Your Weather Authority Forecast for Thursday, March 18, 2010
Normal (N.O. Int'l):
High: 73
Low: 53Record (N.O. Int'l):
High: 89 (1982)
Low: 33 (1960)
Record (Audubon Park):
High: 88 (1982)
Low: 34 (1892)
Forecast Discussion
Morning coastal showers and lingering cloud cover will give way to sunshine Thursday afternoon. A weak ridge of high pressure builds in Friday into Saturday. A cold front moves through Sunday bringing a chance of rain Saturday, with heavy rain and isolated thunderstorms Saturday night into Sunday morning. Cold air will move in behind the front, dropping temperatures Sunday.
Saturday marks the first day of Spring.
Thursday: AM Cloud Cover. PM Sunshine. High: 67.
Thursday Night: Clear. Cold. Low: s 48, n 41.
Friday: Mostly Sunny. Warmer. High: 72.
Saturday: Increasing Cloud Cover. Warmer. Rain Chances Late. High: 73. Low: s 53, n 48.
Sunday: Clearing, Cold, Breezy. High: 55. Low: s 47, n 44.
-Meteorologist Dawn Brown