Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Baton Rouge, LA

LONG TERM
(Thursday night through Tuesday)
Issued at 254 AM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025

A front will move into central TX and stall Thu while another front moves in from the north and stalls near the LA/AR line Fri. The storms that develop along this front will cold pool out and continue to refire southward into the area by late Fri and Fri night. Some of these could be strong as well. Diurnal instability will keep rain chances high going through the weekend. There is evidence that the stalled front over northern LA/central MS will filter into the area by Sun or Mon. This would help keep precip numbers higher than normal but will eventually begin to weaken its thermal boundary into mid next week.

AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
Issued at 628 AM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025

Most terminals are VFR currently outside of MCB. MCB is currently impacted by low visibility and ceilings but should begin to improve up to MVFR/VFR in the next 2-3 hours. Ceilings will lift during the daytime but will begin to lower again tonight bringing terminals to low VFR with dips into MVFR possible. Winds will be generally southerly to southeasterly with gusts up to 15 knots.
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MARINE
Issued at 254 AM CDT Wed Apr 30 2025

Winds will remain southerly around 15kt into the weekend. Wind speeds my lower Sat and even become light northerly Sat night into Sun. Winds should shift to easterly by Mon and remain easterly at around 10kt through mid next week. There is the potential for a few sh/ts over the coastal waters through the weekend.

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
MCB 87 67 86 66 / 0 0 70 20 BTR 88 70 88 68 / 10 0 50 10 ASD 87 70 86 68 / 0 10 40 20 MSY 87 73 87 72 / 0 10 40 10 GPT 84 72 83 69 / 0 20 40 30 PQL 85 68 84 67 / 0 10 30 30

LIX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
LA...None.
GM...None.
MS...None.
GM...None.