With the low dipping to 36° at Baton Rouge’s Metro Airport this morning, we awakened to the chilliest morning for the WAFB viewing area since February 12th. Now, if the mid 30°s and even some pockets of frost are a little too close to winter weather for your comfort, we’ve got some good news: the warm-up that began today will continue through the work week.
Overnight/early-morning lows for Wednesday will be considerably milder: we’re expecting mid 40°s for the metro area, with sunrise lows in the 50°s for the rest of the week. Highs today were in the upper 60°s to around 70° for most of us, and our forecast has highs back into the 80°s within the next couple of days for most WAFB communities. Mostly sunny skies -- like we enjoyed this afternoon -- will continue to be the rule through Friday.
There’s nothing but good news for the neighborhood Trick-or-Treaters for Wednesday evening: fair skies with temps starting out in the 70°s and only dipping into the mid to upper 60°s during the door-to-door haunts!
So a good looking work week, which then leads to the next big weather question: what’s the forecast for the monster LSU-Alabama clash in Tiger Stadium on Saturday night! While we’re putting a token “spotty showers” in the Saturday afternoon and early evening outlook, all-in-all the day looks like a good one for per-game tailgating and for watching what could be one the most pivotal game for LSU’s 2012 season!
Our forecast also includes a cool front over the weekend, likely arriving on Sunday afternoon and delivering a decent chance of rain as it slides by. Skies should be clearing by mid-day Monday, if not sooner, with “quiet” weather expected into the middle of next week.
As for Sandy ... she’s not “done” yet! Having fully transitioned into a huge “winter” cyclone, she continues to deliver winds, rain and snow to portions of the northeastern quarter of the nation. Storm impacts along the Atlantic Coast have been reported from South Carolina to Maine and as far inland as the Midwest and over the Great Lakes!
A very preliminary summary of the major impacts from Sandy include:
- upwards of nearly 8 million experiencing power outages
- rains of up to 8” to 12” over portions of eastern Virginia, eastern Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey
- snows of 2 feet or more over portions of West Virginia, Virginia, and western Maryland
- record storm surge and unprecedented flooding around New York City
- possibly the worst storm ever for coastal New Jersey
- cancelation of more than 16,000 airline flights
Although “hard numbers” are likely to be months away, very preliminary estimates suggest that losses from Sandy could top $20 Billion, possibly approaching $25 Billion, putting Sandy on a par with 1992’s Hurricane Andrew.
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| Peak wind gusts associated with Sandy. |
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