Meteorologist Alex Noel

This evening's Sunset, the last bit of sunlight from the first "real" day of Summer 😃

STARCAST - Summer Solstice! (6/21) | The longest day of 2026 is here with sunset occurring at 8:10 pm CDT this evening. Our total day length will be about 14 hours, give or take a few minutes.

This is caused by the tilt of our planet, which, in today's case, we have reached the maximum tilt towards the sun, a whopping 23.5°. That tilt can be seen in the day-night line in today's GOES-East full disk image. This milestone kicks off Summer astronomically; Meteorological Summer began on June 1st.

For those who are big fans of the cooler months, this means that after today, we will begin slowly tilting away from the sun until we reach the Fall Equinox and Winter Solstice. For those like me who can't stand the cold, don't worry, we have a whole lot of summer and sunshine left to go.

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads, pet dads, soon-to-be dads, stepdads, adoptive dads, granddads, single dads, and every father figure.

♥️🫶

Scary looking shelf cloud spotted just north of Sorrento, La this afternoon as the storms were passing through.

📸 Collin Landry-Powers

Quick Radar Check (6/20, 1:44 pm) | Slow moving storms are moving through the Baton Rouge area. Frequent lightning is also a feature with this complex of activity.

High rainfall rates are increasing street ponding concerns, stay safe on the roads.

If you have and rainfall totals to share, I’m all ears!

What We’re Watching (6/20, 10:45 am) | This morning, we’re monitoring a complex of showers and storms to the northwest, in central Louisiana, that will eventually make its way to our area this afternoon and evening.

Street ponding is one of our main concerns, be careful if you hit the roads later today.

This is absolutely not what we want to see right now happening in Northern Pointe Coupee Parish.

A slow moving storm will continue through the area tonight. Radar estimates are showing just over an inch has fallen in the last hour south of Simmesport on LA-1.

Power Outages (6/19) | A few areas are beginning to report power outages in Baton Rouge and in Livingston as a result of the storm that's moving through. Roughly 2500 are without power in EBR.

If you have anything to report, whether it's a power outage, rain total, or something else, let us know.