The cold temperatures are coming from a not uncommon expansion in the Polar Vortex, which are counter-clockwise rotating air currents that typically hang over the Arctic.

The National Weather Service in Lake Charles, LA, issued a blizzard warning about 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, January 21, 2025 for Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana. It is the first blizzard warning ever issued by the Lake Charles weather service office.

Instead of coming from the West Coast or diving in from the northern Great Plains, this one comes from the Gulf of Mexico. I know what you’re thinking: “How can there be a winter storm from a place with warm moist air?

A "Freeze Warning" is in effect across southern Arkansas, northern Louisiana, Oklahoma and eastern Texas, as well as in small parts of Arizona, California and Florida, with temperatures falling as low as 27, and wind chills expected to feel as cold as low as 13 in some areas.

For the first time in recorded history, Lake Charles ... southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas. The storm, driven by a low-pressure system moving across the northern Gulf of Mexico, has produced ...

Moisture from the Gulf of Mexico was combining with a ... The National Weather Service's Lake Charles, Louisiana, office issued its first-ever blizzard warning Tuesday. The NWS' Mobile office ...

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At least 10 people have died. Officials warned that arctic cold will persist for another day, and roads could remain dangerous. Still, many Southerners found joy in the rare experience.

A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast left New Orleans and Houston frozen Tuesday.

For the first time ever, Lake Charles ... the northern Gulf of Mexico is dumping heavy snow and bringing wind gusts in excess of 35 mph across southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana as storm ...

a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Measurable snow has only happened a dozen times at Houston’s Hobby Airport since 1932, most recently in February 2021.

The plaintiffs include the attorneys general of Alabama, Alaska, Georgia and Mississippi, along with American Petroleum Institute and Gulf ... Lake Charles Division of the Western District of ...