We’re gearing up for a very hot weekend in South Mississippi! Temperatures are going to reach the mid and upper 90s for the next few days and the heat index will be well into the 100s. Let’s take a look at what we have in store for the next few days.
For today, we’ll see few clouds in the sky with temperatures reaching the mid 90s. Dewpoints will be in the mid 60s and will keep the heat index from reaching the low 100s, but it will still be hot outside. Today will be your best pool day as the heat won’t be overwhelming like the next few days. Overnight, the dewpoint will creep up a bit and keep us at the low 70s with only a few clouds.
Moving into Sunday, the upper level ridge will move slightly westward giving us a mix of southerly and westerly flow during the day. Humidity will increase a bit and the heat index will rise into the low 100s during the day. Our first chance of some isolated thunderstorms will be possible into the mid and late afternoon. Temperatures will only drop into the mid 70s into Monday morning.
Monday is when we’ll get a slightly more organized system of rain and thunderstorms to develop over us. The ridge I mentioned earlier will begin to weaken, allowing for some thunderstorm development in the afternoon. A stalling low pressure system over the midwest to northeastern US will slowly move south bringing a chance of scattered thunderstorms from Monday into the rest of the week. Temperatures will reach the upper 90s with heat indices reaching into the mid 100s and dropping to the mid 70s into Tuesday.
I’ll do a quick look at Invest AL93. So far, this looks to have a pretty broad rotation, but looking at the models, it will begin to tighten a bit as it rides up the coastline of Mexico. From there, it looks to dissipate and bring some rain to many areas of northern Mexico by the mid-week.
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Regional Day-to-Day Forecast
Today – Sunny, with a high in the mid 90s. Calm wind.
Tonight – Mostly clear, with a low in the low 70s. Calm wind.
Sunday – A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Sunny and hot, with a high in the upper 90s. Heat index values as high as 103. Calm wind.
Sunday Night – Mostly clear, with a low in the mid 70s. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 5 mph.
Monday – A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Sunny and hot, with a high in the upper 90s. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.
Monday Night – A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms until midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. Calm wind.
Tuesday – A chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Sunny, with a high in the mid 90s. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.
Tuesday Night – A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low in the mid 70s. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 5 mph.
Wednesday – Scattered showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. Mostly sunny, with a high in the mid 90s. West wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night – A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low in the low to mid 70s.
Thursday – Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high in the low 90s.
Thursday Night – A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low in the low 70s.
Friday – A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high in the mid 90s.
