Meteorologist Dave Nussbaum's Weather Blog

Christmas Eve Night :  We will be clear as an area of high pressure sits over us.  Dress warmly as you head to any family gatherings or church services this evening.  Temperatures will be falling into the 40s and 30s.  It will be very cold again overnight with low temperatures falling to the upper 20s as Santa passes through Baton Rouge.  Everyone will need to bundle up! Christmas Day Forecast :  Get ready for a beautiful and cool Christmas!  The area of high pressure will move northeast of us, and some clouds will stream in from the Gulf of Mexico.  This will make it partly cloudy and cool with high temperatures in the upper 50s.  Christmas Night will be partly cloudy and still chilly with lows in the lower 30s. Rest of the Week :  A weak and dry cold front will move through Baton Rouge on Thursday.  This will just give us partly cloudy skies and it will fall apart as it moves through.  It will be a little warmer wit...

Tonight's Forecast :  Get ready for a VERY COLD night across the Capital City!  The clouds will be moving east of town and it will be clear overnight.  Low temperatures will be in the upper 20s!  Brrr! Christmas Eve & Day :  Tuesday will be gorgeous as an area of high pressure builds over the Southeast U.S.  This will give us sunny skies and more cool temperatures.  Highs will be in the mid 50s.  Christmas Eve Night will be clear and very cold again!  Be sure to dress warmly as you head to your church services!  Lows will be in the upper 20s!  Santa will have to bundle up when he arrives in Baton Rouge! Christmas Day will be another beauty with sunny skies & cool temperatures.  Highs will be in the upper 50s and lows will not be quite as cold as they fall to the lower 30s on Wednesday Night. Rest of the Week :  The area of high pressure will move east of Louisiana on Thursday and Friday.  A weak tr...

The Storm Prediction Center has much of the WBRZ Viewing area in a Slight Risk for severe weather today, but some areas just north of Baton Rouge are in a Moderate Risk (a greater chance of seeing severe weather).  Fortunately, Baton Rouge will not see the worst of the severe weather - that will be in North Louisiana and through much of Mississippi into Tennessee. A trough of low pressure is moving across the Central U.S. and there is a strengthening area of low pressure in the base of that trough.  A cold front is also attached to that low.  As this low moves to the east it will go over an area of very unstable air.  This is thanks to a very unseasonably warm and humid air mass and a strong low to mid-level jet stream.  You can see the low-level jet by looking at the clouds - they are just zipping by!  This also means it will be very windy at the surface.  Winds will be out of the south at 25 mph with higher gusts to 35 mph - and that is outside ...

Tonight Forecast :  We will be mostly cloudy, warm and muggy with spotty showers across the Baton Rouge area.  Some patchy fog is possible too especially along the Coast and Lakes.  Low temperatures will only fall to the upper 60s. Weekend Storms :  Get ready for a severe weather event across the Baton Rouge area this weekend!!!  A strong trough, area of low pressure and cold front will move out of the Great Plains and into the Deep South on Saturday.  It will be very warm and humid with near record high temperatures around 80 ahead of the low and cold front.  This will make the atmosphere very unstable as the low gets stronger over Texas.  Additionally, there will be strong winds around 25 mph at the surface, and even strong winds around 100 mph all the way up to 40,000 feet.  These winds will turn in height (veering) coming out of the south at the surface and coming out of the west at 40,000 feet.  That means any thunderstorm that...

Short Term Forecast :  It is going to be a mostly cloudy, warm and foggy night across the Capital City.  Low temperatures will be in the upper 50s to lower 60s.  Some of the fog could become dense at times, so watch out on Friday Morning. Friday will be a warmer and more humid day as the area of high pressure sits well east of Louisiana.  Southerly winds will pump in the warm and humid air from the Gulf of Mexico.  This will make it mostly cloudy and some isolated to scattered showers will also pop-up during the day.  High temperatures will be in the upper 70s. Friday Night will continue to be mostly cloudy with a few showers moving through town overnight.  It will be warm and muggy with lows in the mid 60s. Stormy Weekend :  A trough of low pressure will move across the Great Plains and toward the Southeast U.S. this weekend.  An area of low pressure will form in the base of the trough and will have a cold front attached to it.  T...

Note: I'm filling in for Pat Shingleton in the evening hours, so my weather blog will be updated in the evening verses the morning. Short Term Forecast :  We will have another pleasant night across the Capital City.  It will not be as cold as more southerly winds replace the cold northerly winds.  Clouds will start to pop-up overnight along with some patchy fog.  Low temperatures will be in the upper 40s to lower 50s. The area of high pressure that was sitting over us the last few days will be east of Louisiana on Thursday.  This is why we will have southerly winds, or return flow, over Baton Rouge.  These winds will pump in the warm and more humid air from the Gulf of Mexico.  That will give us partly to mostly cloudy skies with a few sprinkles.  High temperatures will be in the lower to mid 70s. Thursday Night will be mostly cloudy with a few showers popping up.  It will be warm and muggy with low temperatures in the lower 60s alon...

Short Term Forecast :  We have another cold and frosty start to the day with temperatures in the lower to mid 30s under clear skies.  Bundle up as you head out the door! If you liked the weather yesterday, then you will like the weather again today.  The ridge of high pressure remains over the Southeast U.S. and that will keep us sunny.  We will become a few degrees warmer with high temperatures in the mid 60s. Another chilly night is in store for us across Southeast Louisiana.  We will have clear skies with lows in the upper 30s. Week Ahead :  The area of high pressure will continue to sit over us on Wednesday, and that means more pleasant weather.  We will stay sunny with just a few high clouds streaming overhead.  It will be even warmer with highs in the upper 60s.  Wednesday Night will be mostly clear and not as chilly with lows near 50.  Some patchy fog is possible. The high pressure will move east of Louisiana on Thursda...