As promised, sweaters & jackets are needed at night as the coolest weather since last April made for a terrific weekend. North Shore lows were in the 40s with much of the South Shore in the 50s with 2 more nights like that coming. The water temperature of Lake Pontchartrain fell from 82 last Thursday to 74 this morning. These colder air masses will slowly knock the Gulf waters down so they can't support tropical activity, but that will take some time. What's in our favor is the strong westerly winds(shear) that covers the Gulf. There are no signs of that changing anytime soon. Our focus now will shift from a tropical threat to the threat of frost or freezing weather. That usually doesn't happen until late November or early December on the South Shore.
In the short term, enjoy more lovely weather with cool nights and pleasantly warm days through Wednesday. A slow warming trend will get us back abover 80 by then. Who-Dat!
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