Louisiana Snow About To Begin...

Okay, I'm not talking about south Louisiana, but as FOX 8 has been showing for 3 days, areas north of Alexandria on over to Jackson MS, should see several inches of the white stuff.

The top graphic was from Bruce Katz's Friday weather program, the middle from Zack Fradella this morning with the bottom being from NWS this afternoon.

Locally we are seeing some sunny breaks, but radar is confirming the frozen stuff is about to enter our state.  We could see around an inch of cold rainfall across south Louisiana tonight into Monday morning while northern Louisiana could see 2-4"+ snowfall.

Once the surface low over south Texas moves to the NE tomorrow, our rain will taper off and end during the afternoon, but clouds are likely to linger into Tuesday.  You can see much of the country is chilly, but it's typical January cold.   The real Arctic chill remains well up in northern Canada.

We'll stay in the 40s again today with a slow moderation coming midweek.  The North Shore will have lows down to freezing several times while the waters of Lake Pontchartrain should keep the South Shore mainly 35-40.

Finally for you snow lovers, these pics were takened this morning from my son Rob's house in Longmont, CO.   I admit snow does look pretty and I'm hoping my friend Mandy in Monroe will send me her views so I can show you tomorrow.  Stay tuned and Go Saints!   Saints 34  Da Bears 17