Expect another cold one tonight with temperatures dropping into the low-mid 30s by tomorrow morning as a secondary surge of high pressure builds into the area. Friday will be very similar to our Thursday with a cold start but finishing in the mid-upper 50s with unabated sunshine for the afternoon. Our surface winds will begin to turn from the west and then the southwest Friday night into Saturday morning allowing for temperatures to bottom out in the mid-upper 30s to lower 40s for Saturday morning. Saturday will bring mostly sunny skies and milder temperatures as the next storm system begins to develop in the lee of Rockies. Clouds will be increasing Sunday as the sub-tropical jet begins to react to a deepening polar jet to the north. This will likely result in pretty good rain chances by late Sunday into Sunday night ending Monday morning. While the track of the low remains unclear, it appears that low 
pressure will develop south of the Louisiana Coast Sunday and then deepen is it moves eastward and then northeastward. This system has the potential for producing heavy rains and storms to the south of it and eventually significant snows for the mid-Atlantic and Northeast next week. For Acadiana we’ll go with rain Sunday night with a few embedded thunderstorms possible along the coast. Preliminary rain totals should be between .5 and 1.5 inches with higher amounts possible depending on the ultimate track of our next low. Sharply colder air in the wake of this system will pour back into the area Monday. Today’s models are much drier on the backside of this system so the risk of significant winter weather behind this system has diminished. There may be however a slight chance of a quick moving snow flurry in northern areas of Acadiana sometime late Monday or Monday night…more on this tomorrow. Temperatures could drop into the mid-upper 20s Tuesday morning as skies clear with highs hard-pressed to make 50 for Tuesday afternoon. Another freeze is anticipated for next Wednesday morning with milder conditions likely later next week into the following weekend.