Twin States Weather Blog

Rain Returns This Weekend:

* The drought numbers still not looking good for our area as we are now creeping upwards toward 12 inches below normal for the year and as you can see March is usually a wet month for the Twin States but not this time around...

* We didn't make it into the the upper 80s today as first thought only having hit 85 for the afternoon high... so model guidance was a little warmer than thought so I am going to back the temperatures back a few degrees for tomorrow. Daytime highs will remain into the 80s through at least next week with overnight lows into the 50s. A cold front will move into Mississippi and Alabama the middle part of next week bringing cooler weather in time for Easter.

* Rain chances are starting to look a lot better with ever model run for the first of April. We'll see a good chance of rain and thunderstorms Saturday night and Sunday across the Twin States as a strong system drops into the the Southern Plains and tracks eastward towards the Southeast over the area this weekend. We could see a stray severe storm this weekend but I don't expect an overall severe weather threat.

* Down the road April looks be a wet month with a zonal pattern setting up over the Southeast with rain chances being painted on the long range models (per the 12Z GFS) on April 4th, and roughly from the 9th - 14th. It also looks like a cooler pattern takes shape during April too with the indications parts of the Southeast will see some mornings with frost possible at times.

* Again, here are the burn bans in our area:

(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
Noxubee County until further notice.

(Source: Alabama Forestry Commission)
Choctaw County until further notice
Clarke County until further notice
Sumter County until further notice
Marengo County until further notice
Hale County until further notice
Pickens County until further notice

* The city of Meridian is also under a burn ban as well.

* See you at 5:00, 6:00, and 10:00 and back Friday on Good Morning Meridian. Ashley McDonald will handle the Friday night shift. I'd like to welcome Rob Hart to our weather team. He will be replacing Ashley who is heading to Montgomery for her new job. Ashley will still be around helping us out now and then during the week.

Labels: Forecast Discussion

posted by Chris Whited @ 4:27 PM