A high impact winter storm will track from Texas to North Carolina from Monday night into Wednesday. Here are the cities where it will hit hardest.

Gov. Jeff Landry declared a state of emergency Saturday in preparation for the winter weather expected to hit Louisiana early next week, when snow is expected to accumulate in some areas. The National Weather Service has issued extreme cold warnings for the state in effect from Monday through Thursday.

A very rare winter weather event will pass through the Deep South beginning Monday night, and even down along the Gulf Coast on Tuesday. As an arctic front lifts north across the Gulf of Mexico, a low pressure system will intensify and track eastward and dump Gulf moisture into the cold air for the Gulf Coast states.

So, with that said, KLFY Meteorologist Chris Cozart posted his "Snow-Cone' of uncertainty on social media and I think this is great. Much like when a hurricane is approaching, some will be impacted, while others will not.

South Arkansas residents are bracing for an arctic air mass that will drop daytime highs to the freezing point, and overnight lows to around 20 through Tuesday.

The potential for snowfall on the Crescent City and the Red Stick next week is "looking increasingly possible," the National Weather Service in Slidell said Friday.

Areas from Texas to the Carolinas will experience their first major winter storm in years from Thursday into the weekend — with snow stretching as far north as New England, and into areas pummeled by a storm earlier this week.

The South endures more wildfires per year than any other region, and Louisiana is not exempt from this trend. In 2023, Louisiana saw more than 1300 wildfires and an extreme period of summer drought.

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry and the Louisiana State Police emphasize the need for caution as icy temperatures, frozen precipitation, and snowfall are expected across the state, which could cause unsafe road conditions and potential impacts to utilities.

John Michael Guidry, one of the state's most seasoned jurists, looked into his wife's eyes as she read him the oath of his new office Sunday afternoon. When she finished, Guidry gave his wife a kiss on the cheek, hugged her and hugged his son and daughter, who held the Bible he was sworn in with.

Tens of millions of residents along the East Coast are bracing for several inches of snow Sunday followed by dangerously cold temperatures that will take

Cold, arctic air is dropping into Southeast Louisiana right now and that will interact with a developing low in the Gulf of Mexico that will bring snow to New Orleans. A Winter Storm Warning is now in effect for everyone shown here. Widespread snow totals over 2" are likely for everyone in the warning.