A strong cold front will advance through the area by tomorrow morning producing scattered showers and thunderstorms ahead of it late tonight through early tomorrow morning. Best rain chances are expected after 200am tonight and before 1000am tomorrow. As I mentioned yesterday, the best chance of stronger storms should be confined to the Arklatex and northern Louisiana, but we can’t rule out some healthy storms in Acadiana during pre/post dawn hours tomorrow. Although we do need a good soaking, I suspect that most activity will be scattered in nature with general rainfall in the .25″-.50″ range, but a few lucky folks could see some very heavy downpours…this would be mostly likely to occur over eastern and southeastern portions of Acadiana. Baton Rouge and New Orleans should see significantly higher rainfall totals as say compared to Lafayette. Clouds and scattered showers will lingering behind the front through midday with drier weather and clearing skies anticipated for tomorrow night. The big story tomorrow is that it will feel more like January than October with gusty north winds and temperatures hovering in the lower 60s, so make sure you send the kids off with a jacket or sweater tomorrow morning, as it will likely feel much cooler for tomorrow afternoon. Abundant sunshine and seasonably cool temperatures are expected for Friday into the weekend with another reinforcing shot of cool air arriving Sunday night. That means very nice and dry weather will continue for much of next week. The next opportunity for showers after tonight and tomorrow morning may come around Halloween or November 1st.
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