North MS Local Forecast: Good Morning! Flash Flood Watch remains in effect for North MS until noon today. Event Total Rainfall: 2-5 inches expected with local amounts up to 7 inches possible. At Smithville, MS, the current temperature is 72 and it feels like 72. Highs will continue to range between 50 and 61 with lows between 28 and 39. There is a 100% chance of heavy thunderstorms today, a 40% chance of AM showers on Wednesday, and a slight chance of rain next Wednesday. Winds today will be out of the South at 20-30mph with gusts to 40mph. At the Regional Rehab Center in Tupelo, MS, the current temperature is 71 and it feels like 71. Todays high is 71 and a low of 42 with a 100% chance of AM thunderstorms/winds with South-Southwest winds at 20-30mph with gusts to 40mph. Tuesdays high is 58.
Severe/Winter Weather Update (Southeast Region): Now, for your Severe/Winter Weather Update for the Southeast Region. There could be winter weather potential around January 10th-15th.
Severe Weather Outlook (Nationwide): Now, for your Nationwide Severe Weather Outlook. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1) Marginal Risk of severe weather today across parts of the Lower to Mid MS Valley, Lower Ohio Valley, and Gulf Coast States outside of the Slight Risk Area. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#2) Slight Risk of severe weather today across parts of Western and Middle TN, Northern/Eastern MS, and Alabama. Main threats: isolated damaging winds and a few tornadoes.
Tropical Update: Now, for your tropical update. In the Western Pacific, no development is expected over the next 5 days. 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), (#1) Tropical Low has winds of 30mph, gusting to 40mph, with a pressure of 995mbars. In the Southern Hemisphere (South Pacific), (#1) Tropical Disturbance #05F has winds of 30mph, gusting to 40mph, with a pressure of 1003mbars. (#2) Tropical Disturbance #06F has winds of 30mph, gusting to 40mph, with a pressure of 1002mbars.
Long Range Outlook: As we head into late December/early January, expect a continuance in normal to above normal rainfall across the Southeast with an increase in potential for winter weather. Temperatures will range between normal to slightly below normal.
Weather Word of the Week: Frontal Inversion. Is a temperature inversion that develops aloft when warm air overruns cold air behind a front.
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