Looking toward Monday, the threat for severe weather returns to Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. The Storm Prediction Center has issued an Enhanced Risk for severe weather – suggesting a 3 out of 5 on their five-tier severe weather scale. Generally, the timing puts storms in here starting as early as 11am, sticking around through 8pm. But that is likely going… Read more →
Twenty-plus inches of rain. Louisana may have a lot of swamps and wetlands, but even that state can’t handle this kind of rain. And as neighbors in central and southern Louisiana look to each other for help during a massive flood, Alabama and Florida coast folks are glad they only got 5″ to 10″ of rain. Meanwhile in Mississippi, most… Read more →
UPDATE 3/30/16 9:30AM: For the latest numbers / forecast for south Mississippi, click here ORIGINAL POST: The Storm Prediction Center has put Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama under either a Slight Risk or Marginal Risk for severe weather both Wednesday and Thursday. While I don’t have time to get into the nerdy details here, if you are looking for that, head… Read more →
As an area of low pressure strengthens coming out of the Rockies and slides northeast from Colorado to Wisconsin, it will swing a cold front across the Southern Plains, Mid-South and Gulf Coast Wednesday and Thursday. Along the front, showers and storms may develop from as far south as Austin, Texas back north toward Omaha, Nebraska. And as far east… Read more →
From the SPC… …SUMMARY… SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES…DAMAGING WINDS…AND ISOLATED LARGE HAIL WILL BE LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE GULF COAST STATES THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. …SYNOPSIS… AN INTENSE SHORTWAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED MID-UPPER JET STREAK WILL PROGRESS EWD OVER THE GULF COAST STATES THROUGH TONIGHT. STRONG ASCENT IN THE LEFT EXIT REGION… Read more →
