Clear & Cool
It’s been a crazy past week. ‘Sorry for the delay in forecasts. Have a great day!
Temperatures plummeted to the lower 20s all across the area this morning. We’ll be slow to warm up today, but by the afternoon we’ll see temperatures in the upper 40s. Overall, expect a quiet weather day: light winds, clear skies, and dry conditions!
Clouds will begin to filter into the region this afternoon and evening, and that will actually help our overnight temps to stay in the upper 20s instead of the low 20s. Okay, so still below freezing, but not as frigid as this morning!
We are currently tracking a system out to our west that may drop some rain on us tomorrow. As of now, though, it looks like the core of that system will slide south of us, so most of us will remain dry tomorrow – only a 20% chance of rain and snow showers for Friday.
Unlike today, we’ll see mostly cloudy skies tomorrow, but we’ll be slightly warmer with highs in the lower to mid 50s.
Your weekend looks to be dry, and we’ll get a break from Friday’s cloud cover. This will help us reach the mid 50s for Saturday and Sunday.
Rain chances don’t come back into the forecast until Monday and Tuesday. There is a chance of seeing some wintry precipitation out of next week’s system, too, so keep it here at WeatherWill.com for all of your weather updates!
Sun, Sun, Sun!
Below is my morning webcast from WCBI as well as the discussion. I also have a great picture sent in from Oxford of the snow event last week!
Sent in from Leah Whitt in the Grove at Ole Miss
We’ll continue to see frigid nights and cool days through Friday as our weather stays nice and quite for at least the next few days. In fact, the weather across the entire country is fairly tranquil with only a few spots expected to receive precipitation today–mainly the Northeast and Northern Rockies.
We’ll continue to see a warming trend and ample sunshine through Friday. Temperatures will climb nicely into the upper 40s today after seeing morning temperatures settle into the mid 20s.
Tonight will be fairly cold again with lows dipping into mid 20s under clear skies.
While the remainder of the week will stay relatively cool, we’ll see a gradual warm up through the weekend. Expect highs in the low 50s Thursday, then the upper 50s Friday.
Enjoy the weather over the next few days because we’ll see rain and clouds return this weekend. Saturday looks cloudy with some scattered showers around, but Sunday will probably be the wettest day. We could even see a few thunderstorms Sunday afternoon as our next weather system moves in.
Some rain will likely linger into Monday, and temperatures will drop a good bit too as some cold air moves in early next week.
Dry & Warmer For The Week!
Below is my video webcast from WCBI today. I’ll also post my discussion I wrote for www.wcbi.com as well as a picture sent in from Oxford of the snowfall yesterday.
Sent in by Amy Simmons at Ole Miss
The winter system that brought snowfall for North Mississippi Sunday night and yesterday is now well off to our east. Some dustings of snow could be found this morning left over from yesterday (mostly across our northern counties), but that will soon melt away as we will warm up to the mid 40s today.
It appears that any snow activity today won’t make it into our area, but we will see clouds build in allowing for partly cloudy skies. It won’t be as gusty as yesterday, with winds ranging from 5-15 mph.
Today through the rest of the work week we will get to experience dry and warming conditions.
We will reach the upper 40s tomorrow and have a great supply of sunshine that will also stick around for Thursday. We expect highs on Thursday to reach the lower 50s, and despite skies becoming partly cloudy Friday, temperatures will climb to the upper 50s. Haven’t seen that in a while, have we?
Rain chances creep back into the forecast Friday and Saturday, but it looks like the greatest chance for rain will be on Sunday. A thunderstorm or two is possible, so stay tuned to WCBI-TV and wcbi.com for all of your latest weather updates.
Have a great day and don’t forget to follow us on Twitter: @WCBIWEATHER
50s On The Way!
I recorded a webcast on campus today, but apparently YouTube doesn’t like the length of it and is having a hard time processing it. I also have two more great pictures to post from Oxford this morning. (For some reason they aren’t showing up on my phone anymore, so I am getting the sender to resend.) Stay tuned for both of those! Until then, here is a brief discussion on what to expect for the remainder of the week. And YOU are more than welcome to send in photos from your neck of the woods.
Sent in by Tara Morgan in Auburn, MS.
A large area of northern counties saw nice accumulations of snowfall last night. There were reports of it snowing as early has 10 P
M in Lafayette County. Most places (i.e. the Golden Triangle!) just saw rainfall out of this system. Come daybreak, icey porches and steps were the main concerns here in Starkville and surrounding area. And altho
ugh there was an inch or so of snow in Pontotoc and neighboring counties, roads remained clear. They were simply too wet from rainfall to allow any accumulation.
Cold air was in place for today as was high winds–gusts up to 25 mph. So the windchill factor kept things feeling like they were in the upper 20s and lower 30s. Northern counties got another round of snowfall this afternoon thanks to a trough that came though. And from this, we here in the Golden Triangle saw a few flurries.
