WBRZ - Baton Rouge

Short Term:  It is a clear and chilly morning across the Capital City area.  You will want to grab that light jacket as you head out the door with the temperatures in the upper 40s.

We will have more delightful weather again this afternoon.  The area of high pressure remains right over us, and that is giving us the sunny skies.  It also is helping to keep the temperatures down with our highs only climbing into the mid 70s.  That is actually what we should have for early November. 

The skies will remain clear tonight and it will still be clear.  However, low temperatures will be in the lower 50s around Baton Rouge, but the outer areas will still get into the upper 40s.

Week Ahead:  More pleasant weather will greet us on Wednesday with sunny skies and highs in the mid 70s.  Clear and cool weather is expected Wednesday night with lows in the lower 50s.

On Thursday, a weak and dry cold front will move just to the north of Baton Rouge.  This front will dissipate as it moves into the Southeast U.S., and will not have any rain associated with it.  That means we will still have a sunny day, but the temperatures will be a few degrees cooler with highs in the lower 70s.  Lows will be near 50.

A second area of high pressure will build in behind this front on Friday, and you guessed it, we will have another day full of sunshine!  It will be a little warmer with highs in the mid 70s.

Over the weekend, the area of high pressure will move toward the East Coast.  This will bring back the southerly winds, and also the humidity.  Both Saturday and Sunday will have partly cloudy skies with highs in the upper 70s.  Lows will be in the mid to upper 50s with partly cloudy skies at night.

Tropical Update:  There are some disorganized showers and thunderstorms associated with a trough of low pressure in the Southwest Caribbean Sea.  Some slow development is possible over the next few days as the system remains stationary.  Upper-level winds are favorable for development.  There is now a medium chance, 30% to 50%, of this system becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours.

Elsewhere. . .all other areas of the tropics are quiet, and tropical cyclone formation is not expected through Wednesday.