After digesting all of the data from the overnight and early morning models, and sneaking a peek at the unfinished data from the midday models, this is what the forecast looks like as of Wednesday,…
Category: Southeast Weather
12/6/17 Overnight update – Gulf Coast chill offers mainly cold drizzle, perhaps wintry precip
Well, well, well, Winter. We meet again! The first time I had to deal with winter weather in Mississippi was February of 2015 behind a bout of severe weather. The last time? January 4, 2016…
Mississippi may be in for soggy Friday night football
A cold front is set to move through the ArkLaMiss Friday afternoon, setting the stage for a muddy Football Friday. There is the chance for thunderstorms, which would (and should) put some of the games…
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Hurricane Nate gaining strength, track leaning east
The 10pm update was release by the National Hurricane Center showed “Tropical Storm Nate” with wind at 70mph. Twenty-five minutes later… It isn’t surprising though based on satellite trends, between 8pm and 10pm the area…
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Tropical Depression 16 to drift north toward Gulf, likely becoming Nate – Your Questions Answered
The 2017 Hurricane Season isn’t done yet. To quote Jay-Z it “is back before we had a chance to miss [it],” though I don’t know if any of us would “miss” hurricane season. Anyway! Newly…
Gulf Coast Weekly Forecast Outlook (9/25/17)
Current Conditions Currently acros the sotuheast temperatures are in the 60s and 70s from eastern Texas all the way to the Florida panhandle. with mostly clear conditions across a majority of the southeast – except…
Revisiting the 1895 Gulf Coast Blizzard with Matt Lanza
Matt Lanza, a meteorologist for an energy company in Houston, spent some time earlier this year researching the 1895 Gulf Coast Blizzard. It was a widespread winter weather outbreak across the Gulf Coast region around…
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Rick Smith helps those with Severe Weather Anxiety
Rick Smith, the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the Norman, Oklahoma National Weather Service office is doing great things to help those that are struggling with Severe Weather Anxiety. In the clinical world, sometimes this is…
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Research shows connection between Gulf temps and severe weather
Matt Haworth, meteorologist for StormGeo, presented research connecting Gulf of Mexico sea surface temperatures to severe weather potential along the Gulf Coast. “Basically I expanded on a study done by Roger Edwards and Steven Weiss…
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Catching up with the Jackson NWS at NWAS17
I had the opportunity to meet with the Jackson Mississippi National Weather Service at the National Weather Association 2017 Annual Conference. They were here presenting local research on severe weather. Here is a quick couple…
