Meteorologist Dave Nussbaum's Weather Blog

...Hard Freeze Warning from 7 PM Tonight Until 9 AM Thursday... Short Term Forecast :  The rain has finally ended across the Baton Rouge area and the skies are now clear.  It is chilly and brisk with temperatures in the 30s.  Bundle up as you head out the door!! . We will finally see the sun this afternoon!  Both areas of low pressure have moved northeast of Louisiana.  Now an area of high pressure will build in from the northwest over us.  This will make it clear, but it will also draw down some very cold temperatures.  I am expecting some breezy conditions today, so plan on it being brisk all day.  High temperatures will only be in the mid 40s this afternoon.  Brrr! Bitter cold temperatures are expected tonight across Southeast Louisiana.  We will be clear and the winds will be very light.  Lows will drop into the mid 20s.  The NWS has issued a Hard Freeze Warning for most of the viewing area along and north of I-10...

Short Term Forecast :  We have a very soggy and chilly start to the day across the Capital City.  The skies are cloudy with scattered showers all around the viewing area.  Temperatures are in the mid to upper 40s.  Bundle up and take your umbrella with you today! The scattered showers will continue this afternoon as the Gulf Low moves to the northeast and an upper-level low moves over Louisiana from the west.  We could still have some heavy rain at times.  It will be chilly all day with high temperatures in the upper 40s occurring in the morning and slowly falling during the afternoon.  We could pick up an additional 0.25" to 0.50" around town today.  Track the rain with WBRZ's Interactive Radar . The showers will continue this evening and into the midnight hour.  There is a small window of opportunity between 9 PM and 3 AM where the rain could be mixed with a few snowflakes or sleet across Southern Mississippi and the Felicianas. ...

Short Term Forecast :  We start this Monday Morning with cloudy skies and a few showers are popping up around Baton Rouge.  Any rain will be light for the commute.  It is chilly with temperatures ranging from the upper 30s to lower 40s.  Be sure to take your umbrella and jacket with you today! An area of low pressure is forming in the Western Gulf of Mexico and it will move toward far Southeast Louisiana.  This will send some scattered showers and a few thunderstorms over South Louisiana this afternoon along with cloudy skies.  We will not warm up much with high temperatures struggling to reach 50°. Much more rain will arrive around the viewing area tonight and it will become heavy at times!  A few thunderstorms will also be possible.  It will be cold with lows in the lower 40s. Week Ahead :  Even more heavy rain and a few t'storms are expected for the first part of Tuesday as the low goes from the Mouth of the Mississippi River towa...

Short Term Forecast :  It is a cloudy, warm, muggy morning with patchy fog.  Temperatures are in the 60s. The clouds will stick around all day as a cold front moves into Louisiana.  We will gradually see scattered showers developing throughout the afternoon hours.  A few thunderstorms will also be possible.  It will be warm and humid with high temperatures in the mid 70s. The cold front will move into and through Baton Rouge overnight/Saturday Morning.  Expect scattered showers to pass over the city, but I'm not expecting any heavy rain.  Low temperatures will fall to around 60. Weekend Forecast :  The cold front will move through the city during Saturday Morning.  There will be a few showers along the front, but I'm expecting more rain behind the front too.  These will just be isolated showers and will last through the afternoon.  High temperatures around 60 will occur in the morning before the front moves through.  T...

Short Term Forecast : We have a much warmer morning with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s under mostly cloudy skies. The clouds will stick around today as southeast winds, on the backside of an area of high pressure, pump in the warm and more humid air from the Gulf of Mexico.  Spotty showers are also possible today, but not all of you will see rain.  High temperatures will be in the upper 70s. A warm and muggy night is on tap with mostly cloudy skies.  A few showers will still be possible too along with some patchy fog.  Low temperatures will be in the mid 60s. The warm and humid air mass will stay over us on Friday as we sit ahead of a cold front.  As the front moves closer to Baton Rouge, scattered showers and a few storms will pop-up later in the day.  High temperatures will be in the upper 70s.  Friday Night will be cloudy with scattered showers and a few storms.  Lows will be near 60. Weekend Forecast :  The forecast mode...

Short Term Forecast : It is a clear and colder morning across the Baton Rouge area.  Temperatures are in the upper 30s to lower 40s.  Bundle up as you head to work and school! We will turn warmer this afternoon as an area of high pressure starts to move to the east of Louisiana.  This will bring in easterly winds and they will bring in the warmer air.  Expect mostly sunny skies with high temperatures in the lower 70s. It will not be as cold tonight thanks to the easterly winds and some clouds returning to the state.  We will have partly to mostly cloudy skies with lows temperatures in the lower to mid 50s. Rest of the Week :  The area of high pressure will be well east of Louisiana on Thursday and that will bring in more southerly winds to our area.  This will continue to warm us up and make it more humid.  We will be partly to mostly cloudy with a shower or two popping up.  Highs will be in the upper 70s.  Thursday Night will be m...

Short Term Forecast :  We have a mostly clear start to this Tuesday across Southeast Louisiana with a few high clouds overhead.  It is much cooler with temperatures in the upper 40s. More high clouds will stream over us today as a mid-level disturbance moves from Texas across Louisiana.  This will give us partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies at times.  An area of high pressure is also sitting over the Southeast U.S.  This is drawing in northeast winds and that will help to keep it much cooler this afternoon with high temperatures in the upper 60s. The clouds will exit the area tonight and it will become mostly clear.  We will turn MUCH COLDER with low temperatures falling to the lower 40s.  Brrr!  Bundle up tomorrow morning! Week Ahead :  The area of high pressure will move east of Louisiana on Wednesday.  This will shift the winds from the northeast to the south and we will start to warm up as Gulf Moisture streams inland. ...

Short Term Forecast :  We start this Monday with mostly cloudy skies and scattered showers.  A few thunderstorms are also popping up mainly south of I-10.  This is ahead of a cold front that will move through later this morning.  It is very warm and humid with temperatures in the 70s. The cold front will be along the coast by this afternoon.  The rain will come to an end and the sky will become partly cloudy.  It will not turn immediately cooler behind the front since the colder air is lagging behind it.  However, it will become less humid.  High temperatures will still be in the upper 70s. The cooler air will arrive tonight across the Baton Rouge area.  Expect mostly clear skies with low temperatures in the upper 40s. Week Ahead :  An area of high pressure will sit over Louisiana on Tuesday and this will bring us some gorgeous weather.  We will be sunny and cool with high temperatures in the upper 60s.  Tuesday Night ...

Short Term Forecast :  Brrrr!!!  We have a clear and very cold start to this Thursday with temperatures in the lower to mid 30s.  Some areas will get to 32° and patchy frost is expected.  Bundle up again as you head out the door. A warming trend begins today across the Deep South.  The ridge of high pressure that brought us the freezing temperatures is moving to the northeast.  As this happens the winds winds will shift from the northeast to the east and then south.  This will bring in the warmer and more humid air from the Gulf of Mexico.  At the same time, upper-level winds will transport in high clouds over us today.  We will be partly cloudy with high temperatures in the mid 60s. The partly to mostly cloudy skies will stick around tonight as a disturbance, or short wave, moves from the SW to the NE across the Louisiana Coast.  This will spark off a few showers over Southeast Louisiana.  A few could make it into Baton Roug...

...Freeze Warning until 9 AM Today... ...Freeze Warning again from Midnight to 9 AM Thursday... Short Term Forecast :  We have a VERY COLD start to this Wednesday!  The skies are clear and the temperatures are in the lower 30s.  When you add in the winds to the cold, the wind chill temperature is in the 20s!!  Be sure to bundle up when you head out the door today!! An area of high pressure will move over the Deep South Today.  It will continue to draw down some very cold air from Canada and that will keep it chilly all day.  We will have sunny skies, but they will not be able to warm us up.  High temperatures will only be in the mid 50s. Get ready for another very cold night across the Baton Rouge area.  We will have clear skies and light to calm winds.  This will make for some good radiational cooling of the Earth, and that leads to some extra cold temperatures.  We will have lows in the lower 30s.  Frost is expected tonig...

...Freeze Warning From 3 AM to 9 AM Wednesday... A strong trough of low pressure will send a strong cold front into and through Baton Rouge this afternoon.  It will not have any moisture to work with, so all we will see from it will be mostly cloudy skies.  Once it moves through the winds will really start to kick up coming out of the north at 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts.  High temperatures will be in the lower 70s,  they will tumble into the 50s once the front passes through town during the rest of the afternoon. Strong cold air advection will build over Baton Rouge tonight as an area of high pressure moves over us from the north.  This will make it VERY COLD!  We will be clear with low temperatures in the lower 30s in the city.  Areas north and east of downtown will be even colder.  Southern Mississippi may be in the upper 20s, the Felicianas and areas just north of I-12 closer to 30. The NWS has issued a Freeze Warning for much of t...

...Freeze Warning From 3 AM to 9 AM Wednesday... Short Term Forecast :  We have a pretty quiet start to this Tuesday Morning.  The skies are mostly clear and temperatures are in the 50s.  However, significant changes are coming to our weather today... A strong trough of low pressure will send a strong cold front into and through Baton Rouge this morning.  It will not have any moisture to work with, so all we will see from it will be partly cloudy skies.  Once it moves through the winds will really start to kick up coming out of the north at 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts.  High temperatures will be in the lower 70s and then they will tumble through the late afternoon into tonight. Strong cold air advection will build over Baton Rouge tonight as an area of high pressure moves over us from the north.  This will make it VERY COLD!  We will be clear with low temperatures in the lower 30s in the city.  Areas north and east of downtown will...

Short Term Forecast :  We have a pretty nice start to this Monday!  It is clear and cool with temperatures in the 50s. More pleasant weather is on tap this afternoon as an area of high pressure sits to the northeast of Louisiana.  This will provide us with mostly sunny skies as a few high clouds start moving over us from the southwest.  It will likely be the warmest day of the week with high temperatures in the lower 80s. More clouds will move over Baton Rouge tonight and that will make it partly cloudy.  It will be cool with lows in the lower 50s. Week Ahead :  A strong trough of low pressure will send a cold front into Louisiana on Tuesday.  This front will not have any moisture to work with, so it will be dry.  However, the front will be the leading edge of some MUCH COLDER air heading our way.  It will be windy tomorrow as the front moves through town and it will stay windy into Wednesday. We will be partly cloudy with highs in t...

