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Some Sun Today With Rain Returning By Saturday

Short Term Forecast:  The clouds are breaking up this morning and we will see the sunshine across the Capital City.  It is chilly with temperatures in the 30s, so be sure to take that coat with you again!

Some high clouds will move over us during the afternoon hours today as an area of high pressure sits over the Southeast U.S.  This will make it mostly sunny to partly cloudy in the wake of the cold front that passed over us last night.  We will stay cool with high temperatures in the lower 50s.


Clouds will be on the increase again tonight ahead of the next cold front.  We will be partly to mostly cloudy with chilly low temperatures in the lower 30s.  A light freeze will be possible for some of you.

The weather will start to change on Friday.  The area of high pressure will move east of Louisiana and that will shift the winds from the north to the south.  These southerly winds will start to pump in the warm and humid air from the Gulf.  This will make it mostly cloudy and help to set of a shower or two during the day.  High temperatures will warm into the lower 60s.

An area of low pressure and a cold front will move out of the Plains States and into Louisiana on Friday Night.  They will tap into the warmer and more humid air mass over Baton Rouge and set off scattered to numerous showers with a few thunderstorms.  Some heavy rain will be possible.  Lows will be in the upper 50s.

Weekend Forecast:  The rain will continue for much of Saturday.  However, the heaviest rain is expected to fall before Noon with lighter rain showers falling the rest of the afternoon.  It will be a dreary day, but it will be warmer with high temperatures in the upper 60s before the cold front moves through.  Saturday Night will have mostly cloudy skies with the rain gradually coming to an end overnight.  It is going to be colder with lows in the mid 40s.


All of the rain will be gone by Sunday Morning and we will be partly cloudy.  Then it will become mostly sunny by Sunday Afternoon with cool high temperatures in the mid 50s.  Sunday Night will be mostly clear and much colder with lows in the lower to mid 30s.  Brrr!!

Take your sunglasses and coat with you today.  Have a nice one! -Dave

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