Mild today, But Warmer Weather Is On The Way

Short Term Forecast: It is a pretty chilly start to this Thursday with mostly clear skies and temperatures in the lower 30s with a little frost. Brrr!! Bundle up as you head to work or school!

An area of high pressure remains over the Southeast U.S. and that will allow us to have some decent weather again today. There is a weak disturbance that is moving across the Gulf Coast States, and that is bringing some high cirrus clouds with it. They will stream by today and that will make it mostly sunny. High temperatures will be in the mid 60s.

A few clouds will linger over us tonight and it will still be chilly. Low temperatures will dip into the lower 40s.

The area of high pressure will move to the east of Louisiana on Friday, and that will shift the winds from the northeast to the southeast. This will warm us up and bring in a few more clouds. You can expect us to have partly cloudy skies with highs in the lower 70s. Friday Night will have some clouds with lows in the upper 40s.

Weekend Outlook: The weekend will start out pretty nice, but it will end stormy. Saturday will be partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the mid 70s and lows only in the upper 50s.

**Don't forget to Spring Forward your clocks 1 Hour on Saturday Night when you go to bed for Daylight Saving Time!!!**

A cold front will move closer to Baton Rouge on Sunday. Clouds will increase ahead of it during the day, and isolated showers and thunderstorms will pop-up starting in the afternoon. It will be warm and more humid with highs in the mid 70s. Sunday Night will have scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows will be in the upper 50s.

Enjoy the comfortable weather and have a nice day! -Dave

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