re: Louisiana Ice Storm Thread *Winter Storm Warning*

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So are we looking at ice storm possibility in south La? Or just icy road conditions?

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An ice storm that would likely produce very icy roads seems pretty likely, especially the further west you go across south Louisiana.

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Been reading this thread for a week and cant seem to figure out what the answer is...it would appear something is coming and it'll be cold AF, but nobody can agree on the what

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I think it won't be as cold as single digits but it may get into the low to mid teens IF there's lots of ice on the ground. Otherwise it'll be in the mid to upper teens at night with highs in the 30s. With ice, we may not make it out the 20s on Monday.

The ice potential -

It definitely looks quite possible that we see some freezing rain and sleet on Monday with accumulations up to a half-inch (which is very significant). From Baton Rouge westward to Lake Charles is the area with the highest likelihood of accumulating freezing rain and sleet.

100 car pile up in DFW area.

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Someone clearly has not kept his pimp hand strong.

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I got 5 kids baw, I am outnumbered.

The problem isn't as much snapping the line itself, but when trees get heavy glazing like that it damages them and they take out lines when they break under the weight of the ice. We have some people here without power at 1/3". Especially since we've had some wind today.

At 1/2" of ice you're almost certainly going to have widespread power outages.

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Local meteorologists in Shreveport now predicting 7-8" of snow for NW LA.

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yeah weather apps have moved to MOSTLY Snow until next wednesday, instead of ice/sleet.

i have very little dislike for snow....Ice is the devil

My prediction for Baton Rouge high of 37 low of 11 freezing rain maybe snow.

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My prediction for Baton Rouge high of 37 low of 11 freezing rain maybe snow.

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Listen to these words very carefully:

With the shallowness of the cold air in southern Louisiana, there will be very little, if ANY, snow. We will receive freezing rain and sleet - and that's it.

It's going to be very, very difficult to get snow out of this event in south Louisiana. The cold air is going to just be too shallow.

It’s still 33 here and was supposed to be 38 by 10 o clock. Temps trending about 5 degrees below forecasts

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Listen to these words very carefully:

With the shallowness of the cold air in southern Louisiana, there will be very little, if ANY, snow. We will receive freezing rain and sleet - and that's it.

It's going to be very, very difficult to get snow out of this event in south Louisiana. The cold air is going to just be too shallow.

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Um, I'm pretty sure science tells us that if it's below 32 (using the Fahrenheit system)it will snow.

Trust the science.