When Will It Rain?, When Will It Turn Cold?

Since early October, we went from way too wet to now where lawns & gardens could use a good soaker.  In addition, since it's December, we're not supposed to see highs near 80.  Well the short answer to those 2 questions is not until NEXT week.

Skies over SE LA/MS today were mostly sunny, but a weak upper system is moving just to our north with some clouds and showers.  We don't expect rain here, but we do expect another morning of dense fog and NWS has a dense fog advisory beginning later tonight into Saturday morning.

You can see the main jet stream/storm track coming into the Pacific NW streaking across the northern Plains over the Great Lakes and then into the Northeast.   North of that boundary it's feeling like Winter while across the southern states, it's more a Spring-like feel.

The front on the surface map to our north is not the one that will bring us our next rain chance.  That front comes on Wednesday, but it's likely to stall out right over us.  The front that will finally bring real colder air won't arrive until next Saturday night into Sunday, so expect the warmth to linger for another week.

If the front on Wednesday gets a stronger push southward, we might get a break in this warmth, but it won't last as we push 80 again late next week.  And finally...

I have been fishing for the past 2 days with Captain Hylton Petit.  Since I talk about him, I thought I'd show you his big redfish he caught yesterday.  Can anyone say...BLACKENED!  Yummy!  We caught a lot of throw back trout, 37 keepers, but it was a fun trip since the weather was so beautiful..  Stay tuned!