New all time record lows were set this morning. National Weather Service Meteorologist Stacey Denson says single digit temperature readings were recorded across southwest Louisiana…
And the highest snowfall total – 11 and a half inches in Chalmette.
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The weather warmed up throughout the day today to cause some of the snow to melt and the roads to start to dry up. So much so that this afternoon, DOTD was able to reopen westbound I-10 from I-49 in Lafayette to the Texas state line. Others may take a little longer to reopen. DOTD spokesman Rodney Mallett says one challenge with the Interstates is that many of them have long stretches where they go over water, and bridges always freeze first, making for extremely dangerous driving conditions.
Despite the slight warming throughout the day today, LSU Public Health Climatologist Barry Keim says we’re not quite out of the woods just yet.
Tonight’s Pelicans home game against the Bucks has been postponed, and the huge matchup in women’s basketball between number-five LSU and number-two South Carolina has been pushed back from tomorrow night to Friday afternoon.