Cold enough for ya? Many spots are waking up with temperatures in the teens and 20s and a fresh coating of freezing rain and sleet. With the wind howling overnight, most of the main roads…
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Wx Info: Slow-freezing water can make geometric patterns
So, this is cool – literally and figuratively! This is the surface of a Birdbath, frozen over, with geometric shapes frozen into the surface. I was asked, “what is happening here?” And that is a…
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2/15/21 9AM South Mississippi glazing update
Things continue to ramp up this morning. Rain is falling across most of the area, it is mixed with sleet across some of the western counties, and to the north (but still south of I-20,…
Monday’s Icy potential: Be prepared to be stuck somewhere
You may – or may not – have read the updated forecast over on wdam.com, but here is a more technical and detailed look at the potentials and model guidance. Confidence continues ot increase that…
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Model guidance showing nearly worst-case scenario – and they may be right
Confidence is mounting – as is concern – that a dangerous icing event is about to roll through South Mississippi. The model guidance – as well as the NWS – continues to show a potential…
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Detailed Forecast: South Mississippi wintry precip possible
I took a few minutes and put this detailed forecast together Friday night before I went home for the weekend. I went through some of this stuff during the 10p news, but not all of…
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Gulf Coast wintry precip mess: Finally some answers
Keyword: Some. Looking through a lot of the (more reliable) data this morning, and chatting with a few of my super-smart meteorological colleagues, has started to clarify a lot of what may – or may…
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The colder Gulf Coast (LaMsAl) forecast update
I’m finally getting to a point where I feel comfortable sticking a flag in the sand and make some sort of declaration about the weather for the upcoming weekend and into next week. That said,…
Remember that “Huge Arctic Blast” I kept saying, “Let’s wait and see” about?
Well, we are getting a better look at it, and once again a conservative approach to forecasting seems to be winning. There is a reason I don’t go ‘full boar’ with these cold weather outbreaks…
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Another chance for flurries for southern Mississippi? Already? Sort of.
I wouldn’t bet the farm, but there is some evidence within the model guidance that suggests another round of some flurries and sleet may be possible on Wednesday morning. Much like this last time, accumulations…
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