The coolest night of the season is on tap as winds relax allowing for optimal radiational cooling by morning. This will translate to temperatures dropping into the mid-30s north of the I-10 corridor by morning while temperatures range in the mid-upper 30s across Lafayette and near 40 along the coast. So don’t be surprised if you see some patchy frost by morning, and you may want to cover the tender vegetation just in case. Milder weather will on tap for Friday and the weekend with mostly sunny skies tomorrow and partly to mostly cloudy skies this weekend. Highs will be in the mid-upper 60s tomorrow spanning into the mid-upper 70s this weekend. A few spotty showers will be possible by Sunday with unsettled weather and the chance of showers for much of next week. It will stay seasonably mild to warm through next Wednesday with a nice cool down expected for Thanksgiving and for the rest of the holiday weekend.
Comet Holmes continues to expand in brightness and size and now is the largest object in our solar system measuring about 1 million miles in diameter which is larger than the sun! Check out the information at www.spaceweather.com for the latest information and how to locate the fuzz ball in the sky. You’ll probably need binoculars or a small telescope to see it, but reports have coming in that you can see it with the naked eye especially if you can get away from the city lights. With clear skies tonight we should get a good look at it!