Comparing next Tuesday (2/2/16) to Super Tuesday? Not so fast, partner

I’ve been approached by a handful of people curious about the forecast next week for the southeast. They ask if I’ve heard that next week looks like the Super Tuesday Outbreak back in 2008. And…

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WX Info: Explaining CIPS Analogs

Looking at the latest model data this morning, I wanted to take some time to give a heads up to everyone about the latest details with the forecast, as well as give you a better…

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12/23/15 South Mississippi severe weather forecast

Good morning, everyone. Here is a nerdy, followed by a not-so-nerdy, look at today’s severe weather threat. Showers and storms moving through the area this morning are mostly rain and wind with some thunder and…

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Severe Weather Breakdown for Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama for December 21, 2015

This is a breakdown for the severe weather threat along the Gulf Coast. The Storm Prediction Center (as of this writing) has issued a “Slight” risk for severe weather for that area on Wednesday. As…

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WX Info: The Great Burp of 2015

If you caught my weathercast earlier this week, you may have heard me taking about the ‘burp’ or pocket of warm air that was going to be headed this way. Well today, that burp is…

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Past Pine Belt El Ninos

I decided to find out what we could expect this fall, winter and next spring from El Nino. Not to forecast, but rather, to get an idea of past events s, as a forecaster, I…

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Climate Fun: Five years of Hattiesburg Augusts

During some down time I decided to take a look back at the last five years of climate data. Generally, this isn’t a big enough sample size to do any real number crunching or analysis,…

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Flash flooding threat accompanies Tornado Watch for Mississippi, Louisiana

Louisiana and southern Mississippi are also dealing with the threat for flash flooding this evening. From the WPC: Summary…A squall line is moving into an area recently saturated by rainfall last night. Despite its forward…

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Gulf Coast faces storms, then possibility of wintry weather

Due to the lack of cooling through the column and a very high (about 15,000 feet) dendritic growth zone, snow still doesn’t look likely across the Gulf Coast. But the latest model data is coming…

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