Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Lower Mississippi Valley in for a Wet Weekend


You are looking at a welcomed change in our weather pattern for the next four days. A strong cold front will move south and stall along the Louisiana coast on Wednesday night and hang out for the next several days. Upper level lift will be significant enough to provide for scattered showers through Friday. A surface low pressure system will develop on Saturday morning in the western Gulf of Mexico and move northeast along the front through Saturday night and into Sunday. Rain totals could approach two to three inches in parts of south Louisiana with higher totals across the northern part of the state. It looks like drier air will filter in on Monday and bring the wet weather to an end. As we've been mentioning, our rain deficit for 2009 is more than seven inches in Baton Rouge. This will at least put a dent in the ongoing moderate drought for south Louisiana.

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