Second blast of arctic air expected to sweep across Baton Rouge this weekend. See forecast.

The Baton Rouge area will be under an extreme cold watch late Friday night through Sunday morning, as a second blast of arctic air sweeps into the area, a National Weather Service spokesman said.

The extreme cold watch issued for this weekend was expected to be upgraded to a “warning” as meteorologists became more sure of their forecast, said Phil Grigsby, a meteorologist with the weather agency’s Slidell Office.

Lows late Friday night are expected to be in the mid- to-low 20s, with wind chills in the low teens, he said…

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