Sunny, warm and dry with developing drought and fire weather concerns: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 10/6/22

The dry weather continues. As I noted last night (click here, in case you missed it!) there doesn’t look to be a “good” chance for rain for at least another three weeks. We will have…

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10/5/22 7PM Update: Dry weather continues – No ‘good’ chance for meaningful rain through October 25th says latest model guidance

It’s been pretty dry lately. During the last 30 days rainfall totals are sitting around 0.5″ to 2.5″ – about 1″ to 4″ behind where we should be this time of year. Folks up near…

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Dry and mild, with an eye on Invest91L in the tropics: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 10/5/22

Still looking dry around here. Not much has changed with the forecast, except that the NHC doubled back on the potential for development in the Gulf. After downgraded this to just a “low” chance for…

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Still dry with burn bans expanding, still watching the tropics: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 10/4/22

Things continue to look pretty dry around here. During the next two weeks, model guidance suggests between 10- and 50-percent of normal rainfall across the region. Normal rainfall for this time of year is about…

Read more of Still dry with burn bans expanding, still watching the tropics: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 10/4/22

Nice weather locally, with some burn bans, while watching tropics: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 10/2/22

Looking at the local forecast for the next week, and there isn’t much weather-wise to report. Plenty of sunshine and dry conditions. In fact, we are almost a little too dry. We actually have some…

Read more of Nice weather locally, with some burn bans, while watching tropics: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 10/2/22

Hurricane Ian, now Category 4, set to make landfall in Florida, creates Fire Weather problems for Southern MS/AL/LA: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 9/28/22

As Hurricane Ian moves toward the west coast of Florida, on the backside of the storm and nearer to a ridge of high pressure, all we have to worry about today is some gradient wind.…

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Hurricane Ian stays east, fire dangers locally: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast- 9/27/22

It still looks like Hurricane Ian is headed toward Florida, with no real, true threat to turn west and toward the central Gulf Coast. Instead, we end up on the west side of Ian with…

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Front passes, drier weather this week, Hurricane Ian still pointing east: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 9/26/22

With all eyes on now-Hurricane Ian, I know the general local forecast carries a bit of a lighter weight on people’s minds. The good news is that it is looking a bit more certain this…

Read more of Front passes, drier weather this week, Hurricane Ian still pointing east: Southern MS/AL/LA Weather Forecast – 9/26/22

Not as hot, but still dry as we watch newly-minted Tropical Depression Nine in the Caribbean

We had a little front/boundary move through last night. That will help to limit temperatures today to just the upper 80s to around 90 degrees. Much better that yesterday, which went down as the fourth-warmest…

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