It became cloudy as the day progressed, but we could see some clearing tonight. Temps will dip down to the mid 20s. I know that sounds cool, but I have some great news….
'System that came through last night producing snow accumulation for northern counties.
Daytime highs will be climbing throughout the week. Tomorrow I am expecting temperatures in the low to mid 40s (okay, nothing to brag about), Wednesday looks to be in the upper 40s, and Thursday, well, here it comes: temperatures will lurk in the lower to middle 50s! Not enough for you? Friday is going to be our “warm” day with temperatures hanging around the mid 50s. Okay, so it’s still not summer, but at least we get away from daytime highs in the 30s and 40s!!
The other good news is that we will be dry for the rest of the work week. We will also see some clearing. Clouds will be broken tomorrow–peaks of sun here and there–but Wednesday is shaping up to be quite nice with wall-to-wall sunshine.
Rain really doesn’t come back into play until Friday night into Saturday morning. There is also a chance for rain come Sunday. Cloud cover will come back into the picture towards the end of the week as well.
I hope to get my webcast uploaded soon, but if not within the next hour or so, I will be at WCBI tomorrow morning, so look for one about mid-morning!
So Close…Again
I took this outside of Hilbun on MSU's campus today.
Many disappointed snow fanatics could be found today. The Golden Triangle had to settle for less than one inch of snow today, while locations in our neighboring counties of Winston and Noxubee received 2-3 inches. The heavier snow did indeed stay to our south, as some towns south of I-20 saw accumulations upwards of 5 inches.
If you saw a radar anytime from late last night and into this morning, it did appear that snow was falling over the entire southern half of Mississippi. And, in fact, it was snowing aloft for areas along and north of Hwy 82. Why was it not reaching the ground, you ask? A nice dry slot of air made its way into our area, and this caused the snow to evaporate before reaching the surface.
Come about 9:30 this morning, though, light snow did begin to fall here in Starkville, while surrounding areas saw snowfall earlier than that. Temperatures mid-afternoon hung around the freezing mark and slowly warmed up to about 40 degrees for today’s max. As you probably noticed, this accounted for no snow accumulation on the roads today…merely a light coating on leaves, grass, and my sweatshirt.
Golden Triangle Airport is reporting clear skies right now (and I have confirmed that by looking at satellite imagery!). Skies will stay mostly clear overnight tonight and into the morning. This will allow us to cool down quite nicely tonight with temperatures making their way to the mid 20s.
Cloud cover won’t be a huge deal tomorrow, either, as we will get to experience partly cloudy skies. Contrasting from frigid morning lows, daytime highs tomorrow, Saturday, will find their way to the mid 40s. Clouds will build in tomorrow evening eventually becoming pretty thick and widespread. I am a bit timid to use the word “overcast” for early Sunday morning, as we l see some sunshine before noon.
But as a cold front moves in from our west, rain chances do increase in the PM hours come Sunday. (Yes, this means the second half of Valentine’s Day may be slightly wet.) Temperatures will again be in the mid 40s, so we will be dealing with a chilly drizzle/rain. Chances of rain linger through Monday morning, and since overnight temperatures will be be below freezing, there is a slight chance of snow flurries. No accumulation is expected.
We will see some nice cloud cloud cover on Monday, and with cold air moving in from Canada, highs will unfortunately be around the 40 degree mark. Some areas will struggle to get out of the thirties. The good news is that rain doesn’t crawl into my forecast again until late next week, so as of now, we will get to stay dry throughout the work week. Come Thursday, we may see temperatures get back up to 50 degrees.
Crazy Place We Call Home
Highs around the area were in the mid 40s today…. Why would I start off by saying that? High temps occurred in the early morning hours when most of us were asleep! Temperatures dropped off into the mid-to-upper 30s by lunchtime, and shortly after dark, we were below the freezing mark! Add in wind gusts over 20 mph throughout the day, and it felt quite cool out there!
We did manage to get some nice glimpses of sunshine today as clouds broke apart this afternoon. Wednesday looks to follow that path as skies will be mostly clear; however, temperatures will only warm back to the lower 40s–upper thirties for more northern counties. And I do not foresee the gusty conditions we had today!
Clouds will begin to paint our skies Wednesday night and stick with us Thursday and Friday. I’ll go ahead and mention that overnight lows for that period will be in the mid to upper 20s. Thursday highs will again be in the lower 40s.
Heading from late Thursday night into Friday morning and afternoon is where things get interesting. I hate to be ambiguous with this, but models are in some disagreement now with the chances of snow for Friday morning. A low pressure system tracking along the Gulf will be proving moisture for snow…the question remains how far northit will get. Whatever the case may be, we’ll be cloudy and cool. High temps for the day will only be in the mid to upper 30s. Stay tuned at WeatherWill for snow updates!
