Ridge eases west, tropics have new area of interest: Southern MS/AL/LA Forecast – 6/23/22

Not much new to report from the heat. Still hot. Still humid.

But there is some relief in sight. It looks like the big ridge of high pressure that has been plopped over the region will finally ‘exit, stage east’ and reduce the amount of sinking air in the area. That won’t happen until early next week, but once it does, two things will happen: It will (1) reduce temps and (2) allow for more afternoon storms.

500mb map // Courtesy: Pivotal Weather

What this will also do is open the door for anything in the Tropics to have an open door to the northern Gulf. The nice thing about those big ridges of higher pressure is that it keeps anything in the Tropics out to sea.

And while that ridge is shifting east, the National Hurricane Center is now monitoring a wave off the coast of Africa.

5-day forecast // Courtesy: nhc.noaa.gov

Keep in mind, if anything is out there today, it is still – at least! – 10 days away from being near the NW Caribbean or Gulf. So there is plenty of tie to monitor things.

On top of that, the Caribbean this time of year is a rather hostile place for tropical waves to trying and hold their form.



Zone Specific Forecast

The Interns did another great job putting together forecasts for everyone. Read about your area t the link below, or read them all!

Team Green (southwest Mississippi counties) on the left
Team Orange (southeast Mississippi counties and southwest Alabama counties) in the middle
Team Blue (southeast Louisiana parishes and coastal Mississippi / Alabama) on the right

Southwest MS Forecast
Southeast MS / Southwest AL Forecast
Southeast Louisiana / Coastal MS & AL Forecast


Day to Day Forecast

No general day to day forecast today! But a specific day to day forecast for your area is available from the interns at the links above!



Author of the article:


Nick Lilja

Nick is former television meteorologist with stints in Amarillo and Hattiesburg. During his time in Hattiesburg, he was also an adjunct professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is a graduate of both Oregon State and Syracuse University that now calls Houston home. Now that he is retired from TV, he maintains this blog in his spare time.

One thought on “Ridge eases west, tropics have new area of interest: Southern MS/AL/LA Forecast – 6/23/22

  1. The way your map looks, the high moves west, not east, or am I missing something?

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