Short Term:  It is another cool and pleasant start to the day.  The skies are mostly clear, but you may want to grab your jacket again as the temperatures are in the upper 40s to lower 50s this morning. 

We will have another comfortable afternoon across south Louisiana.  The skies will have some high clouds streaming in from a disturbance in the Bay of Campeche making it mostly sunny.  It will be a warm day with highs in the upper 70s.

Mostly clear skies are expected tonight, and it will remain cool with low temperatures dropping to the lower 50s.

Rest of the Week:  A weak and dry cold front will skirt by just to the north of Louisiana on Thursday, and this will drop the temperatures a few degrees as high pressure builds in over us.  High temperatures will be in the mid 70s with beautiful sunny skies.  It will be much cooler on Thursday night with lows in the mid to upper 40s under clear skies.

A few clouds can be expected on Friday making it mostly sunny as the area of high pressure starts to move to the east.  It will remain warm with highs in the mid 70s. 

Over the weekend, the area of high pressure will move to the East Coast, and this will bring back the southerly winds over Louisiana.  This will also bring back the humidity, but it will still be dry.  You will be able to see this as we will have more clouds popping up, or making it partly cloudy.  It will remain warm with highs in the mid 70s, and lows will be much warmer as they only fall to the upper 50s. 

Tropical Update:  Clouds and showers associated with an area of low pressure in the extreme Southwestern Caribbean Sea continue to show signs of organization, and have increased in coverage today.  A tropical depression could form at any time!  The low is expected to remain stationary over the next few days.  Upper-level winds are favorable for development - meaning there is little wind shear.  An Air Force Hurricane Hunter Aircraft is scheduled to investigate this system this afternoon.  There is a High chance, greater than 50%, of this system becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 2 days.  To check out the latest satellite images of this system and forecast model tracks, check out WBRZ's Hurricane Center webpage here.

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