As Santa drives his sleigh south of the Mason-Dixon line and heads for Louisiana towns such as Ruston, Minden, and Shreveport-Bossier City tomorrow night he might need to add one more deer to the team. Santa does have a deer named Rain-X, right?
And as Santa progresses southward toward Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans, will there be a threat that the jolly old elf could track 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 a product like that if you have driving to do late on Christmas Eve or early on Christmas Morning.
And right now it looks as if the I-10 corridor might be spared some of the heavier downpours that are forecast to move across Louisiana late on Tuesday and in 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 get rain during the daylight hours of Christmas Eve. During the nighttime hours showers and storms will spread across the entire state but it does appear as though the greatest threat for the heaviest rain will come north of Alexandria late Tuesday ending early Wednesday morning.
For those waking up on Christmas morning wanting to get outside to try a new bike, skates, or radio-controlled airplane or just step out of the house and get away from the family for a few minutes, you won’t have to deal with cold temperatures.
In fact, it might seem a little muggy on Christmas afternoon but the showers should be dissipating and moving off to the east so it should bode well for outside toys and activities. Temperatures across the region will be in the low 70s on Christmas afternoon with rain chances decreasing…