Here are the slides for today’s weekly weather briefing, which will be focused on this weekend’s weather and its potential impacts to Mardi Gras parades and other festivities. Outside of this weekend, no significant weather threats are expected, with continued warmer than normal temperatures. Limited drought improvement may occur in some areas as a result of Saturday night’s rain.
Saturday:
- Trends have been generally “good” for Saturday evening parades with a downward trend in thunderstorm/lightning probabilities.
- Should be mainly passing light to moderate showers during parade lineup and roll times
- Still need to keep an eye on the wind forecast, mainly south of the tidal lakes
Sunday
- Trends have been “less good” for Sunday morning during parade lineup times – especially for areas east of I-55
- Need to continue monitoring timing trend as the line could slow further
- Gusty winds should ease a bit by afternoon for areas south of the tidal lakes