Tuesday Morning . . .

Wow what a storm system out there this morning. By now you've probably seen some of the national reporters in places like Oklahoma City, or Dallas, or maybe into St Louis and Chicago. This is one of the biggest storms to hit the central US in quite some time. Tons of snow and unfortunately a lot of ice as well. Of course on the southern end of things you have some strong storms and heavy rain, and a pretty nasty squall line moving through east Texas at the moment heading over towards me here in New Orleans. Look at this radar image from around 8:15 central time this morning . . .



Just a beast. The surface low we talked about yesterday is actually a little farther south, now in extreme northeast Texas as opposed to northwestern Arkansas. This means a little better chance for severe weather in the gulf south, and much of the southern part of that squall line has a severe thunderstorm warning associated with it.


Of course all this activity is heading east over the next couple of days, and quickly. Look for rain across much of North Carolina by later this afternoon and into tonight. Most of that should be clearing out through the morning tomorrow. This system will also bring some blustery conditions. As a matter of fact a wind advisory is in effect for the extreme western part of the state, basically Asheville westward. Look out for winds gusting into the 30s by tonight and tomorrow.


After that . . . our attention will turn to the end of the week. Another smaller storm will bring moisture into the area by later Thursday through Saturday morning. At this point most of the activity looks like rain. However some wintry precip will be possible on Saturday morning as colder air moves in, and Friday night in some of the colder spots.

Hope everybody has a great day! If anything big happens I'll be back with an update. Getting ready for this squall line here over the next few hours in the NOLA (New Orleans).