EXTREME COLD WATCH

 

EXTREME COLD WATCH: Wind chills Sunday night and Monday night fall into single digits and teens. Bring your pets and plants inside and check on your neighbors! Everyone needs to have pipes protected as well.

12PM 1/18/2026

 

12PM 1/18/2026: Beautiful day out there today, but chilly! Temps in the mid/upper 40's.

Cold tonight! Several hours of below freezing temperatures along the I-10/12 corridor, south into the Atchafalaya Basin. Bundle up in the morning! Another cold one Mon night/Tue morning. Take precautions & stay warm!

This Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend

 This Martin Luther King Jr. weekend will be a bit chilly with Sunday being the coldest day of the weekend. Temperatures will only warm into the mid 50s tomorrow after starting out in the 40s and skies will be mostly cloudy. Occasional light rain showers will also affect areas mainly south of I-10 along the MS and LA coasts. Late Saturday night, the rain may briefly change over to some snow flurries on the MS coast, but no accumulation is anticipated. Sunday will be sunny and cool with the day starting out in the upper 20s and lower 30s. Highs will struggle to reach 50 in most locations. Monday will continue to the cool trend with lows once again falling into the upper 20s and lower 30s, but highs should warm to the mid to upper 50s by the afternoon beneath a mostly sunny sky.

Jan 13, 2pm -- Expect chilly to cold overnight low temps the next few days.

Coldest will be early Friday morning. First graphic is our current forecast; Second graphic is the reasonable worst cast to keep in mind.

This is still a few days away, so stay tuned for any adjustments.