A surface ridge extends over the northern Gulf, and a cold front stretches from north of Columbus to south of Greenville. Satellite imagery shows stratus clouds moving into the region, which may cause areas of…
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Rain today, more Thursday night with storms: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 1/27/25
A fast-moving shortwave trough is crossing the Gulf South this morning, interacting with the abundant Gulf moisture – you know what that means! Rain! Expect a soggy go of it this morning. Rain should be…
Continued cold mornings, while we warm back up: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 1/23/25
After the front moves through this morning, winds will shift back to the northwest, keeping daytime highs in the 40s. Some folks may peak around 50, but only where there is no snow on the…
1/19/25 9p Winter Precip County-by-County Forecast for Southern MS/AL/LA
We continue to see subtle shifts to the forecast. Notice how in the animations below the trend is for the center of the low to move south (first image on left) and the drier air…
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1/18/25 10p Wintry Weather Update: A regional breakdown of the timeline and impacts
Well! The last 24 hours has been quite the ride as the model guidance continues to funnel in. So far we have see a bit of a move south with the colder air, a bit…
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1/16/25 6p — A brief snowfall forecast update
Behold! THE ELBOW! The “Elbow” is the right-angle in the 500mb map over west Texas that often times produces a shot for wintry precip across the region. It is the setup we get down here…
Whoops! Let’s get this fixed…. A snow/ice/rain forecast for Friday
Whilst doing the forecast yesterday, I was pulled away halfway through. My “9-to-5” weather job needed me to produce some data quickly So I did. Then when I came back to our forecast I realized…
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Colder with precip on the way, snow unlikely, freezing rain possible: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 1/6/25
It’ll be a pretty chilly night tonight as overnight lows bottom out in the upper 20s across the area. Some folks may even squeeze down into the mid 20s in the low-lying areas. This is…
Answering “Why aren’t you talking about this, Nick?!” and other questions about the chance for snow
Depending on who you are and what your threshold for weather-related interruption is I know it can feel exciting – or scary – to hear about the chance for snow and colder temperatures. For what…
12/28/24 830a Severe Weather Update – Severe weather possible today, with some failure modes
I want to start off by saying: Today is not a slam dunk event. A lot of folks are posting about a severe weather outbreak, mega tornado outbreak, super extreme severe weather apocolypsemaggedon of doom.…