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TODAY/TONIGHT: A big warm up this afternoon as warm, air moves in from the south. Temperatures warming to the low 60s this afternoon. Clouds will increase throughout the day, with rain showers likely later tonight and early tomorrow morning, as a disturbance swings around the base of a deep upper level trough(cold air aloft), out west. [...]
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MIDWEEK SYSTEM: First of all, chances for white Christmas are not looking good. A system will develop by the middle of the week, but there is good model agreement and consistency that it will track to the northwest of Mississippi. This means will be in the warm sector, with the possibility of rain on Wednesday and strong thunderstorms on Thursday. Then cold, [...]
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Clouds moving in this morning, which will keep temperatures down. We should be in the upper 40s later this afternoon. A storm system will pass to our south later today and tonight, but the measurable rain should stay south of Jackson. A few light showers are possible here, but they shouldn’t amount to much. Improving [...]
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The cold December weather continues today. I doubt we make it out of the upper 40s, due to the cloud cover, and shallow cold air. The numerical weather models are not handling this pattern well, because it’s going against climatology. The mid level moisture, and unseasonably cold air has been throwing them for a loop, because they error towards [...]
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A muggy and cloudy December day. Temperatures up in the 50s this morning, and heading towards the mid 60s later this afternoon. Although a few light showers are possible, the organized rain should stay south of Jackson. Then tonight, rain with a few rumbles of thunder mixed in; up to 3 quarters of an inch possible, mainly south [...]
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The waiting continues tonight. It still looks like we will have a brief window of opportunity for freezing rain, before sunrise tomorrow morning. The key number to watch is the surface wet bulb temperature, which will be the temperature after saturation occurs. This is the point where the temperature and dew point meet, due to [...]
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TODAY: Clouds moved in last night, holding temperatures several degrees warmer than Thursday morning. It looks like a mostly cloudy day, but not as cold. The wind is shifting around from the east, cutting us off from the icy air, located over the snow pack in the midwest. We should make it to the 42-45 [...]
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Here is the visible satellite view of the midwest…At first glance this may appear to be clouds, but you’re actually looking at the snow cover over, where the clouds have cleared: To compare, Here is an estimate of the actual accumulated snow fall, over the past 24 hours: We obviously didn’t get any snow here in Mississippi, [...]
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Our warm snap is coming to a screeching hault! The high for the day came at midnight last night when temperatures were near 60……Cold air is moving back in from northwest to southeast. As it does temperatures will actually fall throughout the day, reaching the low 40s later this afternoon, then down to the mid [...]
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The severe weather threat will continue to diminish from west to east tonight…I think we can give the all clear to counties along and west of U.S. 49W…Then all counties west of I-55 within the hour…If you are traveling to east Mississippi or Alabama tonight, be aware that severe weather will be in progress for [...]
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