06/22/25 Tropical Outlook – Odds of Development Increase in the Pacific

An area of showers and thunderstorms are firing up off the coast of Costa Rica. With converging winds, very low wind shear, warm ocean waters, and a semi-moist layer aloft, the odds are looking pretty…

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High pressure brings hot temperatures this week: Southern MS/AL/LA Local Weather Forecast – 6/22/25

This week, we are looking at very hot temperatures while we are under a ridge of high pressure. Conditions will be generally clear, asides from the typical afternoon thunderstorms. Heat advisories are in place for…

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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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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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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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06/17/25 Local Forecast – Rainy Today; Unsettled and Hot For Juneteenth

Temperatures today will be seasonably cool, with many areas struggling to hit 90 degrees. A moderate trough to our northwest, attached to a low pressure, is advecting moisture from the Gulf, increasing the probability of…

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Afternoon thunderstorms and 80 degree dew points!?: Southern MS/AL/LA Local Weather Forecast – 6/15/25

We are once again looking at another week of morning showers followed by scattered thunderstorms in the afternoons. Severe storms are not expected, but tropical rain showers with frequent thunder, dew points pushing 80 degrees,…

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6/15/25 Tropical Outlook: Tropical Storm Dalila impacting Mexico; potential for Erick just behind it

Tropical Storm Dalila is punching the western Mexican coast with heavy rain and tropical storm force winds. Invest 94E is meandering just behind it, and has the potential to make a landfall as either tropical…

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