You know, I’m not a very fast runner, but I’ll bet I can run faster than this front! Because of the potential for some severe weather and/or flooding, I had my alarm going off every half hour starting at 1am so I could have a quick look at the radar. This is what I saw:
1am-Front @ TX/LA state line, heavy rain in Texas
1:30am-Front near Vinton, heavy rain crossing into Louisiana
2:00am-Front near Sulphur, heavy rain continues to the west
2:12am-Front near Lake Charles, heavy rain to our west. Can’t take the alarms anymore–get up.
2:43am-Front near the east loop running the wipers to clear condensation off windshield.
3:14am-Front near Iowa-Sitting in the WeatherLab
3:52am-Guess-timating the front will hit Lafayette during morning rush…
9:55am-Realizing the front is late for the morning rush…
11:41am-Cold here in Lafayette, wife calling me a liar about cold blast, it’s still 82 in New Iberia.
Fortunately the severe weather has stayed away today. There are still heavy rains embedded, but rainfall totals should be in the more manageable 1-3″ range. Heavy rains overnight to our west have caused some flooding, but flood watches and warnings will probably be dropped as the day wears on. Cold, windy, and rainy for the rest of the day. Light to moderate rain should persist into the early evening hours. Football games tonight will be cold and muddy! Skies will clear very late tonight, sunshine will return for Halloween. Trick-o-Treaters will enjoy temperatures in the 50s..hopefully the mosquitoes will have been blown back into the coastal marshes on strong northerly winds by then. Temps will bottom out in the 40s by Sunday morning. Enjoy your extra hour of sleep under heavy covers this weekend! Get ready for early sunshine next week as we go back to Standard Time. Commuters, get ready for the early darkness after work! Sorry Daylight Saving Time fans…it’s back to morning people time! We like our daylight early! Happy Halloween and enjoy your weekend!
StormTeam3 Meteorologist Dave Baker
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