re: Southeast Severe Weather: January 8-9, 2024

Temp has dropped two degrees here and the dewpoint has held steady at 53. Wind is picking up some, gusting to 18 mph. So far, a lot has to change in order for severe storms to develop. That low/boundary has to arrive in order for anything significant to occur otherwise it'll remain simply a cool, damp winter day.

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most likely they are Scud clouds - look like a forming tornado but aren't - they have gotten me a few times

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They are hard to photograph. Usually they look like that for a few minutes before a torrential downpour happens.

Sticky. rip louisiana

Im in no way defending the schools decisions, but the severe weather wasn’t supposed to start until tonight in SELA anyway.

I think the primary focus for schools was on the high wind warnings/advisories and their impact on school bus routes.

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as he should. The overeaction by schools and what not to this is ridiculous. Would it have been so hard for everyone to say "this is what we are prepared to do if the weather situation is as predicted, and we will make that call at ____O'clock." Instead lets cancel schools and let's not have basketball practice or games either. We've done this several times recently, and it turns into nothing. I"m not saying do nothing, just stop making these stupid arse decisions this far in advance. Weather is unpredictable. Have a plan to implement in due time. 24 hours is way too much time. this ain't a hurricane. No one is evacuating. 2 hours is more than enough time, especially if you already said what the plan was going to be. These planned hurricane/weather days off are stupid. If we don't have a hurricane then it's like they have to find a reason to use those planned days off somewhere else

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Tell us you hate your kids being at home around you without telling us.

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WAFB has live camera feeds around the Baton Rouge metro area here: WAFB Sky9 Cameras

Looks calm now, but the wind is picking up. Some rain around Essen and out in Livingston and False River is looking a little choppy with a steady wind. But otherwise all is fairly calm so far.

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Very good find. Going to add the Traffic Cameras from LADOTD to this so we can watch the storms roll in.

511la -- Traffic cameras around the state. You can see some of the weather around the Lake Charles cameras and the Baton Rouge cameras.

WAFB Weather Cameras - weather cameras around the BR area.




You guys on False River are starting to get some white caps.

It is raining with some wind.

Reporting live from Perkins/College area for Waffle news……..

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Good thing we sounded the alarm. Can never be too careful.

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how are you so insufferable on literally every board you post on?

I am watching the same storm from Vermillion Bay. Reporting live from the Arts District of Oak Grove.