Jan 15-18 Extreme Winter Weather Expected

National Weather Service New Orleans Overview:

WHAT: Prolonged Cold Temperatures

WHEN:  Monday night through Wednesday

WHERE:  All of southeast Louisiana and south Mississippi

CONFIDENCE:  

• Confidence is high that there will be several days next week of freezing temperatures with hard freezes possible on Tuesday and Wednesday morning.
• There is no forecasted frozen precipitation for the entire area at this time.
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Impacts:

Freeze:

• North of the I-10/I-12 corridor, temperatures at its lowest could be in the teens to low 20s with temperatures below freezing for much of the day.
• South of the I-10/I-12 corridor, temperatures at its lowest could be in the 20s and 30s with several hours each day below freezing possible.  
• These conditions could result in significant damage to unprotected pipes as well as citrus and other sensitive agricultural crops.

Wind Chill:

• Wind chills of 20 to 30 are possible in the mornings of Monday through Wednesday.
• Single digit wind chills are possible in southwest Mississippi on Tuesday morning.