re: Big Cold Blast Coming - Round 2

So on a scale from 6 to midnight I should be at about an 8 for now?

Just got anti gel for the tractor fuel tank. Last thing I need is a problem when trying to put out hay next week.

Also from the NWS

Lake Charles NWS discussion:

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The strong cold front will arrive early during New Year`s Eve with cooling ongoing through the day. Enough lift will linger behind the front to keep light rain or drizzle lingering through New Year`s Eve through early New Year`s Day, however while temps are falling below freezing conditions will be drying. There may be a very small window across the lakes and CenLA for ZR or IP, however this will be very short lived. The bigger threat will be the cold that will linger through the week. The coldest stretch of weather this area has seen in a few years will occur next week as teens and 20s will be common each morning. Wind chills of the single digits to the 20s will also occur. A couple of reinforcing fronts will also pass through the area with one likely Tue and one Wed/Thu. Operational models have trended drier with the short wave and front Monday Night/Tuesday, however there may by a slim window for some precip to work into Acadiana.

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So basically all of my palm trees are going to be history

Does a coconut blow up like a can of coke when it freezes?

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So basically all of my palm trees are going to be history

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Yeah, it's not great for plants.

We're looking for hints of snow here, but one thing everyone is pretty damned certain of is this will be an unsually cold and lengthy week following New Year's.

Exactly right. We may or may not have a snow event. I believe if the set up that would give us precipitation takes shape we would be looking at a significant snowfall event. The biggest question is IF that set up actually sets up. Right now the models are having a very hard time with that aspect.

The one thing that looks to almost be certain is that we are in for a VERY cold New Years week next week. Lows possibly will dip into the low teens but more likely the mid teens and highs will struggle to get out of the 30s, with a day or two possibly not reaching 33 degrees.

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texag7

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I'm thinking that's wind chill not actual temp.

Fellas, don't let the cold weather trap you.

I'll be at the hunting camp alone!

Thanks goodness