Story by Bill Fuller
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Winter is still here, but temperatures reached the high 70s Thursday and Friday in Louisiana and a forecaster says spring weather is moving in — even if spring itself doesn't arrive until March 20.
"The weather pattern is swinging from winter to spring and it will continue into next month," said Andrew Ansory, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Slidell.
This week's warmup came after a Fat Tuesday celebration in New Orleans where the wind chill made it feel like it was in the 40s, and winds gusted to 40 mph.