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• Friday PM Forecast: settling in to an unsettled weather pattern Play Video

  March 1, 2024 5:48 PM

  Overall, the weekend weather will be cooperative with outdoor activities. A weak front stalled in the northern Gulf of Mexico may interact with some upper level disturbances to create spotty showers and thunderstorms at times. Tonight & Tomorrow: Overcast skies will persist tonight, and a spotty shower is possible... more »

• Thursday PM Forecast: rain and thunderstorms around for morning drive Play Video

  February 29, 2024 5:20 PM

  Be prepared for some wet weather on the final morning commute of the workweek. Outdoor plans are not in danger of being washed out over the weekend. Tonight & Tomorrow: Mainly cloudy skies will persist well into the evening. After midnight we will see coverage of showers and thunderstorms... more »

• Thursday PM Forecast: Next storm system could soon "rain on our parade" Play Video

  February 1, 2024 4:16 PM

  Our days with warm and dry weather are numbered as we await our next rainmaker. Rain might end up being the fly in the ointment as many Mardi Gras events get underway on Saturday. Tonight & Tomorrow : High clouds will exit the area on Thursday... more »

• NOAA expects La Nina to develop by fall or winter Play Video

  July 19, 2021 6:37 PM

  While the top line of a La Niña pattern usually steers conversation toward the tropics, as of late July, there may be a more pressing question for Gulf Coast residents. Will the wet weather pattern ever let up? To date, Baton Rouge Metro Airport has registered 54.29 inches... more »

• Monday Evening Forecast: even wetter to start the week

  July 19, 2021 5:57 PM

  Through Sunday (July 18), 2021 has been the wettest year on record. With rain totals approaching 5 feet, a few more inches are expected this week. Next 24 Hours: Unlike last week, scattered showers and thunderstorms will continue overnight thanks to an upper level disturbance riding over the area.... more »

• A active start to 2020, rain and storms on the way Play Video

  January 1, 2020 3:55 AM

  New Year's Day starts off fair while clouds steadily increasing throughout the day as rainfall begins Wednesday evening. Models have come in better agreement slowing the system down suggesting isolated storms with a heavier rain event farther north and west. THE FORECAST: Today and Tonight: Clouds quickly... more »

• Mild Monday, Rain/Storms By Tuesday and Wednesday

  November 24, 2019 3:07 PM

  After a gorgeous cool day, temperatures fall below normal tonight near 40 with a few upper 30’s in Northern parishes and north east counties under clear skies. As we approach Monday, temperatures moderate near normal for late November. High near 70, lows 50s. By Tuesday, change... more »

• Summer Summary: record rain and lots of humidity

  September 22, 2016 2:00 PM

  For Baton Rouge, the summer of 2016 will go down as the wettest ever recorded. The Great Flood of 2016 was responsible for approximately 40 percent of 44 inches of rain. Even without that record three day total of 17.5 inches, this year would have gone down as one of... more »

• No surprise ending, year to wrap up warmer

  December 2, 2015 1:32 PM

  Fall forecasts were right on in projecting a warm, dry north and wet south for the fall months. As the United States transitions into winter, 2015 figures to wrap up with much of the same. In Southeastern Louisiana, an El Niño controlled pattern has produced one of the... more »

• Rename the "Red Stick" the "Wet Stick"

  November 20, 2015 1:30 PM

  After another dousing Tuesday night, Baton Rouge has cracked the top 10 for wettest years in city history—with more than a month to go. Since records began at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport in 1930, only nine years found more rain. 2015 is currently in the tenth spot with... more »