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Steve Caparotta, Ph.D.

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Chief Meteorologist at @WAFB in Baton Rouge. CBM, CCM, & CDM holder from @ametsoc. Husband. Girl Dad. @UofSouthAlabama & @LSU alum. Instructor at LSU.

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Sara is expected to weaken this weekend, but its remnant moisture could team up with an approaching cold front to produce good rain chances locally by early next week. Forecast >> wafb.com/weather

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Our Sky9 camera in Port Allen with a good view of a waxing gibbous moon rising over the State Capitol.

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FALL FINALLY RETURNS! We're only talking about temperatures near-normal, but still, they'll be the coolest we've seen in weeks in most places. How are you feeling about the cool down? Forecast >> wafb.com/weather

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Looks like our radar north of St. Francisville may have picked up a brief tornadic debris signature (TDS) around 12:40 PM in W. Feliciana Parish. This is just north of LA 421 and east of LA 967. @WAFB @NWSNewOrleans

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Rain and storms are likely tomorrow, with better chances from the morning into early afternoon. A low-end severe weather threat is on the board, including a non-zero chance of an isolated tornado.

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The Louisiana State Capitol is illuminated in red, white, and blue on this #VeteransDay2024 A sincere thank you to all who have served.

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🥵 Ridiculously WARM The first 10 days of this November are easily the warmest on record for Baton Rouge. The average temp (average of daily highs & lows) is 5.6° above the previous warmest start. Even with some slight relief later this week, temperatures likely remain above…

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Man, I thought Rizzi was going down there for a second. Just a touch more energy than the previous coach. #Saints


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Our waterways are closed starting at noon until further notice due to rising waters.

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That was probably the worst performance I've seen by LSU in person. Woof.


Not a conspiracy theorist but good God what was that call?


Hello me out...in the stadium, he pretty clearly looked short? Arm down before the ball reached the plane?


PM Update I think there's a pretty good chance we get through the Southern game without any major issues. For LSU...the main line of heaviest rain likely stays to our west tonight. However, I would plan on scattered rains during the game, with a lean toward higher chances in…

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🚨 A rare 'High Risk' of flooding is now posted from Lake Charles to just south of Alexandria. As I pointed out last night, pockets of 5"-10"+ of rain possible in these areas.

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We're gonna have to keep an eye on the potential for some very heavy rain Saturday afternoon into early Sunday. The greatest threat currently appears to be just west and northwest of metro Baton Rouge. A line of storms may slow to a crawl, leading to training cells & flooding…

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Bengals trying to give this game away. 2 plays to get 2 yards and you throw 2 deep balls?


Great chatting with my colleague Wes at our sister station in Birmingham. I may or may not have ended the interview with a 'Geaux Tigers'. 😁

So awesome having @SteveWAFB on First Alert Weather Extra tonight talking about the weekend weather in Baton Rouge. @WAFB @WBRCnews #alwx #lawx @GrayMediaGTN

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Elwood Edwards, a longtime Cleveland radio station staffer who voiced AOL’s iconic ‘You've Got Mail’ greeting, is dead. He was 74. wkyc.com/article/life/p…


Coming into 2024, our latest 90 degree day on record in Baton Rouge was Oct. 27, 1907. We've now broken that record 3 times in the past week, including today's high of 90 at Baton Rouge Metro.

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