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Warm With Some Showers Today


Short Term Forecast:  We start this Monday Morning off with mostly cloudy skies and a few showers.  Temperatures are in the 60s.  Take your umbrella today since we will have some on and off showers popping up!

A weak cold front is forecast to move into Baton Rouge later today.  This will give us a mix of sun and clouds along with isolated showers and a few thunderstorms.  We will be warm and humid ahead of the front with highs in the lower 80s.

The cold front will push into the Gulf of Mexico tonight and that will put an end to the rain.  We will be left with mostly cloudy skies and some cooler temperatures.  Lows will fall to the mid 50s.

Week Ahead:  An area of high pressure will briefly move over us on Tuesday.  This will make it mostly sunny and a few degrees cooler with highs in the mid 70s.  Tuesday Night will be mostly clear and cool with lows in the lower 50s.

Another dry day is on tap for Wednesday, but we will have plenty of clouds over the city.   Expect mostly cloudy skies with highs in the lower 70s and lows in the lower 50s.

On Thursday, today's cold front will retreat back to the north as a warm front.  This will give us mostly cloudy skies with a few showers popping up.  Highs will be in the lower 70s and lows in the mid 50s with a few showers at night.

The warm and humid Gulf Air will be over Baton Rouge on Friday as the warm front continues to move to the north.  At the same time a cold front will be moving toward the city from the west.  This will lead to a day with mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers with a few thunderstorms.  Highs will be in the mid 70s and lows in the lower 50s on Friday Night.

Weekend Outlook:  There is a lot of uncertainty with the extended portion of the forecast pertaining to the position of the cold front.  Needless to say, we could have some drastic changes in the forecast if the front doesn't make it into the Gulf.  Stay tuned!  Right now, it looks like the cold front will move into the Gulf of Mexico and we will have some unseasonably cooler temperatures headed back to Baton Rouge.  Saturday will be partly cloudy with isolated showers.  Highs will be in the mid 60s and lows in the mid 40s.

Some clouds will stick around on Sunday making it partly cloudy.  Highs will be in the upper 60s and lows in the mid 40s.

Take your umbrella today and have a great week! -Dave

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