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No. Thankfully. Okay, not totally “No” but it doesn’t really work like a lot of us would commonly think. Tropical Cyclones, or tropical storms / hurricanes as we usually call them in the Atlantic, don’t…
Read more of Wx Info: Can two tropical cyclones combine and merge into one Super Hurricane?
During a landfalling tropical system – Tropical Depression, Tropical Storm, or Hurricane – it is important to know which quadrant of the storm you are going to be impacted by.
It is a great question. And one you’re smart to ask! As a meteorologist who is all about public education, it makes me feel good to know that you are asking the right question. You…
Read more of The PTC has wind greater than 39mph, why isn’t it a Tropical Storm?
Despite how easy it looks, making a hurricane is actually pretty difficult to do. There are dozens of African Easterly Waves (we usually just call these “Tropical Waves”) that traverse the Atlantic Ocean every season,…
On March 30th, 2021, there was a unique atmospheric setup across parts of south Mississippi. This type of severe weather event doesn’t come along often, but when it does, it makes a very tricky situation…
Read more of NWS Meteorologist recaps warning decision process on tornado near Sanford, MS
During the cold weather, I received a handful of emails and messages with some great pictures of a unique weather phenomenon: Needle Ice. Often times, when the air is below freezing, the ground is wet…
Recently across many parts of the country there have been multiple reports of people seeing “waves in the sky” during the afternoon. I’ve even posted a few pics on my facebook page and Twitter account,…
In my never-ending quest to learn everything I can about South Mississippi weather, I wanted to see if March was in fact “hail season” as I’ve dubbed it, or if it just felt like a…
Read more of What started with “Hail Season” ended with disproving another ‘Old Wives Tale’ – sorry!
Year-after-year we are reminded why Flood Insurance is so important. Whether it is the Flash Flooding events of 2018 in Petal or the multi-day rainfall event of 2016 in Marion and Lamar counties – flooding…
There are a few types of atmospheric ducting that a lot of you are probably aware of – some without thinking about it! A lot of us have listened to a radio station from far…
