Moderate to occasionally heavy snow continues to fall across much of Central and South Louisiana tonight.
The snow extends from Lake Charles to Alexandria into Southwestern Mississippi near Natchez, then back to Lafayette and Lake Charles.
Some reports…
…1 inch at DeQuincy in Calcasieu Parish in Southwest Louisiana
…2.5 inches of snow at Fort Polk in Vernon Parish
…Two tenths of an inch of snow 5 miles south of Lake Charles
FURTHER EAST
…Light to moderate snow falling along I-55 between Amite and Kentwood
…Sleet reported in Hammond and Abita Springs
…Sleet, changed to large flakes of snow that covered the ground, then back to sleet near Doyle LA in Livingston Parish.
…Ground white at high school game in Franklinton LA…
…Sleet mixed with snow in Mandeville along I-55 west of Lake Ponchartrain
…0.5 inch of snow on ground at Woodville, north of Baton Rouge
OBSERVATIONS
Lake Charles…34F Light snow
Lafayette…35F Light snow
Fort Polk…32F Light snow
Alexandria…33F Light snow
New Orleans…42F light rain
Baton Rouge..34F light sleet
A Winter Storm warning is in effect for southern Mississippi and North Central Louisiana, generally north of I-12 or north of the Lake…
A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for areas just south of I-10 over southern Louisiana, south of the Lake, where rain mixed with sleet or snow is expected.
