All traffic headed eastbound on Interstate 12 will be detoured overnight on Friday to remove an overpass near the split with Interstate 10, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportat…
Baton Rouge, LA
Right Now
79°
Cloudy
- Humidity: 87%
- Feels Like: 85°
- Heat Index: 85°
- Wind: 11 mph
- Wind Chill: 79°
- UV Index: 0 Low
- Sunrise: 06:15:34 AM
- Sunset: 07:46:35 PM
- Dew Point: 74°
- Visibility: 10 mi
Today
Cloudy. Low 76F. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight
Cloudy. Low 76F. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 mph.
Tomorrow
Intervals of clouds and sunshine. Hot. High 93F. Winds S at 10 to 20 mph.
Next 12 Hours
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Precip
3 AM
78°
5%
3 AM
78°
Wind: SSE @ 10 mph
Precip: 5% Chance
Humidity: 88%
Wind Chill: 78°
Heat Index: 84°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
4 AM
78°
4%
4 AM
78°
Wind: SSE @ 10 mph
Precip: 4% Chance
Humidity: 88%
Wind Chill: 78°
Heat Index: 84°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
5 AM
78°
4%
5 AM
78°
Wind: SSE @ 9 mph
Precip: 4% Chance
Humidity: 88%
Wind Chill: 78°
Heat Index: 78°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
6 AM
77°
6%
6 AM
77°
Wind: SSE @ 8 mph
Precip: 6% Chance
Humidity: 88%
Wind Chill: 77°
Heat Index: 77°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 8 mi
7 AM
77°
6%
7 AM
77°
Wind: S @ 7 mph
Precip: 6% Chance
Humidity: 89%
Wind Chill: 77°
Heat Index: 77°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 8 mi
8 AM
78°
6%
8 AM
78°
Wind: S @ 8 mph
Precip: 6% Chance
Humidity: 88%
Wind Chill: 78°
Heat Index: 78°
UV Index: 1 Low
Visibility: 9 mi
9 AM
81°
4%
9 AM
81°
Wind: S @ 10 mph
Precip: 4% Chance
Humidity: 80%
Wind Chill: 81°
Heat Index: 87°
UV Index: 2 Low
Visibility: 9 mi
10 AM
84°
7%
10 AM
84°
Wind: S @ 12 mph
Precip: 7% Chance
Humidity: 71%
Wind Chill: 84°
Heat Index: 91°
UV Index: 5 Moderate
Visibility: 9 mi
11 AM
86°
2%
11 AM
86°
Wind: S @ 12 mph
Precip: 2% Chance
Humidity: 64%
Wind Chill: 86°
Heat Index: 93°
UV Index: 8 Very High
Visibility: 10 mi
12 PM
88°
1%
12 PM
88°
Wind: S @ 13 mph
Precip: 1% Chance
Humidity: 60%
Wind Chill: 88°
Heat Index: 95°
UV Index: 10 Very High
Visibility: 10 mi
1 PM
90°
0%
1 PM
90°
Wind: S @ 13 mph
Precip: 0% Chance
Humidity: 55%
Wind Chill: 90°
Heat Index: 98°
UV Index: 10 Very High
Visibility: 10 mi
2 PM
91°
0%
2 PM
91°
Wind: S @ 14 mph
Precip: 0% Chance
Humidity: 51%
Wind Chill: 91°
Heat Index: 99°
UV Index: 10 Very High
Visibility: 10 mi
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Louisiana will see its first heat wave of 2024 this week in an interruption of spring weather, National Weather Service forecasters predict.
The long-awaited project to create an Interstate 10 interchange at Pecue Lane in Baton Rouge is entering its third and final phase, the Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development…
Parts of Louisiana may experience severe weather Friday, including the possibility of flash flooding and hail, according to National Weather Service forecasters.
Crowded intersections and long wait times at stoplights are frequent experiences for drivers making their way down Siegen Lane, one of Baton Rouge's busiest roads.
Parts of Louisiana are expected to face severe thunderstorms and heavy rain Monday, according to National Weather Service forecasters.
The National Hurricane Center has issued a special tropical weather outlook message for a low pressure system in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean that it's giving only a 10% chance of turning in…
Traffic routes on Interstate 10 westbound near Interstate 12 will shift to a new overpass Wednesday as crews continue to make progress on the College Flyover project, according to the Departme…
Forecasters predict that this weekend won't feature the same as the mild and sunny weather Louisianans enjoyed last weekend.
The east bank regional levee authority has formally asked the Army Corps of Engineers to prevent contractors from rebuilding pumps at the 17th Street Canal lakefront pumping station during the…
Work on the $18 million Jefferson Highway road project will be delayed by at least a month due to "unsuitable soils" found while repaving the roadway, according to the state Department of Tran…
St. James Parish environmental activist Sharon Lavigne has been added to Time magazine's list of the 100 "most influential people" worldwide for 2024 and is expected to be feted next week in N…
Shortly after the van rolled to a stop in the left lane of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway in the cool, pre-dawn hours of a December morning, the driver lost consciousness and his body slumped…
Gov. Jeff Landry has signed a state of emergency in wake of the severe storms that ripped through numerous areas throughout the state last week.
Construction of the first of three roundabouts planned for La. 30 near Interstate 10 in Gonzales has begun as have the road closures expected to come with the two-year project.
For motorists driving around Baton Rouge, several locations are major congestion points that can lead to hours of being stuck in stagnant traffic.
As workers continue recovery efforts after storms ripped through Louisiana on Wednesday, progress has been made for those in the Feliciana parishes but some are still without power.
A roughly 1-mile stretch of Barnett Road west of Baker and Zachary will be closed permanently starting Monday to make way for the future Comite River Diversion Canal, a long-awaited flood redu…
One storm related-death has been confirmed in Louisiana after severe weather producing multiple tornadoes tore through the state Wednesday, the Louisiana Department of Health confirmed.
A day after a powerful tornado packing winds up to 120 mph barreled over south Slidell, residents, business owners and government officials set themselves to the exhausting task of cleaning up…
A line of storms packing heavy rains, high winds and tornadoes pounded southeast Louisiana Wednesday, flooding New Orleans roads and tearing through Slidell.
The National Weather Service confirmed tornado damage north of St. Francisville on Wednesday.
Cleco Power warned late Wednesday that more than 20,000 customers likely will remain without power overnight, after fierce storms hit Louisiana and a tornado wreaked extensive damage in the Sl…
Amyrie Gilbert was stocking the drink cooler in the front of the Ace Hardware on Pontchartrain Boulevard in Slidell when the sky went dark Wednesday morning.
At least one tornado touched down in Hancock County on Wednesday and moved through several Mississippi Coast cities.
A burst of severe weather Wednesday spawned damaging tornadoes in Slidell and Lake Charles and buffeted areas in between with ferocious winds.
Communities in the northern Baton Rouge area were dealing with debris, fallen trees and downed power lines late Wednesday morning after a line of storms strafed the area with ferocious winds.
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