Erin Davis/Axios Visuals New Orleans is going to be frigid next week and the National Weather Service is even talking about the stuff of myths — snow in south Louisiana. Why it matters: There's hope,

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.

Snow is a rarity in the Crescent City, but history shows it’s not impossible. The last measurable snowfall in Orleans Parish was recorded on Dec. 4, 2009, when less than an inch fell, according to the National Weather Service in New Orleans.

School systems, colleges and universities are making decisions to cancel class or go virtual next week as the New Orleans metro prepares to deal with an arctic blast that could bring freezing rain or snow to much of southeast Louisiana.

We are going to get extremely cold next week," one forecaster said. "However it takes a lot to get winter weather down here on the Gulf Coast.”

The weather app installed on my smart phone says the forecast for Tuesday is for up to five inches of snow in New Orleans. WWL TV Meteorologist Payton Malone says the app on his phone this morning pre

Baton Rouge doesn't usually get the right mix of cold and moisture for snow, according to the National Weather Service.

The temperature is predicted to be around 22 degrees during the swearing-in, the coldest since Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration.

Waves of frigid air sweeping across the U.S., briefly hitting the ArkLaTex. Here's when North Louisiana is likely to receive a bit of snow next week.