in new orleans megan alexander kpix 5. >> head to kpix.com for last minute marti gras celebrations in the area. >>> nothing put a damper on marti gras. not the weather. >> the party will go on. it has poured and actually snowed at marti gras before. our weather really changed. where did the sun go? it's gone. we had may over the weekend where we had temperatures in the 70s and now today we just simply fast forwarded to june. kind of goes chronically doesn't it? peek outdoors right now mostly cloudy skies still. we had morning cloud cover which quickly became afternoon cloud cover. the sun never came out. temperatures did not go up. we had five straight days in the 70s. today we did not make it out of the 50s. oakland, 56 right now. san francisco, 56. san jose, 58 and santa rosa 56 degrees. just to show you the contrast over the past five days livermore got as warm as 77 degrees. 16 degrees above average. yesterday as the onshore flow began a high of 71. but today only 59 degrees. the first day since january 3rd that you're below normal in livermore. overnight tonight there will be clo

megan alexander news, new orleans. >>> gl that was the zulu parade. right about now rex is rolling down st. charles avenue and canal street. our apartment is right along st. charles. when you get tired, you can look out the window. it's really neat. >> we love having a little bit of snow not too much. we're -- not too much where we're stuck at home for days on end. instead it's getting cleared up so we can get back to school tomorrow, back to work. however, we do have a little more snow on the way. let's start off right now with a look at michael & son weather cam and our day planner. it is actually pretty nice out there right now primarily because we don't have any wind. it's 30 degrees by 3:00. winds out of the northwest at only 8 miles per hour and the winds are going to get even lighter as we head into the overnight hours, but some cloud cover is moving toward us in association with our next arctic blast. we'll talk more about that in just a second. right now below freezing throughout the entire area. 21 in frederick. 28 in manassas and 25 in culp

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megan alexander has a great assignment today live in the heart of the action on bourbon street. >> reporter: i got to tell you this is my first mardi gras. i am having a blast. the sun finally came out. people are flooding french quarter for the evening festivities of mardi gras. it's the biggest party of the year. ♪[ music ] ♪ >> reporter: marchers dress up in elaborate costumes as they made their way down st. charles avenue for mardi gras. >> all hail the city of new orleans. >> reporter: bands played and paradegoers on floats threw beads into the crowd. it's cold and rainy here in new orleans, but that's not stopping revelers who came from all over to celebrate. >> i'm from chicago, so this weather is not that bad for us. >> reporter: paradegoers did what they could to keep warm. >> we are freezing. >> reporter: is this what you expected? >> i was hoping for at least double digits. >> reporter: getting into the action here the stars of ncis new orleans who helped lead a parade monday night. >> this is the most surreal thing i've ever experienced. >> reporter: not only do the actors get t