cold front is stalled NW of our area and breezy SE winds are ushering in more moisture over us today.  This will lead to scattered showers and thunderstorms throughout the day.  Some of the storms could be strong to severe along and north of I-12.  The Storm Prediction Center has that area and into Southern Mississippi in a Marginal Risk for severe weather.  The threats would be large hail and damaging winds.  South of the lake we are not expected to see as strong of storms, but they could still produce heavy rain and gusty winds.  Plan for rain if you are headed to any parades today!  Highs will be back in the upper 70s.   This evening will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers and storms with temperatures in the 70s around 6 PM.  Again, plan for rain for the parades.  Overnight, will be mostly cloudy with a slight chance for rain and some patchy fog....

We will have a warm day with mostly cloudy skies today as southerly winds remain over the city.  There is a slight chance for a shower this afternoon, but most of you will stay dry.  Highs will be around 80°, and that is near the record of 83° set back in 2011.   This evening will be very nice again for the parades.  We will be mostly cloudy and mild with temperatures in the 70s.  There will be a slight chance for a shower especially toward the end of the parades as a cold front moves toward us.  The cold front will move through overnight with spotty showers until 2 AM.  Then it will become clear, cooler and breezy.  Lows will be in the 50s.  Beautiful weather is expected all weekend, and this will make for some perfect parade weather.  Saturday will be sunny, breezy and much cooler with highs in the upper 60s.  Saturday Evening will be clear and cool with temperatures in the 50s, so grab a coat if you are headed to the...

We will still have some fantastic weather for the Mardi Gras Parades this evening and tomorrow evening. It will be a tad cool, so you may want a long-sleeved shirt or light jacket.     A cold front will move through early on Saturday Morning. This will make it MUCH COOLER for the weekend, but the forecast remains dry for the parades. You may want a jacket for the parades, especially on Saturday Evening.  Get out and enjoy this great weather through the weekend!  Unfortunately, this wonderful weather doesn't last forever.  Rain and storms return on Lundi Gras as another cold front stalls over us, but it will be mild for the parades.  That cold front retreats back to the north on Mardi Gras, and that will take much of the rain with it.  It will be mostly cloudy and warm for Mardi Gras Day.  Make sure you Download the 2017 WWL-TV Mardi Gras Parade Tracker App to follow the parades, get the latest weather and more. It's free and av...

Today will be very unseasonably warm as a weak area of high pressure sits over the Southeast U.S.  This will give us plenty of sunshine with highs in the upper 70s.  This evening will be very pleasant for the parades with temperatures in the 60s.  Overnight, it will be cool with some dense fog across the entire area.  Lows will be in the upper 50s north and lower 60s south of the lake.   Another warm day is on tap for Friday with partly cloudy skies ahead of a cold front.  Highs will be around 80°.  The record is 83 set back in 2011, so we will be within a few degrees of that.   We will have partly cloudy skies with a slight chance for a shower during the parades on Friday Evening and temperatures in the 60s. The cold front will move through on Friday Night with spotty showers and a few thunderstorms.  Lows will be in the 50s on both sides of the lake. High pressure will build over us all weekend, and that means we will have some...

FINALLY! We will have some great weather for the Mardi Gras Parades this week and this weekend!  The parades tonight will have mostly clear skies with temperatures falling through the 60s, so you may want that light jacket or sweater. Thursday and Friday will be very mild as you line up the floats in the afternoon with plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the upper 70s.  When the parades roll, we will fall in the 60s.   A cold front moves through on Friday Night/Saturday Morning and it will bring us a slight chance for rain. Fortunately, it looks like any showers will arrive after the parades roll on Friday and before the roll on Saturday.  Then it will be mostly sunny, breezy and much cooler on Saturday. Sunday will be partly cloudy and still cool.  Highs will be in the upper 60s each day.   The early outlook for Lundi Gras and Mardi Gras has us much warmer than the past few years.  We will be mostly cloudy and have a sli...

We will have some clouds and a few showers this morning, but we will become partly cloudy this afternoon as the area of low pressure moves SE toward Florida.  It will be mild with highs in the mid 70s.   This evening will be mostly clear and cool with temperatures falling into the 60s for the parades - perfect!  Tonight will be mostly clear and cool with lows in the 50s.   Thursday and Friday will be very nice with mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies each day.  It will be very mild with highs in the upper 70s.  The evenings will be very nice and comfortable for the parades with temperatures in the 60s.   A cold front will move through on Friday Night into Saturday Morning.  This front will have isolated showers and possible a thunderstorm along it as it moves through overnight.  The rain should arrive after the parades end on Friday and before the begin on Saturday.  Lows will be in the 50s.   The weekend is looking...

DENSE FOG ADVISORY until 9 a.m. Monday for areas north and west of the lake. An upper-level low over Texas is headed to the Louisiana Coast later today, and that will send plenty of Gulf Moisture over us today.  After the fog dissipates, we will have a mostly cloudy and very mild afternoon with a slight chance for a shower.  Highs will be in the upper 70s.   A surface area of low pressure will form along the Texas Coast tonight along with a trough of low pressure.  Together, they will move along the Louisiana Coast.  This will send us scattered to numerous showers with a few thunderstorms after midnight.  Some of the rain will be heavy at times and will continue into Tuesday Morning.  Lows will be in the lower 60s.   Tuesday will start out with the rain and storms.  The latest forecast models show the rain continuing until Noon. Then we will be mostly cloudy with just a slight chance for a shower through Tuesday Evening.  Ra...