Fire Weather Concerns; Record Warmth Spreads

The Plains to the mid-Mississippi Valley continue with warm and dry conditions. Any fires that initiate could spread quickly. The warm temperatures will expand across the Southern Plains into the Southwest where numerous records are expected through the weekend. Meanwhile, a cold front will move southward across the northern Plains and Great Lakes region where some snow will develop this weekend. Read More >

Local Research and Studies

Fog

- Erickson T.,2001, Louisiana and Southeast Texas Fog Research and Modeling

Tropical Weather

- Landreneau, D., Satellite and Radar Imagery Movies of Atlantic Hurricane Seasons on DVD

- Landreneau, D.,2003, Atlantic Tropical Storms and Hurricanes Affecting The United States:1899-2000 (NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-206 (updated through 2002))

- Roth, D.,1997, A Historical Study of Tropical Storms and Hurricanes That Have Affected Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas

- Roth, D.,1997, Louisiana Hurricane History

- Roth, D.,1997, Texas Hurricane History

Satellite

- Wally, D.,1998, Satellite Analysis of the 05-06 June 1998 -- Severe Weather Event

Local Climate

- Perkins, A. and Wally, D., 1998, Severe Weather Climatology (1950-1995) for the NWSO Lake Charles Parish/County Warning Area (NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-196, March 1998)

- Darby, R. and Sondag, R., 1998, Precipitation Departures From Normal Along the Northwest Gulf Coast During Several Strong El Niño events

Severe Weather

- Darby, R., 1998, Southwest Louisiana Tornado Outbreak In Association with Tropical Storm Frances

- Darby, R. and Sondag, R., 1999, Storm Assessment of the Alexandria Tornado

- Darby, R. and Sondag, R., 1999, Storm Assessment of the January 1-2, 1999 Major Tornado Outbreak Across Southeast Texas and Southern Louisiana

- Darby, R. and Erickson, R., 1999, March 2, 1999 Tornado Outbreak Across Southeast Texas and Southern Louisiana - Storm Assessment

- Shamburger, S. and Erickson, R., 2005, The November 23, 2004 Tornado Outbreak

- Megnia, R., Humphrey, T., and Rackley, J., 2019, The Historic 2 April 2017 Tornado Outbreak

Winter Weather

- Shamburger, S., 2009, Snow Climatology for Southeast Texas & Southwest Louisiana

- Roth, D., 1997, A Report on the Ice Storm of 1997

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