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[richyb83]

Meteorologist: N.O. already posts wettest December
The month's not even half over, and it’s already the wettest December on record for the New Orleans area. That's according to Mike Efferson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s New Orleans-Baton Rouge forecast office in Slidell. He says that as of early Monday, rainfall, as measured at Louis Armstrong International Airport, was 11.3 inches above normal for the month. Things are a bit drier in Baton Rouge. The official rain gauge at Metro Airport has received 8.77 inches of rain for the month, the 10th-wettest December on record. Baton Rouge had its wettest December in 1912, when 17.59 inches of rain fell.

Meanwhile, a flash flood watch remains in effect through Tuesday afternoon for all of southeast Louisiana as another series of disturbances moves across the area. Rain amounts of 1 to 3 inches are likely in the watch area with locally higher amounts of 4 to 6 inches possible. Several parishes south and east of Baton Rouge have been under a flash flood warning, including Ascension, where several roads were closed because of high water as of 2:30 p.m. At one point, the main entrance to Pelican Point subdivision was closed; it has since reopened.

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[richyb83]

WOW! What a WINTER it has been so far!!!One of the Wettest Decembers ever for the region....and Coldest 1st half's of January comparable to 1996...with 3 consecutive nights of upper teens for Baton Rouge! Wedged btwn 24 & 25 degree lows... It wasn't the coldest snap..but the longevity was impressive..highs only reached 34 last Friday; and 38 Sat...

Even Florida got some Artic Blast where it was so cold the Iguana's were falling outta the trees!

Now back to more seasonal norms....

Edited by richyb83, 17 January 2010 - 04:47 PM.

[richyb83]

Winter Storm Warning in effect for the I 10-12 Corridor including the BR area thru tommorrow afternoon...suprised to see the sleet on and off earlier today...they are projecting a light dusting of snow here by morning...It should be interesting...something needs to happened..did they close area schools for no reason?? Would be suprised to see accumulation totals of 1 to 2 inches like the Nation Weather Service predicts...

This has been a nice solid Winter..in the past I complained about what has happened to our Winter's??(way too warm)...

Dallas broke a new record for one day totals...nearly a foot of snowfall....Snowmageddon hammered DC last week; largest snow in 126 years!! Baltimore has had nearly 80" inches of snow this Winter so far with more on the way Monday

Edited by richyb83, 12 February 2010 - 12:15 AM.

[richyb83]

Winter was nice! Top 10 Wettest & coldest Dec-Feb...along with 2 snows(Dec 5th/record early) & Feb 12th!! Sandwiched in between 3 consecutive nights with low temps in the upper teen's in early January!

1st Full Day of Spring; Sunday the 21st...was one of the Coldest on record...with High temp of only 43!! Cloudy & wind gust close to 30mph...COLD!

Perfect weather this week...people say they would like to "bottle it up"...low humidity High's low-mid 70's

[richyb83]

The calendar says the 1st Day of Summer is June 21st which is NEXT WEEK....my question..WHERE in Duluth Minnesota??

My friend from Jamaica says the 1st Day of Summer is the first time the temp hits 90; which happened to be May 3rd...it was one of the hottest May's on record here in BR with 22 days of 90+ high temps...as of now we have had 9 consecutive days of 93+//and 3 of 95+....good thing it's not officially Summer yet

[richyb83]

Welcome to August!

Record-breaking(or tied) high temps yesterday!

107-Natchitoches
106-Monroe
105-Alexandria
103-Shreveport
100- BR & NOLA

BR's low temp was 80 last night...INSANE!

Eastern portions of BR was hammered with 2-4" inches of rain(and fire-alarm popping lightning) this afternoon; while downtown did not get a drop!

[richyb83]

Yesterday...While the NW part of the state was baking at 98 degrees...the BR area was a cool 78 with Flash Flood Warnings...4 1/2" of rain at the Airport,,,cutting the rainfall defecit in half! Compliments of the remanant low/Tropical Depression #5....and there was plenty more rain this morning!

[richyb83]

October a month of temperature "extremes" ...from the record low of 43 in BR! back earlier on the 5th; 17 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL!...to now.... record high's for NOLA in the upper 80's...tonights forecast low temp for BR 71....18 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL! But still October is probably the nicest weather during the year in the region!


Outer-most rain band from Tropical Storm Hermine back in early September...

Edited by richyb83, 25 October 2010 - 08:15 PM.

[richyb83]

Two Years Ago yesterday (11th) Rare December snow-storm in Baton Rouge..3 to 4 inches of snow fell

[richyb83]

Some impressive weather to begin February! Yesterday at Noon Before the arrival of the strong cold-front Baton Rouge was 70 degrees; Shreveport-31; and Dallas 19! BR reported wind gust near 50mph with the squall-line...and today's High Temp was only 36!!

A Winter Storm Watch is in effect for the I-10/12 Corridor Thursday-Friday AM....possibilty of freezing rain/sleet with another low-pressure system moving in..and a little snow Sat AM on the back side??

