Forecast Details for Baton Rouge, LA

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Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southeast wind around 5 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 43. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. North wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Calm wind.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. West wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the morning.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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