Twin States Weather Blog

Desperate Need For Rain:

* Wrapping up the weekend the numbers still do not look good for our area on the rain situation. As of Sunday morning we now sit at -5.02" of rain for the month of March and for the year we now sit at -10.53" of rain.

* Burn bans are in place for the city of Meridian and the town of Marion here in Lauderdale county. There are also burn bans in the following counties in Eastern Mississippi and West/Southwest Alabama:

(Source: Mississippi Forestry Commission)
Clarke County until April 19, 2007
Lauderdale County until April 3, 2007
Jones County until April 20,2007
Newton County until April 23, 2007
Wayne County until April 9, 2007

(Source: Alabama Forestry Commission)
Choctaw County until further notice
Clarke County until further notice

* Warm weather stays with us this week with daytime highs in the 80s and lows into the 50s

* Models are still hinting at the chance for showers and possibly an isolated thunderstorm on Tuesday across the area.

* Long range models bounce back and forth on rain chances in the extended periods (based on the 12Z and 18Z GFS Runs). Models bring a decent line thunderstorms across Mississippi and into West Alabama on Friday night and into Saturday. These models also hint at a chance of rain again around April 5th and 7th. The 18Z GFS caught my attention on April 8th (Easter Sunday). If this model holds we could see a decent setup for severe weather in our area with a strong trough digging across the central part of the country. Of course that is two weeks away and this pattern will probably change as we go through time.

* Ashley will have more on your forecast tonight on the Sunday edition of Newscenter 11 at 10:00 and I am back with you Monday morning and evening on Good Morning Meridian, Live at 5:00, 6:00 & 10:00.

* Have a good week!

Labels: Forecast Discussion

posted by Chris Whited @ 3:23 PM