Twin States Weather Blog

Drought News!

Most of East Mississippi and West Alabama remain in a severe drought, and there are parts of North Alabama currently in an extreme drought. The map above which was released by the Climate Prediction Center on April 19th, indicates that we should see some improvement from the drought conditions across Mississippi and Alabama from now through July. The green shaded areas which includes the Twin States means that we should at least see improvement by one category. However, that would still leave us in a moderate drought. The rain we received Wednesday night into Thursday morning did help a little, but we still need more. Out of that rain event, Key Field received 2.11" of rain and NAS Meridian had 1.29" of rain. So here's how we are looking in Meridian. For the month of April, we have received 3.28" of rain which leaves us 1.66" behind the normal. For the year, 9.56" of rain has fallen so we are 13.58" short of the average.

Looking down the road, rain chances are fairly bleak. There is a 20% chance of showers on Saturday, but most of that activity should be confined to North Mississippi. By next Thursday, another slight 20% chance of rain is in the forecast, but the 18Z run of the GFS is painting a little more rain coverage than that for next Thursday so we'll see.

The forecast for Relay for Life Friday night at Ray Stadium is looking great. I'm expecting mostly clear skies, but clouds will be increasing by early Saturday morning. Lows will be dipping down into the upper 40s so you may need a light jacket if you get cold easily.

God Bless

Labels: Forecast Discussion

posted by Trent Hughes @ 8:49 PM