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Severe Weather Threat in Baton Rouge Today & Tonight

There is a threat for severe weather across the WBRZ viewing area starting late this morning and it will continue into Monday Morning.  This is not expected to be a widespread severe weather event, but don't let that fool you.  Last Monday we did not have a widespread event, but we we had 2 tornadoes - 1 in Baker, LA and 1 in Gonzales, LA.  Do not take this lightly!  Even through some of you will not have any severe weather, you should still be prepared and alert just in case.  This is our severe weather season in Baton Rouge, so severe weather is common.

A disturbance, or short wave, will move across the ARKLAMIS area later this morning and into the afternoon.  This will tap into an unstable environment and will allow for scattered to numerous showers and storms to develop.  Some of these storms could be strong to severe.  The threats would be damaging winds and possibly a few tornadoes.  The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has almost all of Louisiana in a Slight Risk for severe weather today.

Then it is possible we could possibly have a lull of storms for a few hours before they start up again tonight as a cold front moves through Baton Rouge.  It is likely that a squall line of thunderstorms will move through overnight and this would give us a better chance of having some severe weather.  Along this line we could have strong to severe storms with damaging winds in excess of 60 mph, large hail and even a few tornadoes.  The best instability will be located over Mississippi, but we will still have enough in place over Southeast Louisiana to give us the chance of seeing some severe weather.  This time of year we do not need a lot of instability to get strong to severe storms - like we saw last Monday, December 10th.

For the latest on severe weather watches, click on the image to the left with the map of the US.

On top of the threat for severe storms, we could have some very heavy rain.  Rainfall totals could be around 2-4 inches for some of you.  Watch out for flash flooding later today and tonight.

The cold front will push through Baton Rouge by Monday Morning and then the weather will drastically improve!  We will see the clouds and rain clear out with sunshine returning by the afternoon.

Stay tuned to WBRZ News 2, WBRZ.com, my Facebook and Twitter feeds for updates later today and tonight.

Stay safe! -Dave

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