InteractiveNWS Alert

New event. Severe Thunderstorm Warning from 05/05/09 02:27 PM CDT to 05/05/09 03:15 PM CDT for Greene County. http://bit.ly/luR9Z

InteractiveNWS Alert

Event cancelled. Severe Thunderstorm Warning from 05/05/09 02:39 PM CDT to 05/05/09 03:15 PM CDT for Greene County. http://bit.ly/JXs4x

InteractiveNWS Alert

New event. Severe Thunderstorm Warning from 05/05/09 02:27 PM CDT to 05/05/09 03:15 PM CDT for Greene County. http://bit.ly/tmCRz

Front Advances Through Pine Belt

After nearly a century of time spent to our northwest, the stalled boundary, now a "cold" front, is finally moving through the Pine Belt. Don't get too excited because the boundary will begin to transition into a warm front to tidy up for the next low pressure system. This can pop off some isolated showers tomorrow afternoon, but most folks probably won't see much in the way of showers. Wednesday is the next day where the boundary could easily fire off some storms in Central Mississippi, but the extent of how much it will impact the PIB is yet to be determined. For Wednesday some models show the majority of the rain North of Hattiesburg throughout central and northern MS. The moisture is strong enough to increase the probability of precip for Wednesday, but we'll fine tune the forecast a bit more going into the next few model runs. After Wednesday a couple of waves seem to try and stir up some showers into the end of the week, but the heat will be on with temps topping out near the 90 degree mark! -Tanner

Showers still in forecast

I'm tempted to completely throw out both of the most commonly used models for the rain forecast. The analysis must be off because they are both off on the starting placement of the current showers. So my decision is to still to go along with the idea most models are trying to draw up. This idea includes bringing the rain chances back into the forecast very late tonight and very early in the morning. The rain should be stirred up by the advancement of the front as the leftover energy from today will be scooped into another boundary. Tomorrow looks like mostly cloudy with highs mostly in the upper 70's. -tcade@wdam.com

Strong Line of Storms

[Sunday 10:25am] A strong line of storms is quickly pushing through Natchez, MS, right now, and expect the line to make it into Walthall/Lawrence county in the next 20 minutes. Then I expect the storms to sweep through the rest of the Pine Belt. I've already received reports of hail and damaging winds along this heavy line, but only severe thunderstorm warnings have been posted along the current makeup of the activity. Stay tuned for more... http://twitter.com/wdamtannercade

Sunday, not very quiet

A boundary has definitely claimed it's territory over North Central Mississippi today, but the system never made it's way south of Jackson. This was a good thing for many of us that were outside enjoying the weather at festivals and such. I'll expect things to change tomorrow as "cold" front will swing through our region. Most model consensus is showing an afternoon through late night event. Some rain can be left behind early Monday morning, but anything thunderstorms capable of being severe will probably be before the midnight hour. Yes, we are under a slight risk of severe weather for tomorrow, but it's a tough angle to completely determine the specific realms of any supercells breaking out across the pine belt on Sunday. Stay tuned to my twitter updates and our website for any information you need to know about breaking weather news. Have a good day! -tcade@wdam.com