Good Morning! At Smithville, MS, the current temperature is 59 and it feels like 59. Highs will continue to range between 89 and 91 with lows between 67 and 69. There is a slight chance of rain on Sunday, a slight chance of rain next Wednesday, a slight chance of rain next Thursday, a 30% chance of isolated thunderstorms next Friday, and a 60% chance of AM thunderstorms next Saturday. At the Regional Rehab Center in Tupelo, MS, the current temperature is 59 and it feels like 59. Todays high is 84 with a low of 62. Fridays high is 88.
Now, for your Severe Weather Update for the Southeast Region. There is no threat of organized or significant severe weather in the long range.
Now, for your Nationwide Severe Weather Outlook. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1) Marginal Risk of severe weather today across the Central Plains. Main threats: large hail and damaging winds.
Now, for your tropical update. In the Atlantic, (#1) Tropical Storm Erika has winds of 50mph, gusting to 65mph, with a pressure of 1003mbars. Movement is West at 16mph. Is expected to remain a tropical storm over next few days then a hurricane by late weekend/early next week. Is expected to impact Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, the Bahamas, Florida, and the Southeast U.S. Coastline. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for: Anguilla, Saba and St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, St. Martin, St. Barthelemy, Montserrat, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Kitts and Nevis, Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, U.S. Virgin Islands, and British Virgin Islands. A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for: Guadeloupe, North Coast of the Dominican Republic from Cabo Engano to Cabo Frances Viejo, Southeastern Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. In the Eastern Pacific, (#1) Hurricane Ignacio has winds of 85mph, gusting to 105mph, with a pressure of 985mbars. Movement is West-Northwest at 13mph. Is expected to intensify into a major hurricane by late today or tomorrow as it enters into the Central Pacific basin. Is expected to maintain hurricane intensity as it passes just North of Hawaii late weekend/early next week. (#2) Tropical Storm Jimena has winds of 40mph, gusting to 50mph, with a pressure of 1005mbars. Movement is West-Northwest at 15mph. Is expected to become a hurricane by tomorrow and then a major hurricane by late weekend/early next week. Is not a threat to land at this time. (#3) An area of low pressure is expected to form several hundred miles Southwest of Mexico over the weekend. Environmental conditions could be conducive for some development after that time while the system moves generally to the West-Northwest at 10 to 15mph. 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, (#1) Tropical Storm Kilo has winds of 50mph, gusting to 65mph, with a pressure of 1001mbars. Movement is West-Southwest at 1mph. Is expected to intensify into a hurricane by early Saturday morning and remain a hurricane through Tuesday morning. Is not a threat to land. 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 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 the next 5 days. In the Southern Hemisphere (South Pacific), no development is expected over the next 5 days.
