Winds of Change
* The Mississippi Forestry Commission reports that they continue to fight wildfires across central and southern Mississippi. The good news is that we expect winds to die down tonight and our relative humidity to rise. These two factors will decrease the chance of fires. Still, to be safe, try to avoid burning if at all possible.* Forecast is interesting, as always. I'm beginning to believe we could see a strong thunderstorm or two by tomorrow evening. The amount of lift is not very strong, but we will see a lot of sun. This will heat the lower levels of the atmosphere, which in turn will create more instability. This means that the air will rise more easily -- the basic process of thunderstorm development depends on rising air. The main threat will be hail, but we could see an isolated report of strong thunderstorm winds. We'll monitor that closely.
* Bummer for local SEC teams. MSU and Ole Miss were put out yesterday, and Alabama was sent packing by Florida today. Also, LSU was tripped up in OT by Kentucky. Kentucky and Florida will play for the SEC Championship tomorrow afternoon. I don't really have a horse in that race, but I'll watch just to see how it turns out. LSU, Alabama and MSU fans -- don't lose hope. This was only the appetizer, the BIG DANCE starts soon!
* The KINKADE report: Derek Kinkade is on vacation in New York City this weekend. Central Park saw one-half inch of snow yesterday, and temperatures there continue in the 30's. Lows tonight in New York are forecast to drop into the 20's. I hope Derek is enjoying the deep freeze as much as we are enjoying these 70's and 80's!
posted by WTOK Weather Staff @ 6:22 PM
2 Comments:
Some people will do anything for a little snow
hi Josh this is Scott i hear you may get a stong storm sunday thats just a sign of things to come looks like it may be a stormy spring
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