Take extra care as you head out to the streets for Monday’s kickoff, as a dense fog advisory has been issued for visibility of a quarter mile or less from midnight to 9 a.m. for several areas in southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi.
Due to a dense fog advisory for sections of the river and Bayou Parish until 9:00 a.m., February 9th serves as the primary weather impact date.
Once 11:30 a.m. arrives, the nearby Lake Pontchartrain regions will experience lingering fog throughout the day, as will coastal areas.
Monday’s highs hit 70-76 degrees with mostly sunny skies.
Lows will drop to 51-55 degrees tonight with another chance of overnight fog. This will be more extensive.
Mist to return
Fog will return Tuesday, Wednesday and possibly Thursday morning.
Tuesday appears to have a better chance of seeing scattered dense fog.
Chances appear to diminish Wednesday and Thursday as we get more cloud cover along with less chance of precipitation.
Highs reach the mid-70s for the rest of the week. It may drizzle a little on Wednesday. Lows drop into the 50s each night.
According to the National Weather Service (NWS) and local reports on February 9, a dense fog advisory has been issued for the following specific areas:
Southeast Louisiana
River and Bayou Parishes: This specifically includes the parishes of St. James, St. John the Baptist and Upper Lafourche.
Greater New Orleans: Coverage extended to Western Orleans, Eastern Orleans, Upper Jefferson, Lower Jefferson, Upper Plaquemines and Central Plaquemines.
South Mississippi
The advisory affected several counties in southwest Mississippi, including Wilkinson, Amite, Pike and Walthall counties.
After the clouds generally dissipate by early Monday afternoon, a few will remain, but much of the region will enjoy some sunshine… The cool morning will be milder than what has been seen recently, with much of southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi experiencing upper 40s, though some locations along the southern coast will be in the lower 50s.
But it will warm into the low 70s on Monday, where it will stay into the weekend, which is higher than usual for this time of year.
The balance of this coming week will see some sprinkles in addition to the likelihood of a ‘foggy scenario’, but there are increased chances of rain with the prospect of it extending into the day and night Saturday – which happens to be Valentine’s Day.
Also, humidity will rise and should decrease once the boundary that brings us rain on Saturday leaves.
Storms are also expected this weekend.
A system is forming to the west of the region and is expected to reach New Orleans sometime late Saturday.
