Mardi Gras is a time of feasting and celebration, bringing visions of purple, gold, and green beads flying off extravagant floats. However, if you can’t get down to New Orleans to celebrate you can still taste the carnival at a few locations in Aggieland.

The last day of Mardi Gras is here. Parades line the streets of New Orleans as people celebrate Fat Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, following the 40 days of Lent.  Earth Live Cam went to social media to share the festivities with others while communicating the common phrase during Mardi Gras: “laissez les bons temps rouler,

There’s nothing quite as iconic and recognizable as the infamous Mardi Gras celebration historically held in New Orleans annually for a few weeks up until Ash Wednesday, which is the

Highs in the mid 60s this afternoon after yesterday’s cold front brought in stormy weather on Mardi Gras Day. Winds still remain breezy throughout the afternoon. A massive wind advisory is issued across the central and eastern U.

After thunderstorms, severe gusts of wind and some tornadoes led to abbreviated Mardi Gas celebrations in southeast Louisiana, strong winds are lingering going into Ash Wednesday. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. for southeast Louisiana and southern Mississippi.

The dust is coming from Texas which had a major dust storm on the backside of this storm system yesterday. That dust is going to disperse into Louisiana and you’ll notice a haze to our skies because of it. It’ll also be cooler today with highs in the 60s and winds kicking up to 40 mph.

Thursday will be cool in the morning, with the mid to upper 30s on the Northshore and the 40s in the South. Highs will only rebound to the lower to mid-60s. Expect much lighter wind by then. The pattern will shift by Friday as we warm back to the 70s and start to increase humidity. This will help feed our next storm threat which is Saturday.

A line of severe storms will move through Tuesday night and usher in cooler weather for Ash Wednesday and Thursday