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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

The forecast for the remainder of the holiday week should remain a bit unsettled. You can expect a threat of showers each day on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The threat of rain won't be great but you will need to include the threat of showers in your outside plans after Christmas. It will also be unseasonably warm in the days right after Christmas.

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The forecast for New Year's Eve is more seasonable with overnight lows in the 50s and afternoon highs near 70 as 2024 wraps up and we begin 2025. It doesn't look as though Louisiana's next "cold snap" will occur until the first weekend in January or about the time most of us head back to work and school in the new year.

Maybe since the kids are hanging around the house looking for things to do you can could encourage them to help with some of these. Nah, I guess that would be too big of a miracle at Christmas, wouldn't it?

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