Warm With Some Rain Returning Later Today

Short Term Forecast: We start this Tuesday Morning with partly to mostly cloudy skies along with some patchy fog. Visibilities could drop below 1/4 mile, so please use caution as you travel around Southeast Louisiana. Temperatures are in the 50s.

A cold front will move into Baton Rouge from the north today. This will set off isolated showers this afternoon with a mix of sun and clouds. It will be a warm day again with highs in the upper 70s.

Much more rain will move through town tonight as the front stalls along the coast. Some heavy rain will be possible especially in coastal areas along with some thunderstorms. Low temperatures will be in the upper 50s.

Week Ahead: The cold front will remain along the coast, but it will become a warm front on Wednesday. At the same time an area of low pressure will be forming over the Western Gulf of Mexico. These systems will send scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms over Baton Rouge all day. Some rain could be heavy at times, and a few of the storms could be strong to severe along the Coastal Parishes. We could pick up 1 to 2 inches of rain on Wednesday. It will become cooler in the wake of the cold front and due to the rain. High temperatures will struggle to be around 70. Wednesday Night will have plenty of rain and some thunderstorms. Lows will fall to the mid 50s.

The area of low pressure will move along the Louisiana Coast toward Pensacola, FL on Thursday. This will send more rain up from the Gulf of Mexico into Baton Rouge throughout the day. Some heavy rain will still be possible. It will be a cool day with highs in the upper 60s. The rain will taper off on Thursday Night and it will be chilly with lows in the upper 40s.

Some dry weather returns on Friday as an area of high pressure builds in behind the low. We will be mostly sunny and cool with highs in the upper 60s and lows in the upper 40s.

Weekend Outlook: The area of high pressure will sit over the Southeast U.S. all weekend. This will make it sunny and warmer on Saturday with highs in the upper 70s and lows in the mid 50s. More sunshine with a few clouds is expected on Sunday. Highs will be in the upper 70s and lows in the upper 50s.

Take that umbrella with you today and enjoy the warm weather! -Dave

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