During the cold weather, I received a handful of emails and messages with some great pictures of a unique weather phenomenon: Needle Ice. Often times, when the air is below freezing, the ground is wet…
Category: Education
Wx Info: Explaining Gravity Waves
Recently across many parts of the country there have been multiple reports of people seeing “waves in the sky” during the afternoon. I’ve even posted a few pics on my facebook page and Twitter account,…
What started with “Hail Season” ended with disproving another ‘Old Wives Tale’ – sorry!
In my never-ending quest to learn everything I can about South Mississippi weather, I wanted to see if March was in fact “hail season” as I’ve dubbed it, or if it just felt like a…
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Wx Safety: Getting Flood Insurance
Year-after-year we are reminded why Flood Insurance is so important. Whether it is the Flash Flooding events of 2018 in Petal or the multi-day rainfall event of 2016 in Marion and Lamar counties – flooding…
WX Info: What is atmospheric ducting?
There are a few types of atmospheric ducting that a lot of you are probably aware of – some without thinking about it! A lot of us have listened to a radio station from far…
Wednesday’s storms in South Mississippi were a once-in-a-lifetime event
There are plenty of once-in-a-lifetime weather events for people living in south Mississippi. Usually it is things like tornadoes and hurricanes, though. In recent years, the December 8th, 2017 snowfall could be put on the…
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Thunder in February, (insert assertain here) in April
So, after I’ve disproven the “Thunder in February, frost in April” aphorism, I’ve seen people trying to suggest that instead it is actually supposed to be “thunder in February, cold front in April” or “thunder…
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Wx Info: Math suggests no two snowflakes will ever be alike – like, ever
the old adage, “No two snowflakes are alike” has been used in many different situations throughout history and across literature. It can be a way to communicate the uniqueness of a ‘thing’ or a reminder…
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Wx Info: Thundersleet?! What is Thundersleet??
Thundersleet has rumbled across South Mississippi recently, so I thought I would take some time to breakdown just how Thundersleet, and Thundersnow, too, are a thing! But first, we have to go back to school!…
Tips for driving during Freezing Rain
Since there is a potential for freezing rain and sleet across the area, I wanted to walk everyone through some tips for driving during these icy conditions. Tip #1 via GIPHY Truly, that is the…
