Good Morning! At Smithville, MS, the current temperature is 76 and it feels like 76. Highs will continue to range between 90 and 99 with lows between 70 and 73. There is a 30% chance of isolated thunderstorms on Saturday. At the Regional Rehab Center in Tupelo, MS, the current temperature is 78 and it feels like 83. Todays high is 97 with a low of 75. Fridays high is 97.
Now, for your Severe Weather Update for the Southeast Region. There are no threats of severe weather in the longer range.
Now, for your Nationwide Severe Weather Outlook. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1a) Marginal Risk of severe weather today across parts of the Southern High Plains. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1b) Marginal Risk of severe weather today from the Eastern Dakotas Southeastward through the Midwest and into the Carolinas. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#2) Slight Risk of severe weather today from the Upper Midwest Southeastward into the Lower Missouri Valley and parts of the Ohio Valley. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#3) Enhanced Risk of severe weather today across Iowa into Northern Missouri and into Central Illinois. Primary threats: large hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1) Marginal Risk of severe weather tomorrow surrounding the Slight Risk area from the Mid-Atlantic Region West into the Southern/Central Plains. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#2) Slight Risk of severe weather tomorrow over portions of the Lower Great Lakes and Ohio Valley. Primary threats: damaging winds and large hail. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a Day 4 (Sunday/Monday) 15% severe weather risk in the Day 4-8 Outlook from Northeastern Montana, much of North Dakota, and much of North Dakota. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a Day 5 (Monday/Tuesday) 15% severe weather risk in the Day 4-8 Outlook from extreme Northeast Nebraska, Northwest Iowa, Eastern South Dakota, extreme Eastern North Dakota, and Western half of Minnesota. This means there is a 15% chance of seeing severe weather within 25 miles of any point.
Now, for your tropical update. In the Atlantic, no development is expected over the next 5 days. In the Eastern Pacific, (#1) Major Hurricane Blas has winds of 125mph, gusting to 155mph, with a pressure of 956mbars. Movement is West-Northwest at 10mph. Is expected to maintain major hurricane intensity through this morning/early afternoon then begin to weaken thereafter. Not a threat to land. (#2) Tropical Depression Four-E has winds of 35mph, gusting to 45mph, with a pressure of 1007mbars. Movement is West-Northwest at 8mph. Is expected to strengthened to a tropical storm by today then a hurricane by late weekend/early next week. Not a threat to land. (#3) An area of low pressure is expected to form by early next week several hundred miles Southwest of the coast of Mexico. Some subsequent development of this system is possible while it moves Westward to West-Northwestward. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is giving this system a Low chance, 0%, of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours, and a Low chance, 20%, of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 5 days. In the Central Pacific, no development is expected over the next 5 days. In the Western Pacific, (#1) Super Typhoon Nepartak has winds of 165mph, gusting to 200mph, with a pressure of 900mbars. Movement is West-Northwest at 10mph. Is expected to impact Taiwan as a major category 4 or 5 super typhoon by late today/early tomorrow. In the North Indian Ocean (Arabian Sea), no development is expected over the next 5 days. In the North Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal), no development is expected over the next 5 days. In the Southern Hemisphere (South-West Indian Ocean), no development is expected over the next 5 days. In the Southern Hemisphere (Australian Region), no development is expected over next 5 days. In the Southern Hemisphere (South Pacific), no development is expected over the next 5 days.
