Jay Grymes
Chief Meteorologist
Baton Rouge, La.
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Jay Grymes joined the WAFB 9News team in August 1996 and was named Chief Meteorologist in May 2003.
Jay was born in Arlington, Virginia and grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, He moved to Baton Rouge in 1985 by invitation from LSU.
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The National Hurricane Center (NHC) upgraded Invest 97L to Potential Tropical Cyclone #5 (PTC #5) at 4:00 PM CDT on Wednesday.
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The National Hurricane Center is still forecasting the Gulf system to become Claudette before making landfall tonight along the Louisiana coast. However, the system remains poorly organized and lopsided.
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Tuesday, June 1, marked the first day of the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season. Are you prepared?
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Widespread rains of 2″ to 4″ with locally higher totals on Thursday have added to the flooding woes that have plagued us through the week. Locations from central Ascension Parish northward into southern East Baton Rouge are reporting 10″ to 15″ of rain as of Thursday afternoon.
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Showers and storms are rolling through the Baton Rouge area this morning, producing heavy rain and lightning. We still have a slight risk for severe weather today, at a level two threat.
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Most of us missed the freeze for Christmas morning, but most of us won’t be as lucky on Saturday morning with temperatures dropping to around 30° for metro Baton Rouge.
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A line of thunderstorms will be rolling through the local area late Wednesday, Dec. 23.
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Any rain is likely gone before you wake up on Christmas Eve morning.
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Tuesday morning begins the month of December with the first freeze of the season, a reminder that winter is right around the corner.
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We have enjoyed a fine week of autumn weather and the dry pattern will continue through the weekend and into next week.
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Both morning and afternoon temperatures will be a little warmer Friday and into the weekend. Daybreak temperatures for the Red Stick will be in the mid 50°s, with afternoons climbing to the upper 70°s to near 80° the next three days.
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The WAFB area will continue to enjoy some fine November weather right into the weekend.
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After a chilly morning start, Tuesday was a pleasant autumn day under clear skies. Skies will stay clear through the night with Baton Rouge area temperatures dropping into the 40°s after midnight.
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The bottom line is we get to enjoy a fine week of fall weather with morning lows in the 40°s and 50°s, followed by afternoon highs in the 70°s.
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It was a warm but enjoyable Friday afternoon under blue skies and sunshine and we all get to enjoy a nice evening with skies staying clear and temperatures slowly falling through the 60s.
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Weekend rain totals are expected to average at 0.5″ or less from the interstate corridor northward, but increase to more than 1″ near and along the coastal margin. While we could hear some rumbles of thunder Saturday, severe weather is not a concern.
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Skies will stay mainly clear into Wednesday evening with temperatures dropping into the 50s before 8 p.m. for most WAFB communities.
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It’s been a beautiful Election “Eve” and we will repeat it with an equally-nice Election Day. Get out and vote if you haven’t already: it is important.
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Skies will stay mainly clear through the night and into Saturday morning with a chilly daybreak start in the mid 40s for metro Baton Rouge.
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The National Hurricane Center (NHC) guidance has remained relatively steadfast in its anticipation of a Louisiana landfall by Zeta.
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A slow-moving cold front will push across the WAFB area Friday evening and overnight and be draped across the southeastern parishes by Saturday’s daybreak.
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A cold front will be approaching Louisiana from the northwest Friday, but won’t push through the WAFB area until the first half of Saturday.
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The front is expected to push through the WAFB area early Friday and move over the northern Gulf by the afternoon. While the front is not expected to produce much rain, it will deliver a significant cooling for the latter half of Friday into Saturday, setting the stage for a great weekend.
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Fair to partly cloudy skies Thursday will come with afternoon temperatures back into the mid 80°s with the second cool front of the week on the way.
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Fair to partly cloudy skies Thursday will come with afternoon temperatures back into the mid 80°s with the second cool front of the week on the way.
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The First Alert Storm Team is tracking Delta.
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The Storm Team notes that Delta is expected to have a relatively large wind field upon arrival and the potential for a landfall as a Category 3 major hurricane is not out of the question.
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With Tropical Storm Gamma already spinning in the southern Gulf and the Caribbean’s Tropical Storm Delta getting upgraded to a hurricane Monday night, we received a double reminder that we’re still a long way from the close of the 2020 Hurricane Season.
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The great autumn weather continues through the weekend and deep into next week.
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It’s October, and that means we’re on the down slope of tropical landfall threats for Louisiana based on the historical record. However, don’t think that October is not a potentially active and dangerous month for the Bayou State.
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No complaints expected with this First Alert Forecast, as skies remain mainly sunny through the weekend and into next week.
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We are at the beginning of an extended and welcome run of autumn weather, where the forecast is built around abundant sunshine during the day, mainly clear skies at night, and a run of days with temperatures at or below normal for this time of year.
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Say hello to a real dose of autumn that will last all week long and right through the weekend.
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There is not much of anything to complain about for the days of September: even high schools and the LSU Tigers are back to football, making it seem a little closer to normal for fall.
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The clouds, drizzle, and mist made for a rather unattractive and damp Thursday morning but we are headed for an extended run of days that should put a smile on your face.
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While eyes are on Tropical Storm Beta in the western Gulf, our focus is on the local rainfall forecast over the next three days, especially once Beta makes a turn to the northeast and heads towards Louisiana.
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In 2005, six Greek letters were used for storm names. Based on the pace of 2020 thus far, we are likely to go far deeper into the Greek alphabet this year.