Critical Fire Weather Persists in the Southern High Plains; Snow in the Great Lakes into the Northeast

Elevated to critical fire weather conditions will persist across the central and southern High Plains today as gusty winds and dry conditions continue across the region. A clipper system will bring some lake effect snow to the Great Lakes and snow into the Northeast. Well above-average temperatures are expected to expand across much of the West, into the Plains states, and Southeast. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Wind Advisory in effect from February 25, 09:00 AM CST until February 25, 06:00 PM CST

Current conditions at

Lafayette, Lafayette Regional Airport (KLFT)

Lat: 30.2°NLon: 91.99°WElev: 39ft.

Fair

56°F

13°C

Humidity	93%
Wind Speed	S 6 mph
Barometer	29.93 in (1013.4 mb)
Dewpoint	54°F (12°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Last update	25 Feb 5:53 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

Opelousas LA

Wind Advisory February 25, 09:00am until February 25, 06:00pm

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Wind Advisory

Today
High: 73 °F
Increasing
Clouds
Tonight
Low: 64 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Thursday
High: 77 °F
Mostly Cloudy
then Slight
Chance
Showers
Thursday Night
Low: 61 °F
Chance
Showers
Friday
High: 77 °F
Slight Chance
T-storms then
Sunny
Friday Night
Low: 52 °F
Mostly Clear
Saturday
High: 80 °F
Sunny
Saturday Night
Low: 55 °F
Mostly Clear
Sunday
High: 80 °F
Mostly Sunny

Detailed Forecast

Today

Increasing clouds, with a high near 73. South wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Tonight

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday

A 20 percent chance of showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday Night

A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday

A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. North wind around 5 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 52. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday

Sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph.

Saturday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 55. Calm wind.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the morning.

Sunday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 59.