My Colorado son texted me this afternoon to gleefully report it was warmer in Denver (75) than here in New Orleans (74). Yep, he was right, but...we are basically done with any real cold air in SE LA/MS while April in Denver is actually one of their snowiest months. Don't be surprised to see them with a late Spring snow storm during the next couple of weeks while we will start to see more daily highs of 80+. What makes our current stretch of dry air so delightful is it allows nights to cool into the 40s (north) and 50s(south) and highs to quickly rebound to 70-75. That's perfect weather for any outdoor activities where, given another 4-6 weeks, you won't enjoy doing anything outside without dripping with sweat. Thursday should be a near repeat before Friday starts to see a return of Gulf moisture along with warmer air. A cold front approaches for late Saturday into early on Sunday increasing our clouds and shower chances. Saturday stays warm (80+) with Sunday being much cooler. David has been saying Sunday's high may not get out of the 50s as rain may linger for much of the day. In fact, the high could occur around midnight with temps falling into the 50s before daybreak and staying there all day. It won't last very long as a warming trend begins on Monday and we could be back 70+ as soon as Tuesday.
As mentioned yesterday, a huge drop (1.5-2.0 ft./day) in water levels is coming down the Ohio River. The Corps has decided to begin closing all the bays on the Spillway as the flooding in Nebraska & Iowa along with northern snowmelt will not impact the river levels down here that much. They really don't want to keep the Spillway open any longer than needed since the nitrogen dumped into Lake P. is likely to cause algae blooms in late May & June when the temps warm up. Let's hope we don't have any more heavy rain systems develop during the next 3-4 weeks to our north so the Corps can keep the Spillway closed for the rest of this year. Stay tuned!
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