Good Morning! At Smithville, MS, the current temperature is 73 and it feels like 73. Highs will continue to range between 93 and 102 with lows between 65 and 74. There is a 60% chance of scattered thunderstorms today, and a slight chance of rain on Monday. Few storms could be strong to severe today and tomorrow. Main threats: damaging winds. At the Regional Rehab Center in Tupelo, MS, the current temperature is 71 and it feels like 71. Todays high is 86 and a low of 70 with a 60% chance of scattered thunderstorms. Fridays high is 91.
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 (#1a) Marginal Risk of severe weather today from Lower MS Valley to South Atlantic Coast. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1b) Marginal Risk of severe weather today across the Upper Midwest to Ozark Plateau. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#2a) Slight Risk of severe weather today over the Deep South and Southeast. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#2b) Slight Risk of severe weather today over the Upper Midwest/Mid-Missouri Valley. Main threats: large hail and damaging winds. An isolated tornado or two cannot be ruled out. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1a) Marginal Risk of severe weather tomorrow from the Mid-Atlantic to Northern Florida and the Northeastern Gulf Coast. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1b) Marginal Risk of severe weather tomorrow across the Central Plains. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#2) Slight Risk of severe weather tomorrow over extreme Northeastern Colorado, and much of Western/Central Nebraska. Main threats: large hail and damaging winds. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1) Marginal Risk of severe weather on Saturday from the Central Plains to Midwest. Main threats: large hail and damaging winds.
Tropical Update: Now, for your tropical update. In the Atlantic, no development is expected over the next 5 days. In the Eastern Pacific, (#1) Tropical Depression Ten-E has winds of 35mph, gusting to 45mph, with a pressure of 1006mbars. Movement is West at 12mph. Is expected to intensify into a tropical storm later today and then a hurricane by late Sunday as it enters the Central Pacific basin. (#2) A tropical wave located more than 1000 miles South-Southwest of the Southern Tip of the Baja California Peninsula is producing a large area of disorganized cloudiness and showers. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for gradual development of this disturbance during the next several days while it moves West-Northwestward 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 Guillermo has winds of 50mph, gusting to 65mph, with a pressure of 1004mbars. Movement is West-Northwest at 10mph. Is expected to weaken to a depression by late tomorrow afternoon as it continues to pass just North of Hawaii. In the Western Pacific, (#1) Typhoon Soudelor has winds of 105mph, gusting to 125mph, with a pressure of 945mbars. Movement is West-Northwest at 12mph. Is expected to hit Taiwan at major category 4 intensity between late Friday/early Saturday then weaken back to a category 1 typhoon as it hits China by Saturday. Expected to weaken to a tropical depression by Monday over China. (#2) Tropical Depression has winds of 35mph, gusting to 45mph, with a pressure of 1002mbars. In the North Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal), no development is expected over the next couple of 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.
