Louisiana Weather 3/9 Morning - Flood Warning

Good morning. Louisiana. I'm Michael Mosby. If you're driving right now, slow down. Dense fog has swallowed the state this morning. Visibility's dropped below a quarter mile. Use your headlights. Take your time. This fog should burn off by late morning, but until then, the commute's a crawl. Once that fog clears, we're in for a warm, sticky day. Southeast Louisiana hits 82 degrees with partly sunny skies. A slight chance of thunderstorms pops up between 1 and 3 P.M., but most of you stay dry. The Capital Region also reaches 82, but you've got better storm odds — 60 percent between 1 and 5 P.M., peaking around 2 P.M. Northwest Louisiana tops out at 78 with a 50 percent chance of storms scattered throughout the day. Tonight, patchy fog creeps back in after 2 A.M. Lows settle at 69 in the southeast, 68 in the Capital Region and northwest. Mostly cloudy skies statewide. Tuesday stays warm and humid. Highs climb to 83 in the southeast and 84 in the Capital Region and northwest. Morning fog clears by 7 A.M., then mostly cloudy skies take over. Dry conditions across the board. For the week. Wednesday brings the next big story — a cold front barrels through with showers and thunderstorms. Highs reach the low 80s before the front arrives, then storms fire up in the afternoon. Wednesday night gets active, with an 80 percent chance of storms and gusty winds up to 35 miles an hour. That front ushers in much cooler air for Thursday. Highs only reach the upper 60s. Thursday night, temperatures plunge to the mid-40s in the Capital Region and northwest, mid-50s along the coast. Friday and the weekend look beautiful — sunny skies, highs in the mid-70s to low 80s. Perfect weather if you ask me. See you this afternoon.