More gorgeous weather this week. . .

. . .Gorgeous Weather This Week. . .

Daylight Saving Time:  I hope that you changed your clocks back one hour this weekend, if not, you better this morning!

Climate Information: Baton Rouge Ryan Field...12.82 inches of rain was recorded making it the 2nd wettest October. The wettest October on record here saw 14.48 inches of rain in 1984. 
 
McComb Pike County Airport...6.85 inches of rain was recorded making it the 7th wettest October. The wettest October on record in McComb saw 12.74 inches of rain in 1964.

Short Term:  After a beautiful weekend, the pleasant weather continues this morning.  It is a little chilly with clear skies and temperatures in the upper 40s.  You may want to grab that light jacket as you head out the door.

It will be another gorgeous afternoon across South Louisiana.  An area of high pressure has parked itself over the Deep South, and this is providing us the dry, sunny and cool weather.  High temperatures will be in the lower 70s.

Clear, chilly but comfortable weather can be expected tonight.  Low temperatures will fall down to the upper 40s.

Week Ahead:  The area of high pressure will move to the east on Tuesday, but we will not see a huge warm up of the temperatures.  It will remain warm and sunny with highs in the mid 70s.  It will be clear and cool on Tuesday night with lows in the lower 50s.

A weak cold front will move just to the north of Louisiana on Wednesday.  This front will not make its way through the state, so we will not see any rain.  It will still be sunny and warm with highs in the mid 70s, and lows in the lower 50s.

Another area of high pressure will build in on Thursday, and this will continue to make it sunny and warm. Highs will be in the lower 70s, and lows in the lower 50s.

The second are of high pressure will move toward the East Coast on Friday.  This will bring back southeast winds, and they will help to make it more humid.  We will have partly cloudy skies on Friday through Sunday.  Daily high temperatures will be in the mid to upper 70s, and lows in the mid 50s. 

Tropical Update:  I am watching an area of showers and thunderstorms that is located about 350 miles ENE of Bermuda.  It is a non-tropical area of low pressure, but the storms have diminished overnight.  It appears that it is acquiring some subtropical characteristics.  This means that it is part tropical (warm core) and part non-tropical (cold core).  However, it is still associated with a surface cold front, hence the partial cold core.  It could become a subtropical or tropical storm over the next day or so as it moves to the northwest then north around 10 mph.  Since the system has weakened, there is just a medium chance, or 30% to 50%, of this system becoming a subtropical or tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours. 

Elsewhere. . .the rest of the tropics are quiet, and tropical cyclone formation is not expected through Tuesday.