South Mississippi forecast 6/7/21: Wet pattern ending, tropics getting more active

That was a lot of water. Rainfall totals yesterday topped out between 3″ and 6″ with the heaviest totals in Perry and Jones counties as well as Marion, Jeff Davis and Covington counties. The good…

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Welcome to Hurricane Season: Previewing the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season

This post has been a few weeks in the making. Maybe even a month or two, really. But the 2021 Atlantic Hurricane season is here, and well, aren’t we all just… wishing it wasn’t? It…

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South Mississippi forecast 6/1/21: Welcome to Hurricane Season

Welcome to Hurricane Season. Coincidentally, this year, it is also the start to out ‘there is a chance for rain every afternoon’ season, too. It looks like, as anticipated, one ridge of high pressure has…

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NOAA predicts another active hurricane season

The Climate Prediction Center released their seasonal prediction today, and to noone’s suprise it included an above-average forecast. The official prediction is: Above-normal Atlantic hurricane season. The CPC calls for 13 to 20 named storms…

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South Mississippi Forecast 5/20/21: Drying out & heating up – Plus the first named storm in the Atlantic is “likely” to develop

Things are starting to dry out a bit as we head through the next few days.. And that may be a welcomed change for some folks. The official rain gauge on the year is sitting…

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Attempting to develop new Tropical ‘Threats’ Scale

I’m no Herbert Saffir or Robert Simpson, but I do like thinking outside the box and challenging myself with trying to find order in chaos. Truly, I think that is why I love meteorology so…

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