Cool and Gorgeous Weather In Baton Rouge Today

Short Term Forecast: You better take your jacket with you this morning as you head out the door! We have clear skies with temperatures in the 40s. Brrr!!

An area of high pressure is located to the northwest of town and it will usher in northerly winds. This will allow us to be sunny and still cool. Highs will be around 70.

Expect some cold weather tonight with clear skies. Low temperatures will fall to near 40. You will definitely want to bundle up tomorrow morning!

Rest of the Week: The area of high pressure will remain over us on Thursday, so we will be sunny with cool temperatures. Highs will only get into the upper 60s thanks to some cold air filtering to the Deep South due to the Nor' Easter along the East Coast. Thursday Night will be clear and cold again with lows in the lower 40s.

The high pressure moves east of Louisiana on Friday and that will shift the winds from the north to the southeast. These winds will usher in warmer and more humid air from the Gulf of Mexico. We will be sunny and warmer with highs in the mid 70s. Friday Night will be clear, but not as cold with lows in the mid 50s.

Weekend Forecast: The warmer and more humid air will stay over us all weekend. Saturday is forecast to be partly cloudy with highs in the upper 70s. Saturday Night will have partly cloudy skies with lows in the upper 50s.

Sunday is going to be another warm and humid day with partly cloudy skies. We could see a stray late-day shower as a cold front moves toward Louisiana. Highs will be around 80. Sunday Night will have mostly cloudy skies with isolated showers popping up as the front moves closer to Baton Rouge. Lows will be in the mid 60s. The cold front will move through town on Monday and bring us some strong thunderstorms and cooler temperatures.

Tropical Outlook: Everything remains quiet in the tropics and nothing is expected to develop through Thursday.

Stay warm, enjoy the sun and have a fantastic day! -Dave

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