Good Morning! At Smithville, MS, the current temperature is 76 and it feels like 76. Highs will continue to range between 92 and 99 with lows between 71 and 74. There is a 60% chance of scattered thunderstorms today, and a 40% chance of AM thunderstorms tomorrow. At the Regional Rehab Center in Tupelo, MS, the current temperature is 77 and it feels like 77. Todays high is 88 and a low of 74 with a 50% chance of scattered thunderstorms. Wednesdays high is 95 with a slight chance of rain.
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 Mid Atlantic Coast States. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1b) Marginal Risk of severe weather today as far West and South as the Black Hills Region and Central/Southern High Plains. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#2) Slight Risk of severe weather today across surrounding areas of the Northern Plains and Upper MS Valley Southward into the Central Plains. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#3) Enhanced Risk of severe weather today across parts of Eastern South Dakota into Central/Southern Minnesota/adjacent Northern Iowa, and Western Wisconsin. 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, and extending Eastward across the Midwest. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#2) Slight Risk of severe weather tomorrow across portions of the North-Central U.S. focused on the Mid and Upper Missouri Valley area. Primary threats: large hail, damaging winds, and a few isolated tornadoes. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1) Marginal Risk of severe weather on Thursday surrounding the Slight Risk, and extending farther East into Indiana/Western Ohio. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#2) Slight Risk of severe weather on Thursday across parts of the Upper Midwest. Primary threats: large hail and damaging winds. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a Day 4 (Friday/Saturday) 15% severe weather risk in the Day 4-8 Outlook from Southeastern Illinois, much of Kentucky, Southern Indiana, Southern Ohio, parts of West Virginia, and parts of Pennsylvania. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a Day 6 (Sunday/Monday) 15% severe weather risk in the Day 4-8 Outlook from Northeastern South Dakota, parts of Western Minnesota, and much of North Dakota. 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) Hurricane Blas has winds of 100mph, gusting to 120mph, with a pressure of 978mbars. Movement is West-Northwest at 14mph. Is expected to become a major hurricane by later today and is not a threat to land. (#2) An area of disturbed weather is located several hundred miles South-Southwest of Acapulco, Mexico. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for gradual development, and this system is likely to become a tropical depression by the end of this week while it moves Westward and then 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 High chance, 80%, 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) Typhoon Nepartak has winds of 100mph, gusting to 120mph, with a pressure of 955mbars. Movement is West-Northwest at 20mph. Is expected to intensify into a major category 3 typhoon by late today and potentially impact Taiwan, Eastern China, Japan, and South Korea mid to late week. 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.
