Vigorous System Impacting the Northwest; Large System To Affect East

A potent storm system is delivering heavy rainfall, strong winds, rough surf and beach erosion along the Pacific Northwest coast with mountain snow inland. Expect a couple more systems to arrive late week into the weekend. Meanwhile, another developing large scale system will deliver a heavy rain and renewed flood threat to much of the East late Wednesday through Friday, which may impact travel. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Hazardous Weather Outlook

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Current conditions at

New Orleans, New Orleans Lakefront Airport (KNEW)

Lat: 30.05°NLon: 90.03°WElev: 7ft.

Fair

60°F

16°C

Humidity	67%
Wind Speed	E 7 mph
Barometer	30.08 in (1017.9 mb)
Dewpoint	49°F (9°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Last update	18 Dec 4:53 pm CST

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Extended Forecast for

New Orleans LA

Tonight

Mostly Cloudy
Low: 53 °F
Wednesday

Showers and
Patchy Fog
High: 61 °F
Wednesday
Night

Showers
Likely then
Slight Chance
Showers
Low: 55 °F
Thursday

Chance
Showers then
Showers
Likely and
Breezy
High: 60 °F
Thursday
Night

Windy.
Showers
Likely then
Slight Chance
Showers
Low: 44 °F
Friday

Sunny and
Windy
High: 55 °F
Friday
Night

Clear
Low: 43 °F
Saturday

Sunny
High: 62 °F
Saturday
Night

Mostly Clear
Low: 52 °F

Detailed Forecast

Tonight

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. East wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday

Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Patchy fog before 7am. High near 61. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night

Showers and thunderstorms likely before 9pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday

Showers likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday Night

Showers likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Windy, with a northwest wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday

Sunny, with a high near 55. Windy, with a northwest wind 20 to 30 mph.

Friday Night

Clear, with a low around 43. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

Saturday

Sunny, with a high near 62. South wind around 5 mph.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 52. South wind around 5 mph.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming north in the afternoon.

Sunday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. North wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight.