Gorgeous and Cold Weather For The Start of Christmas Week

Tonight's Forecast: Get ready for a VERY COLD night across the Capital City! The clouds will be moving east of town and it will be clear overnight. Low temperatures will be in the upper 20s! Brrr!

Christmas Eve & Day: Tuesday will be gorgeous as an area of high pressure builds over the Southeast U.S. This will give us sunny skies and more cool temperatures. Highs will be in the mid 50s. Christmas Eve Night will be clear and very cold again! Be sure to dress warmly as you head to your church services! Lows will be in the upper 20s! Santa will have to bundle up when he arrives in Baton Rouge!

Christmas Day will be another beauty with sunny skies & cool temperatures. Highs will be in the upper 50s and lows will not be quite as cold as they fall to the lower 30s on Wednesday Night.

Rest of the Week: The area of high pressure will move east of Louisiana on Thursday and Friday. A weak trough of low pressure will push across the U.S. This system will not have any moisture to work with, so we will not have any rain. We will have partly cloudy skies and it will be a little warmer with highs in the lower 60s and lows in the mid 30s.

Weekend Outlook: The warming trend will continue into the weekend ahead of another cold front. We will be partly cloudy on Saturday and Sunday with highs in the lower to mid 60s. Sunday Night will be mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a shower as a cold front moves through. It will not have a lot of moisture to work with, so we will not get much rain. Lows will be in the 40s on Saturday Night and in the 30s Sunday Night in the wake of the cold front.

Bundle up and enjoy the sunshine. Have a great night! -Dave

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