06/10/25 – Squall Line tries to get to New Orleans before dissipating; downbursts possible

Thanks to the trough and cold front to our north, another day of thunderstorms is possible. Models agree that a squall line (or to use a fancy meteorological term, a mesoscale convective system, or MCS…

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06/06/25 Local Forecast – Hot & Clear Today; Unsettled Weather Later

Meteorological summer is in full swing across the Southeast. Today promises to be a mostly sunny day was we’re under a nice ridge. But humidity combined with some scattered lifting does provide limited cloud cover.…

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Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi brace for severe weather outbreak

Their words, not mine. That said, severe weather is looking more and more likely at this point for portions of Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi. The change? Not much has changed in the model data –…

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Wx Info: What is a CAPE value?

Often times you hear meteorologists talk about instability when discussing the potential for severe weather. Usually, if severe weather is in the forecast the instability will either be “high” or “modest” when speaking generally. At…

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