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Get the New Orleans, LA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
Get the New Orleans, LA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
Get the New Orleans International Airport, LA local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
Map of regions covered by the 122 Weather Forecast Offices. The National Weather Service operates 122 weather forecast offices. [1] [2] Each weather forecast office (WFO or NWSFO) has a geographic area of responsibility, also known as a county warning area, for issuing local public, marine, aviation, fire, and hydrology forecasts.
The National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office New Orleans/Baton Rouge has its origins in a U.S. Army Signal Service office opened in Downtown New Orleans on October 4, 1870. [3] A hurricane forecast center operated in the New Orleans office from 1935 until 1966, when its responsibilities were transferred to the National Hurricane Center. [3]
It broadcasts from the United States Coast Guard station in New Orleans, Louisiana with 4 kilowatts of power. TAFB weather forecasts are transmitted full-time on the following frequencies: 4317.9 kHz; 8503.9 kHz; 12789.9 kHz. NMG also broadcasts at 17146.4 kHz between 1200 and 2045 UTC.
For snow to push into the southern region of Louisiana, extreme weather conditions for the area must be present, usually a low-pressure system coupled with unusually low temperatures. [1] Average snowfall in Louisiana is approximately 0.2 inches (5.1 mm) per year, a low figure rivaled only by the states of Florida and Hawaii. [2]
As the derecho moved into the New Orleans area, it produced winds of more than 80 mph (128 km/h). Tornado warnings were issued in St. John the Baptist and St. Charles parishes as the storms passed through. The strong winds overturned three mobile homes at the New Orleans RV Resort and Marina, resulting in the hospitalization of four people. [31]