SINCE THEY’VE DONE THE PLUMBING. PLUMBING. WELL, NOW IT’S TIME FOR ANOTHER CHECK ON OUR FIRST WARNING WEATHER. AND THE TRUCK PARADE HAS ALREADY STARTED. 40 SOMETHING MINUTES AGO. PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE CATCHING THROWS. SO JIM’S GOING TO TELL US WHAT THEY SHOULD EXPECT FOR THE WEATHER. YOU KNOW, THE THING IS, YEAH, I COULD DO THE WEATHER, BUT WHY DON’T WE JUST STAND HERE AND WATCH THE PARADE? THIS IS BETTER TELEVISION, ISN’T IT? WE CAN SEE THEM. THE NEW MILLENNIUM SOCIAL CLUB. HELLO, FRIENDS. HOW ARE YOU? BOY OH, BOY, I LOVE TO SEE IT. IT’S A GOOD PARADE WEATHER, DON’T YOU THINK? YEAH. IT’LL BE DRY. YES, THAT’S THE MAIN THING. WDSU FIRST WARNING RADAR SHOWING US THAT THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. PLAQUEMINES PARISH LITTLE THUNDERSTORM, ACTUALLY, AND I CAN’T RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A SPRINKLE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, BUT IT WOULD BE RAIN. SO LIGHT, IT’D BE LIKE YOU’D HOLD YOUR HANDS OUT AND SAY, WAIT, I THINK I FELT SOMETHING. YEAH, OKAY. 2 OR 3 LITTLE DOTS OF MOISTURE. THAT WOULD BE IT. LET’S CHECK THE VISIBILITY THOUGH, BECAUSE YES, WE STILL HAVE SOME FOG CLOSE TO THE COAST. NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT IN THE METRO, NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT ON THE NORTH SHORE. BUT PORT FOURCHON GALLIANO VISIBILITY THERE LESS THAN A MILE. TEMPERATURES ARE PRETTY COMFORTABLE NOW. THEY’RE NOT GOING TO GET A LOT WARMER TODAY BECAUSE WE AREN’T GOING TO SEE A LOT OF SUNSHINE. 69, GALLIANO, 62 AT THE AIRPORT, 61. OUR CURRENT TEMPERATURE IN HAMMOND. I THINK WE’LL GET TO THE UPPER 60S TODAY, BUT THE MAJOR RAIN HAS PASSED US BY. THERE GOES AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE. HELP TO BRING US THE RAIN. YESTERDAY EVENING. OVERNIGHT WE’RE SEEING DRIER AIR ACTUALLY MOVE IN AT THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. AND I THINK THAT DRIER AIR MAY BE KIND OF CAPPING THE ATMOSPHERE JUST A LITTLE BIT COOLER AND DRIER AIR ALOFT, BUT A LOT OF MOISTURE CLOSE TO THE SURFACE. SO THOSE LOW CLOUDS, THEY’RE GOING TO BE STUBBORN LOW CLOUDS TODAY, ALTHOUGH I’M STILL HOLDING OUT HOPE FOR SOME SUNSHINE BY THE MID-AFTERNOON, COMPUTER MODELS HAVE US PRETTY CLOUDY THROUGH THE NOON HOUR, ALTHOUGH HERE YOU GO. A LITTLE SLIVER OR TWO OF SUNSHINE BY ABOUT NOON. 1230. HIGH TEMPERATURE, MAKING IT TO THE UPPER 60S IN MOST LOCATIONS. YOU SEE A COUPLE OF THOSE VERY, VERY LIGHT SHOWERS. BUT AS WE GO FROM THREE UNTIL 6:00, OKAY, CLOUDS BREAKING UP A LITTLE BIT, THE SIGNIFICANT CLEARING HAPPENS FOR US OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. AND IF WE CLEAR OUT SIGNIFICANTLY LIKE THIS, IT MEANS TEMPERATURES WILL PROBABLY BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER EVERYWHERE. IT’S GOING TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT ON THE CHILLY SIDE TOMORROW. NORTHWESTERLY WIND AT ABOUT TEN MILES PER HOUR FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, SO JACKET WEATHER FIRST THING IN THE MORNING ON MONDAY. BUT THE AFTERNOON LOOKING GOOD. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 60S. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE EVEN WITH THAT NORTHERLY WIND. YES, THE ATMOSPHERE GETTING A LITTLE BIT DRIER. DEW POINT TEMPERATURES GOING DOWN. BUT WITH THE SUNSHINE IT SHOULD FEEL GREAT MONDAY AFTERNOON. MOSTLY CLOUDY AND ISOLATED SHOWER IN THE FORECAST TODAY. A FOR RAIN. OFFICIALLY 20%. AND I THINK THAT’S A LITTLE BIT OF A STRETCH RIGHT NOW. I’D PUT IT CLOSER TO 10%. LITTLE SPRINKLE POSSIBLE. THAT’S ABOUT IT. ONCE WE GET TO TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLOUDY. IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BREEZY. AND YES, COOL IF NOT CHILLY, ESPECIALLY ON THE NORTH SHORE, AT LEAST FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. THEN DECREASING CLOUDS TOMORROW. BREEZY AND A LITTLE BIT COOLER THAN AVERAGE. AVERAGE HIGH THIS TIME OF YEAR. YOU SEE IT ON THE EXTENDED FORECAST IS 71. SO YES, WE’LL BE A DEGREE OR TWO COOLER THAN NORMAL TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WEATHER IMPACT DAYS BECAUSE OF MORNING FOG. BUT LOOK AT THE WARMING TREND. MID 70S THERE. THURSDAY NEAR 80 FRIDAY. ANOTHER WEATHER IMPACT DAY BECAUSE OF MORNING FOG. THEN THE WINDS PICK UP AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE’RE GOING TO SEE NUMEROUS SHOWERS ON SATURDAY. MAYBE A POCKET OR TWO OF HEAVY RAIN. THAT’S WHY SATURDAY AS A WEATHER IMPACT DAY. BUT IF YOU’RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARADE AND ARGUS AND METAIRIE ARGUS AT 10:00, SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARADE AT NOON, I THINK WE SHOULD BE DRY FOR THE PARADES