Warmer and More Humid Weather Has Returned

Short Term Forecast: We will have a warm and muggy night across the Capital City with some dense fog for your Friday Morning Commute. Low temperatures will be in the mid 60s.

Friday will be even warmer and more humid thanks to the ridge of high pressure moving east of Louisiana. This will bring back southerly winds and they will pump in the moisture from the Gulf. Expect the fog to dissipate by 9 AM and then the clouds will start to dissipate by 11 AM. Then we will have partly cloudy skies during the after hours. High temperatures will be in the mid to upper 80s.

Friday Night will be mostly clear, but we will have more dense fog forming by sunrise Saturday. It will stay warm and muggy with lows in the mid to upper 60s.

Weekend Forecast: The warm and humid weather sticks around all weekend. We will be partly cloudy with only a very slight chance of a pop-up shower Saturday and Sunday. High temperatures will be in the upper 80s and lows in the upper 60s each day.

Football Forecast: LSU takes on Florida at 2:30 PM Saturday and we will have some nice weather for the game. Kickoff will be partly cloudy with temperatures in the mid 80s. Southern takes on Alabama A&M at 6 PM and it will be partly cloudy with temperatures in the lower 80s.

Tropical Outlook: Invest 98L is getting better organized way out in the Atlantic Ocean near the Cape Verde Islands. It could become a tropical depression in the next day or so as it moves to the WNW around 10 mph. NHC is giving it a medium chance of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 5 days.

Elsewhere...the rest of the tropics are quiet.

Get ready for the Summer-like weather to return & watch out for the AM Fog. Have a good night! -Dave

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