A foggy start, but a pleasant afternoon...

. . .Dense Fog Advisory Until 9 AM. . .

Short Term:  It is a very foggy start to this Wednesday morning!  Visibilities are down to less than 1/2 mile in many places along and north of I-10.  Please use caution as your travel around town this morning.  Otherwise, it is cloudy and cool with temperatures in the lower 50s.  The fog will dissipate around 9 AM, and then we will be left with partly cloudy skies.

It will be a very pleasant and warmer afternoon.  An area of high pressure will be sitting to the northeast of Louisiana, and this will provide us with partly cloudy skies.  It will also bring in southeast winds which will warm us up into the upper 70s. 

Cloud cover will increase tonight as plenty of moisture returns from the Gulf of Mexico.  Isolated showers will also start to pop up late tonight, or after midnight.  Low temperatures will actually occur early, or around midnight, before they rise through the early morning hours into the upper 60s.

Rest of the Week:  A cold front will be moving across Texas on Thursday, and there will be plenty of rain developing ahead of it.  We are expecting scattered showers and thunderstorms to move over Baton Rouge throughout the day as a warm front moves from the Gulf of Mexico northward over Louisana.  Rains could become heavy at times.  Otherwise, It will be mostly cloudy, much warmer and more humid with highs in the lower 80s.

The cold front will move over western Louisiana on Friday, and this will spread more rain and storms over us.  Some of the storms could become strong to even severe.  However, the bulk of the severe weather will be to the northwest of us.  The Storm Prediction Center has placed us in a Slight Risk for severe weather.  The threat would mainly be damaging winds, but I can not rule out a possible tornado, and hail due to the dynamics that will be in place.  Check out the SPC's thoughts here.  It will be a warm and muggy day with highs in the lower 80s. 

The showers and thunderstorms will continue on Friday night as the cold front moves closer to Baton Rouge.  Some of these could also be strong.  Lows will be in the lower 60s. 

The cold front will finally move through on Halloween (Saturday).  It looks like the first half of the day will have scattered showers and thunderstorms.  The forecast models are showing the rain getting out of here by 6 PM, or just in time for the trick-or-treaters.  The weather will also improve for the college football games in Baton Rouge and Hammond.  However, tailgaters may have to dodge the rain.  High temperatures will be MUCH cooler as they only rise to the upper 60s.  Lows will be in the lower 50s with clear skies on Saturday night.

High pressure builds in on Sunday, and that will make it sunny.  Temperatures will not drop much behind the front.  Rather, it will be mild with highs in the mid 70s.  The sunny and pleasant weather continues into next week as well with daily highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s.

Tropical Update:  All areas of the tropics are calm and quiet.  Tropical cyclone formation is not expected through Thursday.