A winter storm warning will be going into effect tomorrow for Caddo, Bossier, Webster and Claiborne parishes in northwest Louisiana. In addition, a winter weather advisory is coming for DeSoto, Red River, Bienville, Lincoln, Jackson, Ouachita, Union, Morehouse and West Carroll parishes. State climatologist Jay Grymes says all those parishes should be weather aware for the rest of the week.
“There we can see not only a LITTLE bit of snow, and I do mean a little bit, but maybe more problematic, there’s a minor threat for some icing up there, particularly Thursday into Friday,” Grymes said.
Precipitation is expected to start falling after the morning commute tomorrow. Grymes says depending on what happens, driving in areas of northwest Louisiana could get dangerous.
“They know they’re going to get rain. The question is whether the surfaces are still going to be cold enough when that rain begins, that the rain falls as liquid, but then turns into ice on contact,” Grymes explained.
Grymes says central and south Louisiana will not see snow. However, there’s the threat for heavy rainfall tomorrow night through Friday for south Louisiana.
Will we see snow, ice or rain tomorrow in north Louisiana? That’s the big question with a winter storm that will move into Louisiana tomorrow from Texas. Department of Transportation spokesperson Erin Buchanan says they are ready to respond if wintry precipitation begins to fall.
“So, we’ve got our salt-spreading equipment on our vehicles, we’ve got crews that are briefed on their routes and their assignments and things like that. So right now, really, we’re in the mode of watching the forecast,” Buchanan said.
A winter storm warning is in effect northwest Louisiana and a winter weather advisory is in effect for areas like Monroe, Ruston, Coushatta and Mansfield. Arkansas is expected to see snowfall, but depending on the temperature, Louisiana could see either rain, ice or snow. Buchanan says they are closely monitoring the forecast.
“They’re saying a mix, which could be a lot of different things. It could be freezing rain, could be a little bit of sleet, we really don’t know yet, nor do we know accumulation amounts yet. A lot of it is applying the salt when the road is a little bit wet,” Buchanan explained.
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