A secondary surge of high pressure will build in for Thanksgiving nudging our temperatures downward 5-7 degrees through Friday morning. Lows tonight will drop into the lower 40s while highs Thanksgiving will be hard-pressed to reach the 60 degree mark. The forecast challenge will be Thursday night into Friday morning with lows likely dipping into the mid-30s. There could be a healthy frost by Friday morning while some spots may see the first freeze of the season, especially across the northern parishes of Acadiana. Mostly sunny and cool conditions will stay with us for Friday with a nice warm-up this weekend. Look for fair to partly cloudy skies Saturday and partly to mostly cloudy skies for Sunday. Highs this weekend will top out near 70 and the low-mid 70s Sunday. Next week looks rather unsettled with a frontal trough likely to bring scattered showers and possibly some storms to the area Monday. We could see some healthy storms Monday depending on whether the jet-phases correctly with the lower level features and the available moisture. There are some signs that the front will stall just offshore with an area of low pressure possibly developing in the Gulf Tuesday into Wednesday. This wwould keep plenty of clouds in the region with some rather chilly rains possibly redevloping for Tuesday night and Wednesday. It could clear out sooner but given the El Nino enhanced sub-tropical jet, a cloudy, colder and wetter scenario would be the most prudent forecast at this time. I’ll be off for the several days for the holiday weekend so have a happy Thanksgiving! See you in December…Rob.
Breezy and Cool Thanksgiving…Next Week-Unsettled
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