Good news for LA snow seekers

[Huckster]

Thus far, Lake Charles seems to have been the office most reluctant to talk about any serious possibility of snow, at least the ones along the north and western Gulf. Enjoy the latest AFD. Don't get too excited though. No blizzard forecasted yet, but any accumulation for us south Louisianans would be just about a blizzard.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
123 PM CST WED DEC 22 2004

.DISCUSSION...ARCTIC AIRMASS SPILLING IN BEHIND
COLD FRONT WHICH WAS CURRENTLY LOCATED FROM
BEAUMONT TEXAS TO FORT POLK. TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCE
ACROSS THE FRONT WAS 30 DEGREES. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL JUST
ABOUT GIVE 100 PERCENT COVERED FOR TODAY AS THE FRONT SWEEPS EASTWARD
TO LAFAYETTE BY 5 PM AND THROUGH THE NORTHWEST GULF OVERNIGHT. SEVERE
WEATHER HAS BEEN LIMITED IN NATURE WITH JUST A FEW
REPORTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL. THE BIG STORY IS THE VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES WHICH WILL BUILD IN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
I DO NOT WANT TO JINX THE POSSIBILITY OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS
BUT CONDITIONS JUST LOOK TO REASONABLE NOT TO MENTION SNOW
BEGINNING FRIDAY AND ENDING ON SATURDAY AS SEVERAL KEY INGREDIENTS
COME TOGETHER. FIRST...AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPS ON FRIDAY
WITH SIGNIFICANT MID LEVEL MOISTURE OVERRIDING THE COOLER AIR
AT THE SURFACE. THEN...AS PRECIPITATION FALLS INTO THE DRIER AIR
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL TO BELOW FREEZING THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY.
A VERY STRONG JET IN THE UPPER LEVELS WILL ENHANCE MOISTURE INFLOW
JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE INTO THE REGION AND WILL BE THE CATALYST
FOR SNOWFALL THAT IS GENERALLY UNHEARD OF IN THESE PARTS...NORMALLY
FEBRUARY IS THE KEY MONTH FOR SNOWFALL OF MEASURABLE DEPTH.
SNOWFALL IS A RARE THING SO RIGHT NOW WILL JUST MENTION WORDING
OF SNOW IN THE FORECAST AND LET THE NEXT SHIFT DETERMINE AMOUNTS IF
ANY.

A SLOW WARMUP WILL DEVELOP ON MONDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH
NEXT WEDNESDAY.

http://www.srh.weather.gov/lch/current/fcst.htm

[BreinLa]

Hehehehehehe Let It Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow