BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - No significant changes are expected in our local weather into the weekend, with plenty of heat and scattered storms continuing.

HEAT ADVISORY

A Heat Advisory is in effect for just about all of the WAFB viewing area on Friday. Heat index values could reach or exceed 108 degrees, with a lot depending on the timing of cloud cover and storms in any given location.

FRIDAY FORECAST

A mainly dry start to the day will give way to plenty of heat and scattered storms into the afternoon. Highs will again reach the mid 90s in many areas.

TROPICAL UPDATE

We’ve got eyes on two features as of Thursday evening, including one in the Gulf. Development odds are up to 50%, but the disturbance doesn’t have that much more time left over water. It could briefly become a tropical d

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