06/21/25 MS/AL/LA Local Forecast – High heat is on the way, and so is high pressure

This weekend’s weather is off to a good start, with a nice ridge coming in with a high pressure area placed perfectly over our region, helping to diminish some of the soggy weather. High temperatures…

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06/21/25 Tropical Forecast – Another disturbance following Post-Tropical Cyclone Erick

Hurricane Erick has now run its course, but there is another disturbance brewing in the same spot where Erick and many of our other tropical disturbances from this hurricane season began to form. Currently, there…

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06/20/25 Local Forecast – Muggy Today; Eastern Ridge Decreases Rain Chance, Increases Temperatures

As the shortwave that brought us rain moves out, warm air will be advected behind it, and the high pressure to our south will rotate up humid Gulf air. Areas in the Mississippi River Delta…

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Solstice Heat Builds as Storms Linger: Gulf Coast Enters a Transitional Pattern-Weekly Outlook for South MS/AL/LA | 6/19/2025

The Gulf Coast remains in the grip of classic early summer dynamics, intense solar heating, deep tropical moisture, and weak steering currents. While the solstice marks the peak of daylight hours, the atmosphere is far…

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High pressure builds in: Southern MS/AL/LA Local Weather Forecast – 6/19/25

This weekend you can expect sunny skies with a mix of clouds for each day. Showers and thunderstorms are possible for the afternoons, but an overall dry pattern with a building ridge of high pressure…

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6/19/25 Tropical Outlook: Major Hurricane Erick to make landfall this morning in southwest Mexico

Hurricane Erick is expected to make an intense landfall in western Oaxaca or eastern Guerrero early this morning as a Major Hurricane. Life-threatening impacts are imminent with heavy rain causing mudslides, storm surge, and devastating…

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Emergency Update – Hurricane Erick to Impact Oaxaca and Guerrero as Major Hurricane

Hurricane Erick is currently undergoing rapid intensification. As recently as 5am this morning, this storm wasn’t even a hurricane yet. But it’s now Category 3, and may intensify further, before it landfalls tomorrow morning near…

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Heavy Rain Chances to Wane, Afternoon Thunderstorms Remain – Mid-Week Forecast for South MS/LA/AL 6/18/25

There’s been a steady stream of thunderstorms developing from the southwest. It’s almost been like a conveyor belt of storms across much of Louisiana and Mississippi. Outflow boundaries are pushing out from the cells which…

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06/18/25 MS/AL/LA Local Forecast – Summertime scattered showers continue

Our regular pattern of scattered showers and storms is here to stay, with rising air in the upper atmosphere and a cold front near the surface coming into our area causing the continued wet weather.…

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06/18/25 Tropical Forecast – Tropical Storm Erick is here; landfall on Mexico likely

As suspected, the tropical depression known as five-E has strengthened to a tropical storm and received a new name – Erick. This tropical storm is forecasted to make landfall on the southern coast of Mexico,…

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