Coincidentally BR's last two ice storms were on Feb 2nd & or 3rd in 85' & 88...

This Winter Storm was insane from OKC/Tulsa to Chicago!

[richyb83]

As a local weatherman here in BR said yesterday..."it was a February Flip-Flop"

1st half(2 weeks) of the month... was the 2nd COLDEST since 1930! State workers & schools getting 1-2 days off
2nd half(2 weeks) of the month...was the WARMEST since 1917! Yesterday shattered a record HIGH temp of 87!! Last week records were broken or tied 82, 83...



March came in like a Lamb today...perfect weather! High 73; humidity only 27%

[richyb83]

BR tied a Record High temp of 90 on Monday...Tuesday it was cloudy and raining and ONLY 54 at Noon! Wednesday morning had a Record Low of 43!

[richyb83]

Record High Temp in BR yesterday of 101 & today 103!! Even said 104 in my car! Talk of the Miss River/Atchafalaya Basin Flooding is now being replaced with talk of severe/extreme drought across much of the state...

The entire month of May recorded only 1/3" of rain...driest in 80 years?? Insane!!  May 17th BR recorded a record temp Low of 46...can never remember ever having to wear a jacket this late into Spring; in a few days it was back to 90's...which is Summer now no matter what the calender says!

Edited by richyb83, 02 June 2011 - 11:00 PM.

[Zahc]

richyb83, on 02 June 2011 - 10:59 PM, said:

Record High Temp in BR yesterday of 101 & today 103!! Even said 104 in my car! Talk of the Miss River/Atchafalaya Basin Flooding is now being replaced with talk of severe/extreme drought across much of the state...

The entire month of May recorded only 1/3" of rain...driest in 80 years?? Insane!!  May 17th BR recorded a record temp Low of 46...can never remember ever having to wear a jacket this late into Spring; in a few days it was back to 90's...which is Summer now no matter what the calender says!

Odd weather here, too--in Northern Cal. Rain in June? Looks like a green summer with less golden hills. Tornados and snow, too.

By the way, I enjoy reading your Louisiana Weather thread. Love the snow-storm picture in Baton Rouge.

Edited by Zahc, 03 June 2011 - 12:57 AM.

[Antrell Williams]

It hasn't rained more than 1" in 4 months here in Houston.
Let's hope hurricane season is just more preparation time and that no tornados rip through any more peoples homes, especially in Louisiana.

I love the snow pictures too, the New Orleans ones are my favorite.

[richyb83]

Thanks! Glad yall enjoy them No one's posted here in awhile..like my own personal weather thread...hopefully this will be a quite Hurricane Season & won't have to start a thread.

More Record Breaking Heat...17 of the first 20 days of June with 95+ high temps in BR! But relief is on the horizon!! The Gulf is opened back up business...tropical wave from Yucatan moving north...we have a 60% rain tmrw & Wednesday! I'm stoked!


Taken by my brother a few weeks ago along I-10 near Bayou Manchac (just south of Baton Rouge)


1st Offical Day of Summer(Solstice) tmw June 21st! Yeah right WHERE ...for Michigan?? Been Summer here for months it seems!

[richyb83]

Brutal heat for the South-Central part of the U.S. Record shattering High Temps of 109 in Shreveport & 107 in Monroe!!  Even hotter for our neighbors to the north in Arkansas!

Some serious drought-relief for the Baton Rouge area...here at the house in th backyard rain gauge rainfall totals of just over 10 inches(10.03") for the month of July; cutting defecits in half I'm guessing. And nearly an inch of rain for the 1st day of August!

Edited by richyb83, 04 August 2011 - 11:09 AM.

[richyb83]

"To one Extreme to Another"
Last Tuesday I'm mowing grass with High Temps of 101...then all this smoke infiltrates the Capitol Region for days; it reaches as far west as Lafayette...One of the Hottest August on record + only 1.88" of rainfall the entire month...then September comes along...Tropical Storm Lee drops about 9 1/2" of rain(more than Aug, June & May combined!) And behind him RECORD LOW tonite of 58? mid 50's tmw nite? More like the 1st Week of October! INSANE! Feel bad for Texas and their drought..hoping Lee could have sent more rain there way...

Here is a satelitte pic of the plume NOLA East Marsh Fire that burned last week; started by lightning + very dry conditions

*courtesy of LSU

[hagetaka]

richyb83, on 05 September 2011 - 10:31 PM, said:

"To one Extreme to Another"

loving this cool down, whoohoo

[richyb83]

Yes indeed LT...The "Real" Fall weather is about to arrive with a strong cool front coming thru tommorrow! Today high temps will be near 90! Ouch! But Low temps Wed & Thurs Night are supposed to be in the lower 40's!!! High may not get out of the upper 60's for a couple of days!

Since the drenching from Tropical Storm Lee in early Sept....only a little over a 1/2" inch of rainfall...this front tommorrow coming thru only gives us a 10% of rain