SOMETHING REALLY COOL TO SEE OVER THE NIGHT SKY WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW, THOUGH. ON THIS MONDAY, SOME BLUE SKIES IN STORE FOR YOU. DEFINITELY MAKING IT VERY CLEAR TO SEE THINGS LIKE THAT. YES, INDEED. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE CLOUDS INCREASING A LITTLE BIT FOR US BY LATE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. BUT WARMER TEMPERATURES REALLY GOING TO BE THE STORY FOR US. YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE IT WHEN YOU STEP OUTSIDE THIS AFTERNOON. SURE. IT WAS COLD THIS MORNING, BUT SKIES ARE BLUE RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE GOING TO END UP IN THE MID 60S FOR THE AFTERNOON HIGH. WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FOG TOMORROW MORNING? BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A COUPLE OF FOGGY SPOTS. THIS COMPUTER MODEL GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHAT THE VISIBILITY SHOULD LOOK LIKE RIGHT AROUND DAYBREAK. NOW, THIS MAY BE A LITTLE UNDERDONE. I THINK CONDITIONS AT LEAST CLOSE TO THE WATER MAY BE RIGHT FOR SOME FOG FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING. SO WHEN YOU GET UP, MAKE SURE TO WATCH WDSU STARTING AT 430 IN THE MORNING. METEOROLOGIST RAVEN RICHARD IS GOING TO BE CHECKING ALL THE VISIBILITIES FOR YOU. IF WE DO HAVE ANY FOGGY SPOTS, SHE'LL LET YOU KNOW. EVEN CHRISTMAS MORNING, THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF FOG IN PLACE NOW. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN OVERLY THICK FOG SHOULD NOT REALLY SLOW ANYBODY DOWN, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ALWAYS 1 OR 2 SPOTS THAT HAVE TENDED TO GET KIND OF FOGGY FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. NOW WE'RE AT 63 DEGREES IS WE'RE WARMING UP EASTERLY WINDS AT NINE MILES PER HOUR. DEW POINT TEMPERATURE COMING UP SIGNIFICANTLY. 24 HOURS AGO, IT WAS STILL IN THE 30S. NOW IT'S CLOSE TO 50 IS THE WINDS ARE SHIFTING. WE'RE SEEING A LITTLE MORE MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE. NOW THAT MOISTURE IS GOING TO TRANSLATE INTO SOME ADDITIONAL CLOUD COVER BY LATE IN THE DAY TOMORROW. AND UNFORTUNATELY, AS LOW PRESSURE PASSES TO THE NORTH OF US, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT SOME SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST. CHRISTMAS DAY, EVEN AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM. HOWEVER, NOT ALL OF US ARE GOING TO GET WET. RIGHT NOW. IT LOOKS LIKE THE COVERAGE OF THOSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS 40%. NOW, THAT MEANS 60% OF US ARE GOING TO BE DRY. MOST OF THE SHOWERS ON THE LIGHT TO MODERATE SIDE. BUT LOOK AT THIS WEATHER THAT'S HEADING TOWARD GREEN BAY. SAINTS PLAYING THE PACKERS TONIGHT. ORIGINALLY THEY WERE JUST CALLING FOR COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S. NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THEY COULD HAVE SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION IN PLACE FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE FOOTBALL GAME. LET'S GO HOUR BY HOUR AND SHOW YOU EXACTLY HOW IT PLAYS OUT FOR CHRISTMAS EVE, CHRISTMAS DAY, HIGH TEMPERATURE TODAY RIGHT HERE. MID 60S. MOST SPOTS. THERE'S THAT EASTERLY WIND WHICH MAY ACTUALLY BECOME A LITTLE MORE SOUTHEASTERLY BY LATE IN THE DAY TOMORROW FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING PROBABLY JACKET WEATHER AGAIN ON THE NORTH SHORE AS WE START IN THE LOW 40S THERE, BUT IT SHOULD BE UPPER 40S OR CLOSE TO 50 AND MOST OTHER LOCATIONS. AND A QUICK WARM UP FOR US TOMORROW. LOOK AT THIS. WE GET INTO THE 70S IN MANY SPOTS, MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR MOST OF THE DAY. BY LATE IN THE DAY, THE CLOUDS INCREASE FOR US A TOUCH. NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. FIRST OF ALL, PAUSING THINGS HERE IN THE COMPUTER MODEL RIGHT AROUND 7:00, BONFIRE TIME SHOULD BE DRY. A COUPLE OF SHOWERS, MAYBE OUT HERE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. TEMPERATURES VERY VERY COMFORTABLE. NOW, LET'S GO OVERNIGHT TUESDAY INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING. SO HERE WE ARE CHRISTMAS EVE CHRISTMAS DAY, FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, 6 A.M. YES, WE'RE KIND OF CLOUDY. A COUPLE OF SHOWERS SHOWING UP. THE SHOWERS THAT DO DEVELOP IN THE MORNING. HERE WE ARE PAUSING THINGS ABOUT THE NOON HOUR. NOW LET'S GO INTO THE AFTERNOON. THEY'RE SCATTERED. THEY'RE BROKEN. SURE, MAYBE A COUPLE OF VERY SMALL POCKETS OF SOME HEAVIER RAIN. THAT SMALL POSSIBILITY OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM. BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A COMPLETE WASHOUT. BUT IT WILL BE KIND OF CLOUDY, AND THE FRONT IS GOING TO BECOME KIND OF STATIONARY ON TOP OF US LATE IN THE DAY. CHRISTMAS, IT'S GOING TO STICK AROUND WHAT'S LEFT OF IT ANYWAY. SO WE'LL STAY WARM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO STAY KIND OF CLOUDY I THINK. END OF THE WEEK, BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND. MOSTLY SUNNY, WARMER, VERY NICE TODAY. HIGH TEMPERATURE, MID 60S. FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR, NOT AS COLD. WINDS ARE GOING TO BE LIGHT. WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AFTER THAT INCREASE IN CLOUDS BY THE LATE AFTERNOON. WARMER COMFORTABLE HIGH TEMPERATURE RIGHT AROUND 70 DEGREES IN MOST SPOTS. THERE'S YOUR 40% CHANCE FOR RAIN. CHRISTMAS DAY FRONT HANGS AROUND, BUT WE STAY WARM THROUGH SATURDAY. THEN THE COLD FRONT COMING THROUGH SUNDAY, BRINGING US A CHANCE FOR RAIN AND COOLING U
Here are the stores open on Christmas Eve in New Orleans
By Metia Carroll