For those longing for clear skies and warmer temperatures, Saturday should bring plentiful sunshine and temperatures flirting with the 50 degree mark! (Okay, so it’s not tropical, but we’ll take what we can get.)
Snow Around the Corner?
Snow accumulation remained to our north today, but we have a better chance of seeing snow this Friday morning!
–video will be added once it has finished processing–
EDIT: Apparently YouTube is having some problems. After several attempts to upload my weathercast from yesterday, I am going to have to move on. The forecast has indeed changed a little since then, so stay tuned as I will have an update later today (2/9/2010)!
(I was in the studio by myself, so I had to do some moving around at the beginning and end of my webcast to get it recorded!)
Sun for Super Bowl Sunday!
I am in Pontotoc for the weekend, so my forecast for Sunday and the following days will be geared towards my northern audience; however, Golden Triangle, you’re not too far away. This info will be pretty similar for you. Enjoy!
This is from yesterday, but we dealt with overcast skies yet again.
Amy and Penny (our dog) and I went out for a walk this afternoon. We layered up with sweatshirts, scarves, gloves…. Yes, we even put a sweater on Penny. I meant to take a picture to post. What I am getting at is that today remained cool with the high temp only being 41. A steady breeze didn’t do much help to warm us up, either. And with cloud cover still prevelant, it was a nice day to stay inside.
BUT WAIT! I do have good news. Clouds have already begun to head out of North Mississippi and will continue to do so through tomorrow afternoon. This will allow for more sunshine and higher temperatures for Super Bowl Sunday. I am calling for mid-40s with some areas possibly in the upper-40s.
As a system moves in from the west, though, cloud cover will come back into the picture tomorrow night. We will also see overnight lows get down to the lower 30s.
We will get to see some rays of sunshine on Monday, and we will be dealing with highs in the upper 40s. Rain for right now is being a bit tricky to forecast, but there is a possibility of scattered showers later in the day Monday as a cold front approaches our region. We could see some pretty heavy rain into Tuesday morning–I am seeing between 1/2 – 1 inch for most areas.
We will remain cool for the rest of the week as temperatures Tuesday will stay around the lower 40s. We will be dry later in the day, and overnight lows into Wednesday will get down to the mid-20s! Dry weather will be the case throughout Wednesday, but we will still have some clouds in the area.
I see high temperatures for the second half of the week staying in the 40s, and overnight lows falling to the 20s. I doubt a dry Wednesday won’t be long enough for us; another rainmaker is own its way for the second half of the work week.
Tricky forecast for the week. Lots going on. Keep it at WeatherWill for all of your updates!
Drizzly Drizzle
The heaviest rain is well off to our east in Western Georgia and the panhandle of Florida. However, lots of moisture still remains in our area. We will see overcast skies throughout the day and on-again-off-again drizzle. (Sounds like a bad relationship, doesn’t it? 
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Wall-to-wall cloud cover today will only allow our temperatures to climb to about the 50 degree mark. This is not a huge contrast to our morning low of 43. Winds won’t be too strong, topping out around 10 mph at the highest. Overall, not a pleasant day…unless you’re into dreary conditions. Hmmm, I take that back. Today will be great napping weather!
By tonight we will see some cooler air come into the picture. Overnight lows are forecasted to be in the upper 30s. Clouds will hang around (literally!) throughout the night as will the chances for sprinkles.
Saturday looks to be slightly cooler, with highs only reacing the mid-40s. And yes, those clouds will remain in the picture throughout Saturday. I’ll take this opportunity to mention that there is a slight chance of snow Saturday afternoon. The farther north you live to the Tennessee/Mississippi border, the better chance you have of seeing some winter mischief.
Sun for the Super Bowl! Well, here at least. We won’t see a huge break from the cloud cover until Super Bowl Sunday. We will still stay cool as morning lows will be sub-freezing and only warm up to the mid to upper 40s during the day. Expect dry conditions as well.
The beginning of the next work week will be dry, but rain chances increase come Tuesday as a disturbance moves in from our west.
Happy Friday!
- RT @eastwx: What a situation. It's not often you see a guy disappointed with himself for scoring the go-ahead TD in the Super Bowl.
- I would prefer for the Giants to win, but that was an impressive drive by the Patriots #SuperBowl
- Wait...the #SuperBowl is today?
- Great worship experience tonight with @StevenCurtis @joshwilson @AndrewPeterson ... I'd love to have lunch with you guys one day.
- I'm so glad that for once it's raining on a weekend morning so I can sleep in to it.
- Late but yay Fri! @lauravelasquez @wdtn_jamie @MetTaraHastings @WeatherKait @amysweezey @TravisKoshko @ginger_zee @Kristin_Walls @wxsarah
- You jest, but I had fun! RT @mista_dodd: @wrsimmons It couldn't have been done without you!
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