Good Morning! At Smithville, MS, the current temperature is 67 and it feels like 67. Highs will continue to range between 85 and 98 with lows between 62 and 72. There is a 30% chance of isolated thunderstorms today, a 40% chance of PM thunderstorms tomorrow, and a slight chance of rain on Friday. Few storms could be strong to severe today through Saturday. Primary threats: large hail and damaging winds. At the Regional Rehab Center in Tupelo, MS, the current temperature is 69 and it feels like 69. Todays high is 88 and a low of 70 with a 40% chance of PM thunderstorms. Thursdays high is 88 with an 80% chance of PM thunderstorms.
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 over a portion of the Great Lakes into the Mid MS Valley Region. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1b) Marginal Risk of severe weather today over a portion of Southwestern and Southern Texas. Primary threats: large hail and damaging winds. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1) Marginal Risk of severe weather tomorrow across deep South Texas. Primary threats: large hail and damaging wind gusts. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#1) Marginal Risk of severe weather on Friday surrounding the Slight Risk extending from Northern Minnesota/Northern Wisconsin Southwestward into Eastern Nebraska. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a (#2) Slight Risk of severe weather on Friday across portions of Southern Minnesota/Western Wisconsin and into Northern Iowa. Primary threats: large hail, damaging winds, and a few isolated tornadoes. The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has a Day 4 (Saturday/Sunday) 15% severe weather risk from Eastern Illinois, Northern Indiana, extreme Northwest Ohio, and South-Central Michigan, and a Day 5 (Sunday/Monday) 15% severe weather risk from Eastern Alabama, South-Central Georgia, much of South Carolina, Eastern North Carolina, Eastern Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and Southeast Pennsylvania in the Day 4-8 Outlook. This means there is a 15% chance of seeing severe weather within 25 miles of a point.
Now, for your tropical update. In the Atlantic, no development is expected over the next 5 days. In the Eastern Pacific, (#1) Showers and thunderstorms associated with a broad area of low pressure located about 1000 miles South of the Southern Tip of the Baja California Peninsula have become more concentrated during the past 24 hours. Environmental conditions are expected to be conducive for additional development of this system during the next several days, and a tropical depression is likely to form later this week as the disturbance moves West-Northwestward 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 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.
