Skip to main content

Partly Cloudy and Warmer Today

Short Term Forecast:  It is a mild start to the day with mostly clear to partly cloudy skies across the Baton Rouge area.  Some patchy fog is possible.  Temperatures are in the upper 50s.

We will have another pleasant afternoon thanks to high pressure sitting east of Louisiana.  This is allowing south to southeast winds to usher in the warm and more humid air from the Gulf of Mexico.  We will have partly to mostly cloudy skies with high temperatures in the lower 80s.

We will keep the clouds tonight and some fog will be possible again.  It will be a pretty warm night with low temperatures only in the mid 60s.

Week Ahead:  More of the same weather is on tap for Tuesday with partly cloudy skies.  Highs will be in the lower 80s and lows in the upper 60s on Tuesday Night with some fog and clouds.

The weather will start to change on Wednesday as a cold front moves toward Louisiana.  Most of the day will be dry with partly to mostly cloudy skies.  However, later in the day we will see isolated showers and thunderstorms popping up ahead of the cold front.  Some of the storms could be strong to severe at times.  We will be warm and humid with highs in the lower 80s.

The cold front will move into Baton Rouge on Wednesday Night/Thursday Morning according to the GFS model.  This model seems to be the most consistent at this time.  It is likely that a squall-line of thunderstorms will move into Baton Rouge by daybreak Thursday.  These storms are expected to be strong to severe with damaging winds, large hail and possibly a few tornadoes.  SPC has much of Louisiana in a Slight Risk.  Lows will be in the lower 60s.

Showers and storms will continue through the morning on Thursday before clearing out by the afternoon hours.  However, if the front slows down then we will see the rain and storms all day Thursday.  They are still expected to be strong to severe!  High temperatures will be in the lower 70s.  Thursday Night will become mostly clear and much colder.  Lows will fall to the upper 40s.

An area of high pressure will build over the Southeast U.S. on Friday.  We will be sunny and still warm with high temperatures in the mid 70s and low temperatures near 50 on Friday Night.

Weekend Outlook:  The area of high pressure will remain over the Southeast U.S. all weekend.  This means we will have plenty of sunshine each day and it will stay warm.  Highs will be in the mid to upper 70s and lows in the lower to mid 50s each day and night.

Enjoy the Spring warmth today!  Have a great one! -Dave

Comments

Anonymous said…
Attractive portion of content. I just stumbled upon your blog and in accession
capital to claim that I acquire actually enjoyed account your blog posts.
Any way I will be subscribing on your augment and even I fulfillment you get entry
to consistently fast.

my page; healthy diet plans for women
May 4, 2013 at 1:51 AM
Anonymous said…
Yes! Finally someone writes about partly.

Also visit my web blog: how to lose weight quickly
May 28, 2013 at 2:15 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Comparison between Hurricane Matthew's possible forecast track loop vs Hurricane Betsy's

Some of you have been calling to say that Matthew's forecast to do a loop in the Atlantic Ocean off the SE U.S. is the same as what Hurricane Betsy did back in 1965. Well...that is not true. Betsy formed on August 27, 1965 just off the Leeward Islands. It quickly became a tropical storm on the same day, and then became a hurricane on August 29.  It made a few loops in its track with one north of Puerto Rico and a second north of the Bahamas.  There is a strong area of high pressure that was preventing Betsy from moving to the north, and that is what caused it to loop.  After the second loop, it then moved SW across the Bahamas, then turned west to move over far South Florida and then into the Gulf.  It eventually turned to the NW and quickly tracked right to New Orleans where it made landfall as a major hurricane on September 9th. Hurricane Matthew formed in the Atlantic east of the Leeward Islands as a tropical storm on September 28. It quickly moved west into t...
1 comment
Read more

The Great Flood of 1983

It was 30 years ago that the Baton Rouge area experienced what is likely the worst flood in its history!  On April 5-9, 1983 we were hit with 6 to 13 inches of rain from a slow-moving storm.  This rain quickly ran off into the Amite, Comite, Tickfaw and Tangipahoa River Basins.  Some of the highest rainfall totals were in the headwaters of the Amite River in the Felicianas and South Mississippi.  Also, there were some strong easterly winds which slowed down the water from draining into Lake Maurepas and Pontchartrain.  These were some of the reasons why the flooding occurred in Baton Rouge & Denham Springs.  The weather map to the right shows the weather for April 8, 1983. A stalled front over the Southeast U.S. lead to the heavy rain event and flooding. The rivers quickly rose and spilled out of their banks.  The rain didn't stop, so the water continued to rise and rise.  Rivers rose to what are still the record levels.  The Amite in D...
18 comments
Read more

The Unseasonably Cool Weather Continues

Short Term Forecast :  It is a very cold morning across the Capital City with clear skies and temperatures in the 30s.  A light freeze is expected!  I hope that you brought in your plants last night.  Take that jacket with you this morning. An area of high pressure remains over the Southeast U.S. today.  This will keep us sunny and with the northwest winds over us, we will stay cool.  High temperatures will be in the upper 50s. Another freeze is expected tonight for the Baton Rouge area.  We will be clear with calm winds and very good radiational cooling.  Low temperatures will fall into the upper 20s to lower 30s.  The NWS has issued a Freeze Warning for areas along and north of the I-10/12 corridor from 2 AM to 8 AM Wednesday Morning.  The freeze could last 2 to 6+ hours and that would be long enough to kill any vegetation.  Make sure you bring in your plants or at least cover them tonight!  Bundle ...
34 comments
Read more