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Warm weather this weekend and turning colder next week

This Evening/Tonight:  It is going to be a pleasant evening across the Capital City with partly cloudy skies and temperatures falling to the 60s.

Dense fog will likely form tonight with visibilities less than 1/4 mile at times on Saturday Morning.  Otherwise, it will be partly cloudy and cool with lows in the mid 50s.

Weekend Forecast: Saturday will be a very nice day as high pressure sits to the east of Louisiana.  This will pump in warm and more humid air from the Gulf of Mexico.  Expect partly cloudy skies with highs in the upper 70s.  Saturday Night will be partly cloudy with some fog.  Lows will be in the upper 50s.

The weather starts to change on Sunday as a strong cold front moves closer to Baton Rouge.  We will have clouds increasing throughout the day with isolated showers popping up.  It will stay warm and humid with highs in the upper 70s.

The cold front will move even closer to the city Sunday Night.  It will be mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms.  Some of the storms ahead of the front could be strong to severe with gusty winds and heavy rain.  Lows will be in the lower 60s.

Next Week Outlook:  The cold front will finally push through Baton Rouge by Monday Afternoon.  We will start the morning with showers and storms as a squall line is expected to form.  This is where we could have strong to severe thunderstorms with additional damaging wind and heavy rain.  Once the cold front moves through the temperatures will start to quickly fall.  High temperatures will likely occur around midday in the mid 60s and then drop into the 40s by the evening.  Monday Night will have lingering clouds and a few sprinkles with lows in the upper 30s.

The clouds will dissipate on Tuesday as an area of high pressure briefly sits over us.  We will be sunny and MUCH COLDER with highs in the upper 50s.  Tuesday Night will be clear and COLD with lows in the mid 30s.  Areas north and east of Baton Rouge could get down to freezing!

A weak disturbance will move across the state on Wednesday.  This will bring us mostly cloudy skies with a few sprinkles.  Highs will stay cool as they only climb into the upper 50s.  Wednesday Night will be clear and cold again with lows in the mid 30s.

Sunshine and warmer temperatures return on Thursday with highs in the mid 60s and lows in the upper 40s.

Enjoy the warm weather and have a great weekend! -Dave

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