Still hot, still humid, still breaking records: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 8/22/23

Apologies for no ‘official’ forecast yesterday, it was quite the busy day! But I’m back today with a brief look at the forecast: Hot. Real hot. <– I almost sound like Robin Williams in that scene from Good Morning Vietnam when he is giving the weather report

Jokes aside, the thermometer will cruise past 100 again today. Tomorrow it will, too, where we have a chance to set an all-time record high. And for what it is worth, I have only put a forecast down for a “record-level-anything” twice in my career. This would be the third.

It does look like things start to ease back into the 90s and around 100 – instead of between 100 and 11`0 – by Sunday.

We will also see a chance for a few showers and storms returning as we move through the weekend and into next week.



REGIONAL DAY-TO-DAY FORECAST

Today: Sunny, hot with highs around 102. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Heat index values up to 109.

Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds around 5 mph, becoming west after midnight. Heat index values up to 107 early in the evening.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny. Hot with highs around 106. North winds around 5 mph, becoming east in the afternoon. Heat index values up to 114.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. South winds around 5 mph. Heat index values up to 110 early in the evening.

Thursday: Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs 105 to 110. Chance of rain 20 percent. Heat index values up to 115.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 70s. Heat index values up to 110 early in the evening.

Friday: Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs 100 to 105. Chance of rain 20 percent. Heat index values up to 110.

Friday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index values up to 105 early in the evening.

Saturday: Sunny, hot with highs around 105. Heat index values up to 110.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s. Heat index values up to 105 early in the evening.

Sunday: Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs 100 to 105. Chance of rain 20 percent. Heat index values up to 110.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 70s.

Monday: Sunny. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Hot with highs around 100. Chance of rain 20 percent. Heat index values up to 105.



Author of the article:


Nick Lilja

Nick is former television meteorologist with stints in Amarillo and Hattiesburg. During his time in Hattiesburg, he was also an adjunct professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is a graduate of both Oregon State and Syracuse University that now calls Houston home. Now that he is retired from TV, he maintains this blog in his spare time.