Good Morning! Heat Advisory is in effect for North MS until 8pm this evening. Heat Index Values: 105 to 110 degrees. At Smithville, MS, the current temperature is 73 and it feels like 73. Highs will continue to range between 91 and 98 with lows between 70 and 75. There is a slight chance of rain today, a slight chance of rain tomorrow, and a slight chance of rain on Friday. At the Regional Rehab Center in Tupelo, MS, the current temperature is 75 and it feels like 75. Todays high is 95 and a low of 74 with a slight chance of rain. Thursdays high is 98 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 (#1) Marginal Risk of severe weather today from the Northern Plains into the Upper MS Valley. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#2) Slight Risk of severe weather today from the Dakotas into Northwestern Minnesota. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#3) Enhanced Risk of severe weather today over a portion of Central and Eastern North Dakota and Northern South Dakota. Primary threats: large hail, damaging winds, and a few isolated tornadoes. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1) Marginal Risk of severe weather tomorrow surrounding the Slight Risk across portions of the Upper MS Valley and Upper Great Lakes. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#2) Slight Risk of severe weather tomorrow across portions of the Upper MS Valley and Upper Great Lakes. Primary threats: large hail and damaging winds.
Now, for your tropical update. In the Atlantic, (#1) Tropical Storm Earl has winds of 70mph, gusting to 85mph, with a pressure of 989mbars. Movement is West at 14mph. Is expected to intensify into a hurricane as it is making landfall in Belize by late today /early tomorrow. A Hurricane Warning is in effect for: Puerto Costa Maya, Mexico, Southward to the Belize/Guatemala border, and Bay Islands, Honduras. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for: North coast of Honduras from Cabo Gracias a Dios, Mexico Westward to the Honduras/Guatemala border, and North of Puerto Costa Maya to Punta Allen, Mexico. Winds: Tropical storm conditions are expected to first reach the coast of Honduras, including the Bay Islands, this morning, making outside preparations difficult or dangerous. These conditions will reach Belize and Mexico within the hurricane and tropical storm warning area by tonight or early Thursday. Hurricane conditions are expected to begin in portions of the hurricane warning area in Belize and Mexico tonight or early Thursday. Rainfall: Earl is expected to produce total rain accumulations of 8 to 12 inches are expected over portions of Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, and the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, through Thursday night. Very heavy rain will reach the Mexican states of Tabasco and Veracruz between Thursday night and Saturday morning. Isolated maximum amounts of 16 inches are possible in Belize and Mexico. These rains could result in life-threatening flash floods and mud slides. Storm Surge: A storm surge will raise water levels by as much as 3 to 5 feet above normal tide levels along the immediate coast of Honduras Bay Islands, Belize and the eastern Yucatan Peninsula near and to the North of where the center makes landfall. Near the coast, the surge will be accompanied by large and damaging waves. In the Eastern Pacific, (#1) Tropical Storm Howard has winds of 45mph, gusting to 60mph, with a pressure of 1005mbars. Movement is West-Northwest at 15mph. Is expected to remain a tropical storm through today and then dissipate by Thursday. Not a threat to land. (#2) Tropical Storm Ivette has winds of 40mph, gusting to 50mph, with a pressure of 1005mbars. Movement is West-Northwest at 20mph. Is expected to intensify into a hurricane by late Thursday. Not a threat to land. (#3) An area of low pressure could form near the Southern coast of Mexico late this weekend in association with the remnants of Atlantic Tropical Storm Earl after it moves across Southern Mexico. Some subsequent development of this system is possible while it moves West-Northwest near the Southwestern coast of Mexico early next week. 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, 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), no development is expected over next 5 days. In the Southern Hemisphere (South Pacific), no development is expected over the next 5 days.
