Watch the skies around lunchtime : Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 8/5/26

Just because we’re lacking synoptic forcing, like a cold front or low-pressure system, doesn’t mean storms are completely out of the picture. Looking at the 500 mb map below, high pressure is found both to…

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08/05/26 Tropical Forecast: High Shear and Saharan Dust Halts Tropical Development

August is usually the first month that hurricane forecasters consider to be the peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. This year couldn’t be more of the opposite. According to the NHC, no tropical invests are…

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The Tropics Are Quiet. For Now… 8/4/26 Tropical Forecast

The National Hurricane Center does not anticipate any tropical development in the next 7 days, yay! Now you may be thinking, “It’s already August and we’ve only had one tropical storm… is that normal?” Well,…

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Gulf Coast Regional Forecast 08/04/26: Low Humidity Sticks Around for Another Couple of Days

Good afternoon! As of now, we are enjoying our third day in a row of delightfully low humidity. As a result, there are no storms in the main part of our forecast region. Most storms…

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Storms and Heavy Rain Target the Midwest This Week: National CONUS Weather Forecast – 8/3/26

Hey everyone! Let’s get into the national outlook for this week! Today’s Overall Setup Looking at the overall setup today, there is a slow-moving cold front draped over the central Plains into the Upper Midwest,…

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Early August Regional Forecast- 8/3/26

Looking at our regional outlook today, we see a mostly clear but warm Southern MS/AL/LA. Some stronger storms are impacting Florida and Georgia, with very isolated, short-lived showers traveling across Northern Alabama. The lack of…

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A Break from the Heat, but only for So Long – Week Ahead Forecast for South MS/LA/AL 8/3/26

We had a surprisingly cooler day yesterday and I was all for it! Upper clouds helped keep the sun away and lower dewpoints helped with the lower temperature. While we do have a couple more…

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08/02/26 Southern MS/LA/AL Local Weather Forecast: Invading Low Pressure Brings Slight Temperature Drop

Good afternoon! As I’m writing this at 3:30p CDT, temperatures are actually pretty comfortable, in the mid-upper 80s for most places, decently below average for this time of year. Heat indices are a bit higher,…

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