Update on Hurricane Alex

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~Starkville, MS

As I discussed yesterday, Tropical Storm Alex has now reached wind speeds of 74mph and more which makes it a hurricane. Hurricane Alex now has wind speeds of 80mph with a pressure of 961mb. It is still moving in a northwesterly direction at 7mph and is only 145 miles away from La Pesca, Mexico. It is projected to make landfall early Thursday morning.

Tuesday forecast for June 29, 2010

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Today: Scattered thunderstorms throughout the area with a high of 91

Tonight: Thunderstorms continues tonight with a low of 71


~Starkville, MS

Currently
Hi everyone and I hope everything is going well for all of you. I know it has been quite some time since I last posted a blog, but I've been so busy with freshman orientation this month at my job. Usually I try to write my blogs every morning at work, but since I've had to deal with orientation I just have not had the time. Now since it is coming to an end, I can start back writing blogs when time becomes available.
Can you believe it is already July! Woww! his summer is really flying by! Along with this summer, we have all felt the scorching heat and sticky humidity. About halfway through the summer, temperatures have been scorching and we have seen temps in the mid 90s and even the upper 90s on occasion. Also, you have to remember that with the added humidity it makes the air outside feel like it's over 100 degrees. This is called the heat index. It has been very dry as well and we have not seen much rain in our area. A hot and dry summer thus far but of course this is hurricane season and things won't be quiet for long. Even as we speak, we have Tropical Storm Alex in the Gulf of Mexico right now. We may get some much needed showers from Tropical Storm Alex if we are lucky.

What's Happening Atmospherically
Tropical Storm Alex is right now situated in the Gulf of Mexico at this current moment with wind speeds of 70mph and a pressure of 982mb. It is moving north-northwesterly at 12 mph. To become a hurricane, it only needs to increase its speed by 4 and right now I don't see anything hindering it from reaching that category. It has all the makings of becoming a hurricane and it looks very broad and organize. It is projected to become an hurricane by at least tomorrow if not later today. All the track models shows it mostly hitting the border of Texas and Mexico but will mostly go through Mexico. Even projected tracks show now Tropical Alex heading toward northern Mexico, but even then cities such as Brownsville and Corpus Christi will be impacted especially Brownsville, TX. Right now, Alex is only 151 miles away from Brownsville. Hopefully, people near the border have begun taken measures to secure themselves rather that is gathering food, water, and supplies. All hurricanes are dangerous but I don't see this storm being life-threatening especially when the proper precautionary measures are taken. This will mostly impact the Texas and Mexico border area. Also, it will be interested to see what type of impact this storm will have concerning the oil spill. I'll provide more details concerning that in my later posts. What we can expect here is tropical moisture moving inland from the south allowing us to get some showers.

Today
Numerous thunderstorms are expected today mainly during the afternoon as a frontal boundary approaches from the north while a sea breaze moves inland from the south. Make sure to have umbrella in handy as the rain could be heavy at time. Highs in the low 90s with a heat index of 97. Winds will be out the east at 5 mph. Tonight, scattered and isolated thunderstorms will still be in the forecast with lows in the lower 70s.

Wednesday outlook
Stay tune for more updates concerning Tropical Storm Alex and your Face of the Sky forecast. Have a great day and God bless!

Weekend Outlook

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Today: Light showers in the early morning with heavier rain this afternoon and evening; overcast condition through of today with a high of 83

Tonight: Isolated showers and mostly cloudy; low of 68


~Starkville, MS

Currently
Hi everyone and a good Friday to you! The weekend has finally made it here and so has the NBA finals. The Lakers and the Celtics played yesterday and the Lakers took Game 1 out of the seven game series. I look forward to watching this series and hoping that the Celtics can pull it off. I'm also hoping that all of the showers we have been receiving lately would be completely out by this weekend, but weather models speak differently. Currently, we are at 75 degrees and seeing overcast conditions with few sprinkles here and there. Heavy stratus clouds and moist conditions outside right now will be what we will see for most of the day.

What's Happening Atmospherically
As it has been throughout everyday this week, rain will once again be in our forecast all associated with an upper level low which is currently over the northeast Texas coast. Over this past week, we have had over an inch of rain and we have more to come. This low will gradually move into our region and will keep showers throughout most of the weekend. So, if you have any outdoor plans scheduled this weekend you might want to make sure you have an indoor site to move events. If you are attending an event just be sure to have your umbrella on hand. Due to very low surface heating, I really don't see any major threat of bad weather or storms. If any severe weather were to occur, it would most likely occur south of interstate 20 because of more instability that lies south of there. However, I will not exclude the possibility of any severe weather here. I think mostly we will just see alot of rain and heavy at times.

Today
Overcast conditions and light showers throughout the early mornings of your Friday. Those thick and heavy stratus clouds will stick around for most of today with heavier showers later this afternoon. So, mostly rain today with highs in the lower 80s. Even by tonight, cloudy conditions as we may see an isolated shower or two. Lows will fall to the lower 70s.

Weekend outlook
If you expecting a sunny weekend then I would advise you to go west because we are going to be looking at rain and cloudy conditions for most of this weekend. Saturday looks like a washout for the most part with temperatures in the mid 80s. For Sunday, our rain chances begin to diminish as we could see afternoon showers with highs again in the mid 80s. Despite the continuing rain for the weekend, still try to enjoy it even if all your plans are inside. Also, since we are in the hurricane season I would like to write a blog concerning what this may hold and what you need to do in order to prepare for a hurricane. I'd try to start on it next week. Well, have a good weekend and God bless!

Thursday forecast for June 3, 2010

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Today: Scattered and isolated thunderstorms this afternoon and evening; High of 89

Tonight: Low of 68 as most of the showers should be out of the area


~Starkville, MS

Currently
A good Thursday to you all and a wet week it has been for us. Everyday of this week, we have seen rain in the Starkville area. Of course, we needed the rain simply due to dry conditions throughout the month of May. June is starting off wet for us which is good heading into the summer months. Right now, it looks like rain could fall at any moment now as it is cloudy now with possible virga(rain not hitting the ground). The current temperature is 74 with muggy conditions as the dewpoint is at 70. Yep, certainly looks like we are in store for yet another round of thunderstorms today.

What's Happening Atmospherically
We do have a hazardous weather outlook in the county today as isolated strong thunderstorms
moves into the area capable of producing small hail and wind gusts up to 40mph. Also, heavy downpours mainly this afternoon and evening. An upper level low will approach the area from the southwest and combine with daytime heating and our moist environment to enhance storm development. As soon as the sun begins to drop and set, storms will decrease.

Today
Another wet afternoon as strong thunderstorms forms and moves through the area mainly giving us heavy downpours and some areas may see small hail. If you have outdoor plans it would be best if you have them done in the morning as showers will again be this afternoon forecast. High for today will be in upper 80s. By tonight, storms will be out of area and lows will be in the upper 60s. Hope you all have a good day and God bless!