weather

We just got through the wettest Halloween on record, but conditions are expected to improve as we start the new week.

Gasp all you want. Yes. I'm Cajun and I buy my roux. I've never in my life cooked gumbo from a recipe, but being born and raised in Cajun country, I know the first step to any good gumbo is roux. However, early on I learned how inept I was at that particular task...

The culprit behind all this rain is a low pressure system in the Gulf of Mexico. Chances for development are slim.

It's the third named storm of the 2015 season and "Claudette" promises to be downgraded completely by this evening

Right now the system is just called Invest 91L, which is weather service talk for a system that is being investigated, thus the name "invest." Should the system develop into a tropical storm system it will become tropical storm "Bill

It is an experience I will never forget. We were told by corporate to abandon the studios and get out of harms way. We ignored that advise and broadcast through the approximate 12 hours of 120 mile per hour winds of Hurricane Rita.

The weather has been, for the most part, pretty nice lately, but early next week we can look for a taste of the winter weather that has been plaguing the rest of the country. Not nearly as bad as the weather in New England, but we will have our own bit of ice to deal with.

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.

I guess Winter is finally upon us. McNeese is out-of town this week facing Southeastern, but Flea Fest will be going on at the Burton Ag Barn, luckily that's a covered venue because we will have some rain. Here's a look at the weekend's weather