A weak cold front moving through Baton Rouge late Monday night will bring the chance of severe thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service.

Baton Rouge is under an extreme cold warning until 10 a.m. Wednesday, the National Weather Service said. The high today is expected to be 31 degrees, with a low of 16 degrees.

A rare winter storm swept through the Deep South on Tuesday, bringing record-breaking snowfall to south Louisiana.

The LDH reported one winter weather-related death in the state this year—a 65-year-old man in Rapides Parish who died due to hypothermia—and advised people to stay inside during the extreme cold and to seek shelter if unhoused.

Mayor-President Sid Edwards will talk about the state of East Baton Rouge Parish after a winter storm brought freezing temperatures and historic snow.

A dense fog advisory was in effect ahead of the Tuesday morning commute in the area of three Southeastern Louisiana lakes, the National Weather Service of New Orleans and Baton Rouge said.  Fog will reduce visibility to less than one nautical mile on Lake Pontchartrain,

Snow is rapidly accumulating in Louisiana, leading to the closure of several interstate highways. The National Weather Service in New Orleans reports snowfall amounts of up to 2 inches. FOX Weather Storm Specialist Mike Seidel is in Baton Rouge with a look at conditions like on the ground.

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - A blizzard warning was issued for southwest Louisiana Tuesday morning as a strong line of snow moved into the state from the west.

A winter storm left much of the Gulf Coast frozen Tuesday, closing highways, grounding flights and canceling school for millions of students.

This winter storm proved so severe that the first-ever blizzard warning was issued for Louisiana by the U.S. National Weather Service. Majority of areas ... 4.0 inches East Baton Rouge Parish: 3.5-9.0 inches

The cold temperatures are coming from a not uncommon expansion in the Polar Vortex, which are counter-clockwise rotating air currents that typically hang over the Arctic.

A rare winter storm buried the Deep South in a blanket of snow on Tuesday. Parts of South Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi saw more than 9 inches of snow on the ground, according to preliminary estimates from the National Weather Service.