Good Morning! At Smithville, MS, the current temperature is 78 and it feels like 82. Heat Advisory in effect for North MS until 8pm this evening. Heat Index Readings: between 105-110 degrees. Impacts: Increased risk of heat-related illnesses including heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Highs will continue to range between 95 and 99 with lows between 67 and 73. There is a 60% chance of AM thunderstorms today, a 60% chance of scattered thunderstorms tomorrow, a slight chance of rain next Wednesday, and a slight chance of rain next Thursday. Few storms could be strong to severe today. Main threats: damaging winds and locally heavy rainfall. At the Regional Rehab Center in Tupelo, MS, the current temperature is 79 and it feels like 82. Todays high is 96 and a low of 76 with a slight chance of rain. Thursdays high is 94 with a 50% chance of AM thunderstorms.
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 from Southeastern Lower Michigan to the Central Gulf Coast. Main threat: damaging winds. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1) Marginal Risk of severe weather tomorrow across portions of the Southeast/Mid-Atlantic/Northeast States. Main threats: large hail and damaging winds. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1) Marginal Risk of severe weather on Friday across the Central Plains/Upper Midwest. Main threats: large hail and damaging winds.
Now, for your tropical update. In the Atlantic, no development is expected over the next 5 days. In the Eastern Pacific, (#1) Tropical Depression Eight-E has winds of 35mph, gusting to 45mph, with a pressure of 1007mbars. Movement is West at 13mph. Is not expected to become a tropical storm and will dissipate by Thursday. (#2) A low-latitude area of low pressure centered about 1300 miles Southwest of the Southern Tip of the Baja California Peninsula is producing a large area of cloudiness and showers. This system is gradually becoming better organized and conditions are favorable for a tropical depression to form later this week while it moves toward the West-Northwest at about 15mph. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) is giving this system a Medium chance, 50%, of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 48 hours, and a High chance, 90%, of becoming a tropical cyclone during the next 5 days. In the Western Pacific, no development is expected over the next 5 days. In the North Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal), (#1) Tropical Cyclone Two has winds of 40mph, gusting to 50mph, with a pressure of 998mbars. Movement is Northeast at 3mph. Is expected to dissipate by Friday over Bangladesh. In the North Indian Ocean (Arabian Sea), no development is expected over the next 5 days. In the Southern Hemisphere (South Pacific Region), no development is expected over the next 5 days.
