Twin States Weather Blog

RAIN LIKELY WEDNESDAY!

During the day Wednesday, a cold front will be moving through East Mississippi and West Alabama which brings good and bad news. I like being positive so let's start with the good news. This cold front will be bringing decent rain chances to the area; furthermore, I am forecasting at least 60% coverage. So with 60% coverage, some folks may see little or no rain but we will take what we get. A few storms may briefly become strong to severe; however, those should be isolated. A few storms may also produce locally heavy rainfall; however, this event will not be a drought buster, and rain does not return to the forecast again until the middle to end of next week. Now for the bad news; if we do not get at least some decent rain amounts across the area Thursday will pose a fairly high fire threat. On Thursday, humidity across the area will be considerably lower behind the cold front; furthermore, combine that with very breezy northerly winds at 10-20 miles per hour and you have got a high fire danger. Now Meridian is under a burn ban so of course you can't burn inside the city; however, you need to exercise extreme caution even if your area is not under any kind of ban. My advice for the next few days, just stay away from outside burning.

Also of note, East Mississippi and West Alabama are now experiencing an extreme drought which is one category worse than the severe drought we were experiencing. I will have more on this in tomorrow's blog.

God Bless

Labels: Forecast Discussion

posted by Trent Hughes @ 5:20 PM