74°
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
7 Day Forecast
Follow our weather team on social media

Weather

7/8/2025

Not as ominous as you would think, find out the name of this funnel cloud imposter

Not as ominous as you would think, find out the name of this funnel cloud imposter

Posted 4:07 PM 7/8/2025 by Chief Meteorologist Dr. Josh Eachus

You may occasionally look up at a thunderstorm and see a ragged, low-hanging cloud that seems ominous and may even look like a funnel cloud or tornado. If you see this in the summer on the Gulf Coast, since there just isn't enough wind moving around in the low (More)

7/3/2025

Potential Tropical Cyclone: a term that might pop up more frequently this hurricane season

Potential Tropical Cyclone: a term that might pop up more frequently this hurricane season

Posted 8:38 PM 7/3/2025 by Meteorologist Malcolm Byron

Mother Nature’s fiercest storms can blossom in the blink of an eye. Take Hurricane Michael for instance, a powerful Category 5 storm that ravaged Florida in October 2018. Just three days prior, Michael was a tropical storm. 

Such rapidly developing storms can pose big problems. (More)...

6/26/2025

WBRZ FLASHBACK: Hurricane Audrey makes landfall in 1957

Posted 4:10 PM 6/26/2025 by WBRZ Staff

BATON ROUGE — This week in WBRZ history, Channel 2 was on the air for a little over a year when a Category 3 hurricane struck the capital region.

WBRZ anchorman Brooks Reed and photographer Bob Durham were the first journalists on the ground when Hurricane Audrey made landfall on (More)

6/19/2025

UPDATE: Powerful Pacific hurricane makes landfall in Oaxaca, Mexico

UPDATE: Powerful Pacific hurricane makes landfall in Oaxaca, Mexico

Posted 10:19 AM 6/19/2025 by Meteorologist Malcolm Byron

UPDATE: Erick intensified overnight into a Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds peaking at 145 mph. Afterward, the storm did weaken slightly. Hurricane Erick made landfall in extreme western Oaxaca, Mexico around 7 a.m. CDT Thursday with peak winds at 125 mph.

(More)...

Desktop News

Click to open Continuous News in a sidebar that updates in real-time.
Radar
7 Days
Created with Snap