WEATHER UPDATE

UNSEASONABLY WARM CONDITIONS ALONG WITH MAINLY DRY WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF TODAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 60S TO MIDDLE 70S.

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING FOR AREAS MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  INCREASING INSTABILITY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI SHOULD SET THE STAGE FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE EVENING HOURS.  SHOWERS AND STORMS SHOULD END LATER TONIGHT WITH DRY AND COOLER WEATHER FILTERING INTO THE REGION.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE MID-SOUTH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK WITH A RETURN TO DRY WEATHER AND COOLER TEMPERATURES.  HIGHS WILL REMAIN IN THE 50S WITH LOWS IN THE 30S.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY NEST WEEKEND WITH ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR RAINFALL AND CONTINUED COOL TEMPERATURES.

Gary Pickens-StormTeam 7 Forecaster

email: gpickens@wbbjtv.com