WINTER WEATHER UPDATE by Jay Grymes

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Wednesday 2 pm

Wednesday morning lows established daily records across the region … and regionally, it ranks as the 2nd coldest morning for South Louisiana since the February 1899 mega-freeze.  Then there’s Tuesday’s snows: for the southern half of the state, the deluge ranks as the 2nd largest total on the books since the “super snow” of February 1895.

And combining the two unique episodes into a single event?

This has to be considered South Louisiana’s greatest Winter Event of all time.

While the precipitation threat is over … the Arctic Air Mass hangover remains, with morning freezes expected for the next three days.  That means the ice threat lingers … potentially into the weekend.  We are seeing some slow improvement along major arteries and DOTD is making good headway on the interstates, but morning travel will remain hazardous in many areas through Thursday and Friday morning, at the least.

Thanks and congrats to the NWS serving Louisiana for their outstanding 24/7 event coverage … and for providing the invaluable snow-total summaries.

Thanks to my GOHSEP & LSU associates for the support and assistance.

Thanks to WeatherBell & WeatherModels for the supporting graphics.

Jay Grymes

State Climatologist

Jay.Grymes@la.gov

jgrymes@agcenter.lsu.edu

cell: 225-505-6916