Category: forecast discussion
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After some much-needed (and appreciated) time off the past couple few days, it’s back in the saddle for what looks like a wild ride the next 7-10 days! Friday – a sunny Liberty Bowl We’ll start with tomorrow, when the AutoZone Liberty Bowl will be played before a large crowd at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium.…
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We’ve already had three Arctic waves affect the Mid-South, but we finally officially started winter on Wednesday – just in time for it to warm back up! Today’s weather was comfortable for late December with highs in the lower 50s. After falling to the mid 30s tonight, we’ll start another multi-day temperature climb as the…
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If you’ve ever ridden a roller coaster you know that there is typically a long steady climb then, just after peaking, a plummet that results in your stomach relocating to somewhere around your neck. Well hang on to your hats grandma, because our weather pattern (at least the temperature) is about to do the same…
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After getting through a couple of days that served as the coldest of the season so far (those morning lows near 20 were bitter weren’t they?), things have warmed back up a bit just in time for precipitation to arrive. Rain tonight, dry Monday A few spotty showers were around this afternoon and the weather…
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This weekend’s recap In Friday’s blog, the main topic was the wet weekend weather. We got that, though it could’ve been much worse for the St. Jude Memphis Marathon, or even more likely, the Christmas parades later in the day. In fact, though several entrants and (by my eye test) hundreds of spectators skipped the…
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Lots of activities going on this weekend in the Memphis area, involving tens of thousands locally and, literally, from across the United States. It’s St. Jude Marathon weekend and Christmas parade season! Unfortunately, Mother Nature is not going to be too cooperative as we see a round of precipitation move up from the southwest and…
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Cyber Monday will bring the threat of very heavy rain and potential severe weather to the area. In this video forecast discussion, we break down the timing and threats and then get into some detail on the meteorology of the event, concluding with the week-ahead forecast. You can get the gist of the necessary information…
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I hope everyone has had a great Thanksgiving weekend! It’s been a cool, but not atypical, weather weekend with cloudy skies on Thursday and most of Friday and sun re-appearing today. Temperatures have peaked in the mid 50s the past couple days. Sunday will see a return of high cloud cover ahead of the next…
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Happy Thanksgiving week! I know many of you a are traveling, and if not, perhaps others are traveling to see you. There’s also a big football game at the Liberty Bowl on Friday morning with the host Memphis Tigers taking on the Goliath-slayers, the Houston Cougars, on national TV. We’ll get to all that in…
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Temperatures this afternoon are above 80°, but it appears the record of 84° will stand for another year (at least). As a reminder, the average high for the week before Thanksgiving is about 20° cooler at 62°! The pattern does a major flip over the next 36 hours however. Look upstream at what’s behind the…
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Fall is definitely here! Lows in the urban core this morning were just above 40°, but most areas outside the city were in the upper 30s while the coolest areas dropped into the mid 30s. On the northern outskirts of Bartlett, MWN recorded a low of 35° and we saw our first frost of the…
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Latest MWN StormView Radar loop (refresh if the time doesn’t appear current) As of 3pm Monday, light showers are moving through the Mississippi Delta and portions of Arkansas well to our south and west. The lightest echoes on the scope are not reaching the ground as we still have a pretty good amount of dry air…
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A brief post as we await tonight’s cold front… As temperatures reach record territory for the third day in the past six (85° at 2:38pm breaks the previous record of 83° set in 2012), we are eagerly aniticipating the arrival of a cold front this evening. The front will drop temperatures 10° or so on…
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See?? I wasn’t lying! Cool fall weather really did make it into the Mid-South! Most of us woke up to temperatures that started with a “4” this morning for the first time in over five months and, despite full sunshine, we’re only going to get to the mid 60s for highs today. After a long,…
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Temperatures are back in the mid 80s again as the calendar indicates we’re nearing the halfway point in the month of October and average daytime highs drop into the mid 70s. Many of you are asking “when will this end??” I have some good news and a little bad news. The good news: The mid…
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Former Major Hurricane Matthew is finally headed out to sea, after watching it for nearly 2 weeks – from its genesis as a tropical storm with 60 mph wind on its first official advisory near the Leeward Islands, to the strongest hurricane on record so far south (just off the South American coast), through the…
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Please see below for a Facebook Live video update of the status of Category 4 (Major) Hurricane Matthew, which looks like it could threaten the U.S. later this week, as well as a Mid-South weather update, featuring warmer temperatures this week and a cool-down in time for the weekend! Click here for a direct link…
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We’re moving out of a very dry (and hot until this past week) September into October, which typically means fall begins in earnest. Average highs drop from 80° to 70° over the course of the month, record highs drop into the 80s, and morning lows in the 40s become more likely, especially the latter half…
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Tired of the heat? Yeah, me too. If you can hold out another couple days, I have great news! Despite fall officially starting on Thursday morning (you didn’t try balancing an egg on end at 9:21am did you?), summer weather continues for a few more days. Thursday’s high of 95° came within a degree of…
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I spent a very worthwhile several days in Norfolk, VA this week at the National Weather Association Annual Meeting. The NWA is one of two professional organizations for meteorologists, geared primarily towards operational forecasters. There were lots of great presentations and networking opportunities, but I’m glad to be back! Here’s one of my favorite pics…
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