A cold front is moving through the area this morning bringing rain, and eventually some cooler weather. Rainfall totals should stay below one inch today, most of the rain ending after noon. With the cold front moving through, temperatures will drop from the mid 60s to the mid 50s later today. Winds will shift to the northwest.
The front will stall over the northern Gulf of Mexico tonight so cloudy skies will remain with temperatures in the mid 40s for lows. Low pressure will develop along the front near the Texas coast early tomorrow. As it moves toward the Louisiana coast, rain will redevelop and gusty winds will move in. Rainfall totals will run about 1-2″ for tomorrow and tomorrow night. Rains will taper off for Wednesday and cold weather will continue for the mid week. Temperatures on Thursday and Friday will only run in the low 50s, and some areas will dip close to the freezing point during the morning hours.
Hurricane season also comes to an end today. A very unusual season to say the very least. Of course with El Nino, the total storm count was down from average. The timing of the storms was out of sorts too. A late start to the season, and a hurricane in the Gulf in November. A total of nine named storms, three hurricanes, and two major hurricanes. Normally we have 10 named, 6 hurricanes, and 2 major. The first named storm didn’t form until August 12th, and Hurricane Ida was a rare hurricane in November, but striking the Alabama coastline as a tropical storm.
StormTeam3 Meteorologist Dave Baker
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