- An Analysis of Dust Storms and Black Sunday
Background During the 1930s, the United States experienced one of the most devastating environmental disasters, now known as the Dust Bowl. The Dust Bowl consisted of severe dust storms, which were brought about by extreme droughts in the Southern and Central Great Plains. After lasting around a decade, the Dust Bowl created some of the most notable storms in… - Heat, Rain, Heat, Rain, Repeat – Week Ahead Forecast for South MS/LA/AL 8/17/26
After coming out of my truck to go back to work, the amount of heat felt like a barely penetrable wall of air I was walking through to make it to the back door of the engineering building. Top that off with a lot of sun, it made for unbearable heat pretty early in the day. It’s August, and…Read more of Heat, Rain, Heat, Rain, Repeat – Week Ahead Forecast for South MS/LA/AL 8/17/26
- Humidity, Heat, Afternoon Thunderstorms, The Endless Loop: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather forecast – 8/16/2026
Mother Nature is throwing August at us in full force. A long duration ridging pattern remains entrenched over our region locking us into an endless cycle of extreme heat and humidity with little relief from afternoon pulse storms. Surely this ridge will break down but the question is when. Heat like this is significantly more dangerous when it persists… - Quiet Here, Wild in Hawaii- 8/16/26 Tropical Forecast
Earlier this week, the National Hurricane Center was tracking three separate tropical disturbances in the Atlantic, with one of them briefly carrying a high (around 70–80%) chance of becoming a tropical cyclone. As of today, the National Hurricane Center is not monitoring any tropical disturbances, and no tropical cyclone formation is expected across the Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, or Gulf…Read more of Quiet Here, Wild in Hawaii- 8/16/26 Tropical Forecast
- More August weather for the region: Forecast refresh – 8/16/2026
Howdy! Looking out the window (around 12:00pm CT), there is a bit of cloud coverage near the coast of Mississippi and along the coast of Louisiana. A couple of showers are occurring near the coasts in the gulf, but the main thing for today are the heat advisories that are out for the majority of the region. No change…Read more of More August weather for the region: Forecast refresh – 8/16/2026
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