weather

The National Weather Service forecast through Sunday says highs will be in the mid- to upper-90s. Saturday's forecast simply says "Hot." Add in that good ol' Louisiana humidity and it pushes the heat index to somewhere between 105 and 115, making it feel like you've been wrapped from head to toe in a big, wet, steamy blanket the minute you walk out the door. ...

Make plans for indoor fun for the next 7 days.  Every day this week we have at least an 80% chance of rain. Every. Single. Day.

Here's an updated list of school closings for today due to today's weather implications.

Don't look for it to be a warm Tuesday with a predicted high of 52 and a brisk 5-15 mph North wind. The good news is that the rain chance has gone away!

Yesterday my wife brought the plants closer to the house under the patio in back and the front porch. That will not be enough to save them later this week. All plants and animals will need to be brought inside the house as we will see temperatures dropping into the twenties this week.

If you think it's pretty humid in Lake Charles or that we seem to get a lot of thunderstorms. You were right. We made the top ten in both of those categories.

Imagine you are asleep in your mobile home when you notice it is moving. You open your door to see your mobile home has been turned into a house boat! Something very similar happened in Cameron Parish early last Sunday Morning.

We have been very lucky this Hurricane season and keep your fingers crossed that this pattern holds. There is a storm just beginning to cross the Atlantic that looks like it could form into a tropical system.

A tropical wave moving off the coast of Africa has a decent chance of developing into something tropical.

We have been lucky so far this Hurricane Season. It looks like our luck will hold with Tropical Storm Bertha.

Climatologist note that January was unusually warm and have issued an El Niño Watch. Usually El Niño years mean fewer named storms during the hurricane season.

With the Royal Gayla and Lundi Gras party tonight and the parades tomorrow... the weather has took a turn for the worse as Lake Charles prepares for Mardi Gras celebrations.