Former LSU star, current Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes wins 2025 National League Cy Young Award

Former LSU star, current Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes wins 2025 National League Cy Young Award

WDSU.COM. WELL, OUR WEATHER PATTERN HERE ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA IS NICE AND SUNNY, ALTHOUGH NOW IT’S DARK. BUT YOU KIND OF GET THE IDEA. WE GOT THE CLEAR SKIES HERE OVERHEAD AND ALSO VERY MILD AND WARM TEMPERATURES HERE TO WORK WITH OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS TO, AS A MATTER OF FACT, AS HIGH PRESSURE IS IN CONTROL, IT’S OFF TO THE EAST OF US HERE ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF. AND THAT SOUTH WIND IS REALLY HELPING TO KEEP THINGS WARM. IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM INVOLVED WITH OUR WEATHER PATTERN, IT’S HELPING TO KEEP OUR SKIES QUIET HERE ALL ACROSS THE REGION, INCLUDING US LOCALLY, ALL ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. PRETTY COLD START TO THE MORNING. WE WERE INTO THE 30S, NORTH SHORE, 30S AND 40S SOUTH SHORE, BUT TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW HAVE WARMED UP SINCE THEN. CURRENTLY SITTING INTO THOSE LOW TO MID 60S. BUT THIS IS A MUCH WARMER DIFFERENCE COMPARED TO THE LAST 24 HOURS BETWEEN AT LEAST 15 TO MAYBE EVEN 20 DEGREES WARMER IN SOME SPOTS. TONIGHT, MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES, SOME PATCHY MORNING FOG COULD BE AN ISSUE FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. IT WILL BE CALM WITH OUR WIND SPEEDS THOUGH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE INTO THE UPPER 40S. LOWER 50S ON THE NORTH SHORE, 50S INTO THE 60S DOWN TOWARDS THE SOUTH SHORE AS WELL, WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW PICKING UP INTO THOSE MID TO UPPER 70S. SO YET ANOTHER MILD DAY IS COMING FOR SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA. AND I’M EXPECTING THESE TYPE OF TEMPERATURES TO GO FORWARD HERE AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. WITH THOSE HIGH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE LOWER 80S, WHICH IS WELL ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR HERE, TOO. SO THIS HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER, GIVING WAY TO A SOUTH WIND COMING UP FROM THE GULF, WHICH IS THE REASON WHY TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY CONTINUE TO GO UP FROM HERE. AND WE EXPECT THIS WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. AND ALSO IN ADDITION TO THAT, HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK, WE GET THAT WARM SOUTH WIND FROM THE GULF, HELPING TO KEEP THINGS PRETTY WARM. AND BECAUSE THE HIGH PRESSURE ENVIRONMENT WILL BE WITH US HERE TOO, I’M NOT EXPECTING ANY RAIN CHANCES GOING FORWARD, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT 5 TO 7 DAYS. ALL RIGHT, SO AS FAR AS THE TROPICS ARE CONCERNED, EVERYTHING IS QUIET HERE. THERE IS NO TROPICAL DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED ANYWHERE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC BASIN. STILL, OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. HURRICANE SEASON OFFICIALLY WRAPS UP ON NOVEMBER 30TH. THAT’S ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AWAY. NOW THAT’S A LOOK AT YOUR WDSU FIRST WARNING, SEVEN DAY FORECAST AND WE GOT MAINLY QUIET, SUNNY WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND, TEMPERATURES HITTING NEAR THOSE LOWER 80S BY SATURDAY. AND ON SUNDAY. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, AT LEAST THROUGH MONDAY AND TUESDAY TOO. WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 80S UNDER A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE, IT COULD GET A TAD MORE CLOUDIER THOUGH ON WEDNESDAY WITH THIS WEAK SYSTEM OR DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH, MAYBE EVEN INCREASING RAIN CHANCES SLIGHTLY TO ABOUT 20% BY THEN. LO

Former LSU star, current Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes wins 2025 National League Cy Young Award

Former LSU star, current Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes wins 2025 National League Cy Young Award

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Updated: 7:05 PM CST Nov 12, 2025

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Pittsburgh star Paul Skenes has won the NL Cy Young Award.His 1.97 ERA was tops in baseball during the 2025 season.Skenes finished with 216 strikeouts over 187.2 innings pitched.He becomes the first pitcher to win the Rookie of the Year one season and a Cy Young Award the next since Dwight Gooden did it with the New York Mets 40 years ago.

Pittsburgh star Paul Skenes has won the NL Cy Young Award.

His 1.97 ERA was tops in baseball during the 2025 season.

Skenes finished with 216 strikeouts over 187.2 innings pitched.

He becomes the first pitcher to win the Rookie of the Year one season and a Cy Young Award the next since Dwight Gooden did it with the New York Mets 40 years ago.