A Break In The Rain Until Saturday

We finally saw some movement with the stalled out frontal boundary as the front moved off to the southeast and out of the area today. After 3 days of on and off rain, we are now in the cooler and drier weather pattern. North winds and cloudy skies will be with us tonight but clouds will break away in the morning leading to a pretty day ahead Friday. Over the last couple of days and with the front stalled over us, we picked up some hefty rainfall totals.

We had totals between 1″ all the way up to close to 7″ indicated on radar estimates. Here at the station in Jackson, We picked up 2.82″ of rain.

Ahead, We’ll be under the influence of cooler temperatures and a northerly flow of winds. This will give us a short lived break in the rainfall before our next system heads our way.

We are watching our next rain maker that will move into the area on Saturday morning bringing showers and storms through the day. Showers and a few weak storms will last into Saturday night and through the evening of Sunday.

In the Meantime, After a cloud night, We’ll start to see clouds clearing out by mid to late Friday morning. By the time we get to Friday afternoon, Skies should be mostly sunny at times for a pleasant and mild day.

Highs will be around 70 on Friday afternoon with light north breezes around 5 to 10 mph. Rain will start to push back into the area by Saturday morning so clouds will be increasing again by late Friday night.

Rain and a few weak storms will be likely by late Saturday morning and into the afternoon and evening Saturday. Rain will be off and on through Saturday night and into Sunday as well. Rain will will move out of the area Sunday night and Veterans Day is looking mostly sunny and dry in the lower 70s for a nice day.

We are watching the latest with Hurricane Rafael. Rafael is a category 2 this evening with winds sustained at 105 mph and moving the west northwest at 9 mph. While the system will bring wave action all along the Gulf Coast, It is expected to stay out in the Gulf and eventually turn southwest towards Mexico.

Stay with us as we head into the weekend. We’ll have updates on the next weather system expected to make for a couple of wet days and we’ll have updates on Hurricane Rafael.

Brian Davis
Storm Team 7 Meteorologist
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