This multi-layered South Mississippi forecast is why I’m balding

A complex forecast will unfold as we head through this weekend and into and through next week. This forecast will likely change and have to be massaged through the next 72 hours before things really…

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A DoubleShot on Ice: The truth about the late January cold for the South

Before you get bombarded with the cries of Snowmageddon, Arctic BLAST-O-RAMA, or the SOOPER DOOPER POLAR VORTEX OF COLDER-THAN-MARS TEMPERATURES, please allow me to clear up some confusion, calm the hype and give everyone the…

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Cold rain this time from the similar setup that gave South Mississippi snow

This cold and rainy pattern is not an uncommon one for South Mississippi in the late fall / early winter. Especially during a weak El Nino year. Wait, this is – GULP! – normal? And,…

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Revisiting the 1963 New Years’ Eve Southern Snowstorm

Throughout history, the south has naturally found itself without many white winters and it’s okay. As a normal routine, southerners have gotten comfortable with an occasional cold snap the break up the mild fall temperatures…

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Weather forecasts are getting better and worse – simultaneously

My life as a TV meteorologist was always interesting. The most interesting part was the viewer comments on facebook. Usually right before getting on the air, too. Ricky, as it turns out, was upset. Ricky…

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Remember that “Arctic Blast” people were posting about? Buckle up

Prepare to be disappointed, Winter Lovers. For south Mississippi, it is just as I expected: Not as cold as others suggested. Click-baiters strike again Usually, this is when I harp on those “Super Storm Chasers…

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Another “Arctic Blast!” headed to the southeast says social media-rologists

I know the social media interwebs (that series of tubes we all use daily) has been a’flutter with proclamations of another “ARCTIC BLAST!” While these reports are not, necessarily, false… I believe they may be…

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Afternoon Update: Snow possible for South Mississippi

New data now shows an increase in the chance for snow across South Mississippi, but the range of possible totals is slimming down a bit. Also, the new data suggests less of a chance that…

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