Did We Just Skip Fall And Go Straight Into Winter?

It has been a very interesting week here in Starkville. Late Monday night, we had a cold front push through the area that actually brought some severe weather to places well off to our north, but most of that activity died off before it reached us. Though we didn't get much rain out of that front, we certainly felt the effects of it. Highs this week, for the most part, stayed in the upper 50's to lower 60's, and lows actually got down into the upper 20's this morning. So very big changes have taken place around here and given us some very pleasant, though a little cool, weather. Friday looks great as our temps will rise up into the upper 60's with a little more southerly wind flow, and the low tomorrow night only gets down in the upper 40's. This warming trend will continue into the weekend as we actually look for temperatures to rise all the way into the mid 70's, and we are actually looking for a chance of some rain around here beginning Sunday and continuing into Wednesday. Notice, though, that these rain chances for this weekend are very small right now, and we look for our best chance of rain to come in around Monday and Tuesday. Rain chances taper off towards the end of the week. Again, those rain chances this weekend are very small, so if you have plans, definitely do not cancel them right now.

Picture Perfect Weather

It has been just a great week here in Starkville. We have seen pretty much sunny skies all throughout the week and also very comfortable temperatures. A weak cold front pushed through the area Thursday night, but didn't really do much for the atmosphere except bring us some slightly cooler temps and a little dryer air. We can look for this very nice weather to continue through the weekend, as the skies will remain clear and allow our temperatures to gradually increase before our next chance of rain enters the forecast by Monday night. High temperatures throughout the weekend, though, will remain in the lower to mid 70's and then climb all the way up into the upper 70's by Monday before we see that next cold front begin to move into the area. Right now, the rain chances for Monday night into Tuesday look fairly small, so not much relief from the drought is expected from this system, but we could actually be looking at low temperatures Tuesday night falling very close to the freezing mark and highs on Wednesday only getting up into the lower 60's. It looks like we could be dealing with quite a chilly week next week, so get ready to break out those winter-weather clothes. Until then, just try to once again enjoy the very nice and comfortable weekend!!

When Will The Rain End?

Man, we have had some changes take place in Starkville this week. First of all, we got a decent amount of rain earlier in the week that really helped out with the current drought situation. Secondly, we got some much cooler weather to push into the area. This colder weather is all thanks to an upper level Low Pressure system that is currently situated in the northeastern part of the state. This thing got cut off from the jet stream and really lost its driving force, so for the past several days, it has just been drifting around the northern part of the state. Because of this, high temperatures over the past several days have really struggled to break the 50 degree mark, and we have also been left with lingering off-and-on showers/drizzle that have really made for a very dreary couple of days. We are looking for these showers to continue overnight tonight, but we finally get rid of them tomorrow and may actually see a few peaks of sunshine. How about that!?! That's something I'm really looking forward to. And guess what.....the further down the road we look, the better the forecast looks for our area. The weekend looks like we will get all those clouds and showers to clear out of here and actually start to warm up nicely with highs getting into the lower 70's and lows remaining in the mid to upper 40's. After a week like we've seen, I think the weekend is gonna feel GREAT!! So once again, try to get out and enjoy the pleasant weather this weekend!

Finally....Some Fall-Like Weather

The week started out a little on the hot side around Starkville, but we were able to get a cold front to push through the area on Tuesday morning. While it wasn't very much, that front actually brought us a little rain too. That first cold front didn't really cool us down very much, but it did help to dry the air out significantly for Tuesday. We had a second push of cold air come into the area on Tuesday afternoon that brought some much cooler weather with it and gave us some great weather for Wednesday. Today was absolutely gorgeous also as we had some beautiful sunny skies, and our high temperature only reached up to around 72 degrees. That combined with the very low dewpoint temperatures allowed for a very comfortable day outside. We can look for that nice weather to continue through tomorrow as we look for highs only to be in the mid-70s, and our lows tomorrow night to drop all the way into the mid-40's. So finally, a little bit of some fall-like weather for us around here. The weekend looks great also......we're gonna look for sunny skies to last through the weekend, but our temps will slowly begin to rise back up into the lower to mid-80's before our next chance of rain enters into the forecast by the beginning of next week.

Stuck In A Rut

This has once again been a very nice week here in Starkville. Unfortunately (I say unfortunately...some of you may think otherwise), we did not receive any rainfall in the area this week, but we came pretty close a few times. As you can see we are still in a fairly significant drought, and it doesn't look like we'll be getting any real help in breaking the drought any time soon. We will have a slight chance of rain/storms tomorrow with highs getting up to the upper 80's, and tomorrow night, we'll be dealing with mostly cloudy skies and lows only getting down into the upper 60's. We'll be looking for partly cloudy skies on Saturday and into Saturday night, and a small chance of rain enters the forecast on Sunday and goes through the day on Monday. These are only very small rain chances right now, so all-in-all, it looks like it will probably be a very nice weekend once again. And again, try to get outside and enjoy this weather.....maybe take a fishing trip or something like that!

