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Baton Rouge, Louisiana – A prolonged stretch of colder-than-normal weather is expected to take hold across Louisiana from Friday through early the following week, bringing sustained chilly conditions, limited rainfall, and an increased risk of freezing temperatures in northern portions of the state.
According to the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center, the 8 to 14-day outlook for Jan. 30 through Feb. 5 places much of Louisiana within a favored zone for below-normal temperatures. Confidence is highest across northern and central Louisiana, where probabilities for colder-than-average conditions range from 80 to 100 percent as a broad cold pattern stretches from the East Coast deep into the lower Mississippi Valley…