Polar Vortex or Tornadoes to Kick Off 2025 in Shreveport

As we welcome 2025, the weather forecast is getting a lot of attention in Louisiana.

For the last few days, there has been a lot of talk on social media about a possible "polar vortex" bringing sub-freezing temperatures into the Shreveport and Bossier City areas. These forecasts are coming from legit forecasters, but they are very advanced forecasts. So while their models do show the recipe for an arctic punch pushing into the Ark-La-Tex, they're still looking at forecasts roughly 10 days away.

Often, forecasts don't even hold just 3 days out. So while its something to pay attention to, it doesn't mean we're guaranteed to see temps drop below freezing.

Here's a really long breakdown of what could be rolling into our area in the first full week of January.

But before the possible freeze hits, we could see some severe weather push through the Ark-La-Tex. Which could even produce some tornadoes.

As popular online forecaster lays it out, there will be a first cold front that pushes into the US from Canada, which will meet with moisture from the Gulf of Mexico. The meeting of the two could happen right over top of the Ark-La-Tex. Here's how it plays out...

As we pointed out with the sub-freezing forecast, this possible severe weather is still far enough away that we can't guarantee it will produce severe weather in our area. But the ingredients are forming, and the recipe looks like it could produce a fresh round of severe weather on us.