Flood threat from rain moves into Louisiana Christmas Eve

As Santa drives his sleigh south of the Mason-Dixon line and heads for Louisiana cities like Ruston, Minden and Shreveport-Bossier City tomorrow night, he may have to add one more deer to the team. Santa Claus has a deer named after him Rain-Xnot?

And as Santa moves south toward Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge and New Orleans, there will be a threat for the jolly old elf to track down mud into homes along the I-10 corridor?

The short answer is no. Santa doesn’t have a deer named Rain-X, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea for you to get acquainted with such a product if you have to drive late Christmas Eve or early Christmas morning.

And right now it looks like The I-10 corridor may be spared some of the heavier downpours expected to move across Louisiana late Tuesday and into the early morning hours of Christmas Day.

Forecasters say the further west you are, and the further north you are the more likely you are to have daytime rain on Christmas Eve. During the overnight hours, showers and storms will spread across the state, but it looks like biggest threat for the heaviest rain arriving north of Alexandria late Tuesday and ending early Wednesday morning.

For those who wake up on Christmas morning and want to get outside to try out a new bike, skate or radio controlled airplane or just get out of the house and get away from the family for a few minutes, you don’t have to deal with cold temperatures.

In fact, it can seem a bit damp Christmas afternoon but the showers should disappear and move east, so that bodes well for outdoor toys and activities. Temperatures across the region will be in the low 70s Christmas afternoon with decreasing rain chances.

The outlook for the rest of the holiday week should remain somewhat unclear. You can expect a threat of showers every day Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The threat of rain won’t be great, but you’ll need to include the threat of showers in your outdoor plans after Christmas. It also gets terribly hot in the days right after Christmas.

The Weather forecast for New Year’s Eve inis more seasonal with overnight lows in the 50s and afternoon highs near 70 as 2024 ends and we begin 2025. It doesn’t look like Louisiana’s next “cold snap” will occur until or around the first weekend of January. most of us return to work and school in the new year.

As the kids hang around the house looking for things to do, you might encourage them to help with some of these. Nah, that would be too much of a Christmas miracle, wouldn’t it?