Short Term Forecast :  Brrr!!  We have a very chilly start to this Friday with temperatures in the lower 40s under clear skies.  Be sure to take that warm jacket with you to the bus stop and work! An area of high pressure will sit north of Louisiana today and that will help to keep us cool.  At the same time, the jet stream, or river of winds where commercial airplanes fly, will send some high clouds over Baton Rouge from the west today.  These clouds will limit how warm we will get.  Expect high temperatures to be in the mid 60s. Some of those high clouds will stick around tonight and that will give us partly cloudy skies.  We will not be too cold tonight because of those clouds, but it will still be chilly.  Lows will fall to the lower to mid 40s. Weekend Forecast :  The area of high pressure will sit over the Southeast U.S. all weekend.  This means we will have some fantastic weather!  Saturday will still have some of ...

Short Term Forecast :  The cold front moved through Baton Rouge this morning and the rain has come to an end.  It has become a little breezy too.  The clouds will stick around for a few hours before they break up and we will have clear skies by the end of the morning.  Temperatures will start out in the 50s. You can expect sunny skies and breezy conditions this afternoon as the cold front moves to the east of Louisiana.  An area of high pressure will start to move toward the state from the west.  This will give us the clear skies and some MUCH COOLER temperatures.  We will have high temperatures only in the mid 60s this afternoon. Get ready for a cold night across the Capital City!  We will be clear with light winds and low temperatures will drop into the lower 40s.  Some areas north and east of town may get into the upper 30s!  Brrr!  Bundle up on Friday Morning! Friday will start out quite chilly and we will stay pretty c...

Short Term Forecast :  We have a mostly clear to partly cloudy morning across Southeast Louisiana.  It is cool to mild with temperatures around 60. The cloud cover will increase today as a trough of low pressure sends a cold front toward Baton Rouge.  Showers will start to pop-up ahead of the front this afternoon.  A few rumbles of thunder are possible too.  Highs temperatures will be in the upper 70s. Scattered showers will continue tonight as the cold front moves through Baton Rouge.  Low temperatures will fall to the mid 50s. Rest of the Week :  The rain will come to an end by the Thursday Morning commute as the cold front passes through Baton Rouge.  We will have some lingering clouds until around Noon and then it will become sunny.  High temperatures will be much cooler as they only get to around 70.  Thursday Night will be clear and MUCH COLDER with lows in the mid 40s.  Bundle up! An area of high pressure will...

Short Term Forecast :  We begin this Tuesday with mostly cloudy skies and mild temperatures in the 60s.  Some spotty showers are possible across the coastal areas. The clouds will stick around this afternoon as breezy easterly winds, coming around an area of high pressure located east of Louisiana, continue to pump in the warmer and slightly more humid air.  We could also have a few showers popping up today, but most of you will not see the rain.  High temperatures will be in the upper 70s. More cloud cover is on tap for tonight.  It will be mild with low temperatures in the lower 60s. Week Ahead :  A cold front will move into Louisiana on Wednesday.  We will be mostly cloudy, warm and humid ahead of it in Baton Rouge.  Scattered showers will start developing during the day around Southeast Louisiana.  High temperatures will be in the lower 80s.  The cold front will move through Baton Rouge on Wednesday Night.  It will tap i...

Short Term Forecast :  Clouds are in the increase across the Baton Rouge Area as we begin this Monday Morning.  It is still pretty chilly with temperatures in the upper 40s to 50s, so be sure to grab that light jacket as you head out the door. The area of high pressure that was sitting over us all weekend will move to the east of Louisiana today.  This will shift the winds from the northeast to the southeast and that will allow us to become warmer.  These winds will also start to transport in Gulf Moisture and that will give us partly to mostly cloudy skies today.  High temperatures will be in the mid 70s. The clouds will stick around tonight and we could have a few light showers popping up.  It will not be as chilly with lows in the upper 50s. Week Ahead :  The warming trend continues on Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of a cold front.  We will have mostly cloudy skies tomorrow with a few showers popping up during the day.  Highs will be...

Short Term Forecast :  The cold front has finally moved through Baton Rouge, but the cooler air is lagging behind it.  The rain has ended and it is a mostly cloudy start to the day with some patchy fog.  Temperatures are in the 60s. Much drier and less humid air will move over Baton Rouge this afternoon.  This will clear out the clouds and make for a very pretty day.  Expect sunny skies with high temperatures in the mid to upper 70s. It will be clear and cooler tonight.  You may want a light jacket if you are headed out on the town with low temperatures falling to near 50. Weekend Outlook :  The trough of low pressure will finally move through the Deep South on Saturday.  This will bring us the MUCH COOLER temperatures.  An area of high pressure will build over us and that will make for some gorgeous sunny skies all weekend.  Saturday will have high temperatures in the lower 70s.  Get ready for some VERY CHILLY temperatures ...