Twin States Weather Blog

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* A band of rain with some embedded thunder will work its way across Mississippi and in West Alabama this morning. No severe weather is expect with this rain mass but we could see up to 0.25" of rain in some spots... not enough to help the drought but every little drop helps.

* Beyond today it looks to be a nice week with sunshine dominating the forecast through early weekend. Highs will head back into the upper 70s and lower 80s later this week. Weekend plans look to be in shape with partly cloudy skies and low 80s for the area.

* Hope everyone enjoyed meeting Trent last night on the newscasts. Trent is the hometown guy from the Meridian area and is the new head of the weather team. Our work schedules are going to be a bit off for a while. Trent will be here on Tuesday - Friday nights and I am covering the morning shifts and the Monday night shows until we get everything settled. So for those of you wondering I am still here... I am still WTOK's morning meteorologist until the end of January. When that time comes, no telling where I will be!

* More news in the morning: Starting next week Andrea and I are going to be with you even earlier in the morning. Starting Monday, we launch Good Morning Meridian: Early Edition at 5:30 AM. This means East Mississippi and West Alabama will now have 90 minutes of news, weather and sports to start your day. Our new 5:30 show is going to focus more on local and national news and of course weather while our normal 6:00 - 7:00 AM time shot will stay the same format your use to on GMM. So I guess this means I have to get to bed a bit earlier now... not to mention make sure those contacts aren't dried out at 5:30 so I am not blinking so bad...lol!

* See you on Good Morning Meridian and catch Trent tonight on Newscenter 11...