After an extremely impressive snow event and winter fun across SWLA, arctic air and icy roads continue to be a problem.
By Thursday, highs should warm a little more. Another weaker cold front will arrive Thursday night, so low temperatures still should fall below freezing, especially where there is still more snow on the ground. By Friday, temperatures may return to the 50’s for highs.
A "Freeze Warning" is in effect across southern Arkansas, northern Louisiana, Oklahoma and eastern Texas, as well as in small parts of Arizona, California and Florida, with temperatures falling as low as 27, and wind chills expected to feel as cold as low as 13 in some areas.
Joshua Wilson walks his dogs Caymus and Moose Tuesday, January 21, 2025, on Mall Street in Lafayette, La. For the first time ever, Lake Charles and much of Acadiana are under a blizzard warning as snow blankets the area Tuesday morning.
Louisiana residents young and old raced outside Tuesday to enjoy an extremely rare snow day, celebrating the chance to pull out their gloves, scarves and hats from the back of their closets as they hurried to play in the several inches of snow that poured down across the state.
There's going to be some sort of wintry precipitation in Acadiana Monday night and Tuesday. Here's what we know.
Snow totals in Louisiana have broken records. Parts of Florida, Texas and Georgia have also accumulated several inches of snow.
The National Weather Service office in Lake Charles, Louisiana, said the winter storm has been producing blizzard conditions across southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana as heavy snow and wind gusts impacted the region.
Southwest Louisiana spent Tuesday morning experiencing — likely for the first time ever — blizzard-like conditions with 35 mph wind gusts, a limited quarter-mile of visibility and up to 6 inches of snowfall recorded.
A storm is bringing the first-ever blizzard warning issued for Beaumont, Texas, and Lake Charles and Lafayette, Louisiana.
The National Weather Service in Lake Charles, LA, issued a blizzard warning about 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, January 21, 2025 for Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. It is the first blizzard warning ever issued by the Lake Charles weather service office.