Today's forecast:
Jackson, MS-------High 68 Low 39
Starkville, MS-----High 61 Low 40
Meridian, MS------High 63 Low 36
Vicksburg, MS-----High 67 Low 41
Greenwood, MS----High 65 Low 43
Tupelo, MS--------High 61 Low 40
Hattiesburg, MS---High 67 Low 40
Pascagoula, MS----High 63 Low 40
~Jackson, MS
Currently~as
of 10:30a.m.Happy Johnny Appleseed Day to you all and thanks for viewing your Friday's edition of your Face of the Sky forecast. What a beautiful Friday it is with nothing but blue and clear skies all over Mississippi at this current hour. There is not a cloud at all in the Jackson and Brandon areas and it is mostly clear throughout MS. Temperatures are steadily now as some areas even bottom out to the freezing level last night. Radiational cooling had a hand in that as far as dropping temperatures rapidly and close to and below 32 degrees in areas such as Greenwood, Tupelo, and Starkville. Radiational cooling takes place when you have clear skies at night with minimal light winds. Temperatures are rebounding rather quickly as highs should be around normal today and will be warmer than yesterday. To add a very quick note here, elsewhere across the world an 8.9 earthquake in Japan triggers a tsunami there as well as waves from this tsunami are reaching the state of Oregon. A huge impact and this is a developing story, so more to come in the next few hours. For more info, please visit http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42024659/ns/world_news-asiapacific/?gt1=43001
Now, lets get on with your weekend forecast!
What's Happening Atmospherically
High pressure is the primary reason for the lovely sunny conditions we are currently having. Most of the south is within this ridge of high pressure. Conditions are dry and a bit cool for the eleventh day of March and the official day of spring is still days away. Observing satellite images, water vapor image shows dry air for portion of central and southern MS. We will be warmer than yesterday due to this ridge and we will continue to warm up through the weekend. As this high pressure moves further east, strong warm air advection will start to become more evident and will allow for gorgeous temperatures to reach the 70s by Saturday and going into Sunday.
As far as precipitation goes, looks like our next chance of rain could come by Monday afternoon. By this evening we will have a developing low pressure system from the midwest plains start to form and progress southward. This is a slow moving development and it won't reach us until Sunday. Right now, the GFS model has the bulk of the rain staying mostly in north MS but we could still get some showers from this even though it may not be much at all. However, for the weekend it looks to be very pleasant and mostly dry.
TodayA lovely Spring-like day with highs in the lower 60s today. Clear and blue skies to help send most students off on a great Spring Break. Winds will come out of the southwest at 5mph. Another cool night but not as cool as last night with lows in the lower 40s and mostly clear.
Saturday
The perfect picture of what a Spring day should resemble for Saturday with lovely highs in the mid 70s. Ample amount of sunshine to filled the day with clear skies. A nice breeze from the southwest at 5 to 10 mph will cool us off a bit as we are running around enjoying the beautiful day.
Sunday
Another day featuring highs in the 70s, however, clouds should make its return as an approaching front moves closer to the area. Even though in Jackson, we are not expecting any rain for Sunday northern areas in MS could have some evening showers. Winds out of the south at 5 to 10 mph.
Long-term
Our next chance of rain in Jackson could come Monday afternoon. After that, a quiet period next week with even warmer temperatures by the end of next Friday. Enjoy this wonderful weekend and may God continue to bless each and every one of you!
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