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A strong cold front sweeps through ahead of the weekend, ushering in ideal football weather for Friday night and Saturday. Beyond the crisp fall air, the front brings gusty winds, heightened fire danger, and hazardous boating conditions. Read the full breakdown in today's loaded forecast blog. Tonight & Tomorrow: Skies...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A cold front will push through the local area Friday PM and deliver a Fall feeling weekend. Areas of fog are possible early Friday morning, and shouldn’t be as dense as previous mornings. A strong cold front will push across the region during the afternoon, bringing big changes to our weather. Expect highs in the 80s and a blustery wind during the second half of the day.
Get your sweaters out. This weekend will finally bring some weather-related relief to residents across southeast Louisiana as a cold front pushes through the region and drops lows into the 50s, forecasters with the National Weather Service said Thursday. “It’s a good 15-degree difference. It’s very noticeable,“ said Hannah Lisney,...
Big-time cold front will make big weekend weather changes
The strong El Niño event that began this summer made for an unusually quiet hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Isaias, which was the first recorded hurricane in the Atlantic this season, made landfall Friday, with Florida taking the brunt. Isaias was a Category 3 hurricane but lessened...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Morning fog and warm afternoons continue, but a cold front will clear out the fog potential and deliver cooler temperatures for the weekend. A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect for all of southeast Louisiana and coastal Mississippi until 10 a.m. Most fog should dissipate...
More fog and heat until cooler weather this weekend
As Floridians braced for Hurricane Isaias' landfall, the United Cajun Navy was preparing to help them in the time of need. "We don't have the red tape. We find a church. We open up really quickly, really quickly. Our prime example is Vernon, Florida. We were there helping them clear the trees the night the hurricane hit, that next morning, we were handing out supplies," said Joshua Gill, Incident Commander of the United Cajun Navy.
Overnight weather update for Tuesday, Oct. 13
East Feliciana Parish is under a burn ban, as it continues to face “extreme heat, wildfire and drought conditions,” a parish official said Tuesday morning. Police Jury President Louis Kent issued the burn ban as part of a state of emergency declaration due to the severe weather. “Heat...
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Above normal temperatures will continue for the next several days, but some relief should arrive just in time for the weekend. Little change is expected for Tuesday, although it won’t be quite as cool in the morning. Otherwise, look for plenty of sunshine and highs in the low 90s.
Jeff Morrow gives the latest weather forecast.
Chief Meteorologist Jake Dalton has the latest forecast for the Baton Rouge area.
United Cajun Navy mobilizes to help Hurricane Isaias victims
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A stretch of above-normal heat remains this week before a cold front brings a nice weekend cooldown. Another comfortable morning start in the upper 50s to low 60s will give way to a warmer afternoon, with temperatures climbing into the low 90s under sunny skies.
Near-record October heat before a weekend cool down
Overnight weather update for Sunday, Oct. 11
All of next week will be mainly dry with warm afternoons in the lower 90s. Looking ahead to next weekend, there are signs that a front could bring the coolest temperatures of the fall so far. Tonight & Tomorrow: It will be another comfortable, but somewhat chilly night across the...
Heat dome brings summerlike temperatures back to south Louisiana
October heat wave takes over this week
