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Today: High of 76 with partly cloudy skies

Tonight: Low of 50 with cloudy conditions



~Starkville, MS

A good Thursday to you! We are one day from Friday and therefore one day from enjoying Spring Break!!! I certainly can't wait! What all do I have planned for Spring Break you may ask! I am going to relax! That is all I am going to do. Hopefully, the weather will be nice unlike all of the stormy condition we had yesterday. Thunderstorms loomed throughout Mississippi with some areas not seeing anything. Here in Starkville, I heard a few rumbles here and there but nothing too serious. In areas such as central Arkansas, CNN reported that powerful tornadoes ripped through the state especially in Saline and Cleburne counties destroying homes and injuring two people. Along with those tornadoes, golf ball-sized hail felled and powerful thunderstorms went through the area. Tornado warning was lifted earlier today for there.

Currently

Right now in the Starkville area, we are seeing partly cloudy condition with the sun back out today after being under overcast conditions for all of yesterday. Temperatures are currently sitting in the mid 60s with moist conditions since the dewpoint is at 60. It makes the air feel sticky in a sense and we haven't even approach 10:00 a.m. yet! Southwest winds at 5mph is keeping things rather cool for us, so it's pretty pleasant outside right now.

What's Happening

At 850mb, we have some warm air advection which is giving us some warm temperatures that we are seeing now. The cold front that came through yesterday is moving off toward the east leaving behind this partly cloudy condition, but there is another front following this one and I believe is the reason for these really high temps for right now. This front doesn't contain any precip with, so don't expect rain today but rather warm temps. So areas such as Hattiesburg could see temperatures near 80!

Today

For today, we will continue to see partly cloudy with high cirrus clouds toward the late afternoon hours. Look for highs to climb all the way up to the upper 70s. I won't be surprise if we see 80 hit the scene with southeast winds b/w 5-10 mph. A nice day indeed to enjoy the sun with more clouds moving back into the skies later tonight ahead of another system which does have some rain. I believe most of the rain will fall around the midnight hours and early Friday morning. By 10 tonight, temperatures will be around 60 degrees.

Tomorrow outlook

Look for rain to linger throughout the early morning of your Friday. Most of the rain will occur during that time with scatter showers throughout the day. Cloudy conditions and relatively cooler temperatures will be the highlight of Friday. Enjoy the short break from the rain and God bless!