…STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT APPROACHING REGION WITH A RAPID DROP IN TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY WINDS…

AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES…AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT IS ABOUT TO BRING A SHARP TASTE OF WINTER TO THE AREA.

THIS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM…MOVE THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM…AND REACH THE MISSISSIPPI/ALABAMA BORDER BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT.

BEHIND THE FRONT…WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND GUST TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL DROP 20 TO 30 DEGREES IN AN HOUR… FROM THE 60S AND 70S TO THE 40S. WEST WINDS WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE READINGS IN THE 20S AND 30S. WITHIN A FEW HOURS AFTER THE FRONT PASSES…TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 30S.