Latest from the Storm Prediction Center: January 2nd, 2017 as of 2am

Most of the southern sections of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama are under an Enhanced Risk for severe weather, including a 5% Tornado risk. Here is the latest from the SPC: Low-level moistening is already underway…

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Overnight Model Data: Latest on severe weather threat for Jan 2 in South

NEW DATA IS BEING DISCUSSED! FOR THE LATEST UPDATE HEAD HERE: http://nickelblock.com/?tag=severe-weather Okay, the overnight data is in and here is what we know, don’t know, think we know, and want to know…. WHAT WE…

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New Year starts with severe weather in South

Looking toward Monday, the threat for severe weather returns to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The Storm Prediction Center has issued an Enhanced Risk for severe weather – suggesting a 3 out of 5 on their…

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Forecast models update for south Mississippi

Good evening, everyone! Here is a quick update from the HRRR model and a quick discussion abotu what to expect. EDIT: I’m writing this while in the car as a passenger, so if Im a…

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Pine Belt Severe Weather Discussion for November 28-29

Severe Weather looks likely for some folks in the Pine Belt as a line of showers and storms roll through the area late Monday and into Tuesday morning. Threats Heavy rain (but not a lot,…

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Hurricane Matthew: Latest from the National Hurricane Center

Here are some snippets from the 11AM advisory from the National Hurricane Center: At 1100 AM EDT (1500 UTC), the eye of Hurricane Matthew was located in the Gulf of Gonave near latitude 18.9 North,…

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Hurricane Matthew continues as Cat 4 storm

The latest on Hurricane Matthew as of this posting is in from the National Hurricane Center. This is still a very powerful Category Four storm with winds at 145mph and a central pressure of 934mb.…

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Hurricane Matthew now Category 3 storm

As we wrote the other day, hurricane intensity is a tough thing to forecast. Even with localized wind shear around Matthew and only warm – but not extreemely warm – water under it, the storm…

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Invest 99-L draws interest, concern

Meteorologist are combing through the newest forecast data every six hours, while the latest cluster of storms plowing across the Atlantic Ocean continues to try to organize. Right now, the National Hurricane Center gives Invest…

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The rain that missed The Pine Belt

Twenty-plus inches of rain. Louisana may have a lot of swamps and wetlands, but even that state can’t handle this kind of rain. And as neighbors in central and southern Louisiana look to each other…

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