Watch the Gulf later this week as local temperatures remain well above normal

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – We continue to deal with above average temperatures. Baton Rouge Metro Airport hit a record high of 89 degrees on Sunday. We will continue with highs in the mid to upper 80s for the foreseeable future. That's about 10-15 degrees above normal.

It's even worse when you look at the morning lows. Lows in the upper 60s to low 70s will be about 15-20 degrees above normal. We do not see a cold front in our 10 day forecast.

There is a chance of light rain every day this week. The best chance could come on Election Day Tuesday. However, there will be no rainfall on Tuesday as scattered rain continues. Don't let the rain be the reason you don't vote. To avoid the risk of rain, it is best to drive in the morning or early afternoon.

We continue to monitor tropical threats to the Gulf of Mexico. Potential Tropical Cyclone No. 18 is forecast to become Rafael. This system is expected to move into the Gulf of Mexico as a hurricane by midweek. Exactly where this system will eventually make landfall and how strong it will be at that point remains highly uncertain. However, we do not expect conditions to be conducive to tropical development in the Gulf due to drier air and strong wind shear.

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