Great Weather, Dull Pattern

It's been a nice week here in Starkville so far. We got a decent amount of rain in here Sunday afternoon on the back side of TD 10, but we dried out nicely on Monday and Tuesday just in time for my flag football game on Tuesday night. Sadly, though, the Canes had to suffer their first defeat on that night. That's a little off-topic, so let's get back to the weather. We're gonna call for some isolated showers/storms around the area tomorrow (Thursday) and then look for the wind to shift around to the northwest as a weak cold front pushes through the area. It doesn't look like this front will cool us down very much, but it may dry the air out and make it feel alot cooler than what it has been. It also doesn't look like it will drop much rain either which is something that we badly need. The weekend looks great....we're gonna go with sunny skies through most of the weekend with highs staying right around the mid-80's and lows dropping all the way down to the uppper 50's and lower 60's. Then as we get into the beginning of next week, we're looking for temps to bounce back up to around the upper 80's before our next chance of rain which will come around the middle of the week as another system begins to approach our area. Fall Break looks great, though, so try to get out and enjoy the nice weather and the break from all the school work!

Maybe Rain!

It's been a warm week this week, but very sunny and beautiful outside all thanks to high pressure in the area. I hope you all managed to get out and enjoy it too because it looks like it won't last much longer.

Our potential next big weather maker is moving into the gulf as just an area of low pressure right now. It's very uncertain as to what is gonna happen with this system right now, but it looks like it will probably move into the gulf of mexico pretty soon. Where this thing will make landfall and the intensity of it when it makes landfall is where the uncertainty lies right now. It looks like the best guess right now will take it somewhere along the Mississippi or Louisiana coast. The best scenario for us probably would be that this system make landfall somewhere just to the west of us as maybe a weak tropical depression, so that maybe we can get a good bit of rain out of it without it causing alot of trouble in the way of damages or injuries. After the way the last hurricane blew up in the gulf, though, I wouldn't be surprised to see alot of intensification from this system. Hopefully, I'm wrong on that though. With this in mind, we're gonna go with a nice night tonight with a low temp getting down to the lower 60's. Then tomorrow, a few clouds returning with highs getting into the upper 80's, and tomorrow night we will be looking at a slight chance of showers before the big rain chances arrive on Saturday and then again on Sunday and into the day on Monday before they begin to go back down Monday night as we are looking for a cold front to try to come into the area towards the beginning of next week. Geez, that was one LONG sentence. We are also looking for temps to begin going down next week with the passing of that front, and we may see high temps towards the end of the week only reaching into the mid-80's. Try to keep up with the latest updates on this developing system in the gulf, though, as it will be our next big weather maker.

Finally a little relief

Fairly significant changes have taken place over the past week as far as the weather in Starkville. The week started out hot, but on Tuesday we had a cold front push through the area. We didn't get very much rain out of that system to help much with our drought situation, but it cooled us down into the lower to mid-80's. Far from cold temps, but when compared to the past several weeks, mid-80's felt pretty good out there. We had one nice day on Wednesday, but on Thursday, we had a tropical system named Humberto move through the area. This system did provide us with some very welcome rain....I believe the total amount from yesterday was right around an inch. Again, not a drought-busting rain, but any little bit helps now. This morning, a few showers are still lingering around, but look for those to be out of the area by this afternoon. The weekend looks very nice, beginning with tonight with lows getting all the way down to the lower 60's. For Saturday, we're gonna be looking for mostly sunny skies with highs only reaching into the lower 80's, and a low Saturday night falling all the way to the lower 50's. Sunday....looks great also. High temps should only reach into the lower 80's with a low temp Sunday night falling into the upper 50's or lower 60's.

Into next week.....it looks like we will begin a bit of a warming trend as we look for highs to climb back into the mid to upper 80's and lows falling back into the mid to upper 60's. Other than that, though, it looks like it will be a very nice week. Try to get outside and enjoy the nice weather!!

Heat and Hurricanes

Not much has changed with this weather pattern since last week. The big story around here continues to be the unbearable heat. Again, not much relief is seen in the near future; it seems like the only relief we can look for will come in the form of some afternoon pop-up thunderstorms, which only gives us very low rain chances. It looks like our high temperatures will remain in the lower 90's through much of next week, but hopefully we can get some of those thunderstorms to cool us down just a little.

Looking more at the big picture now.....as you all probably know, another category 5 hurricane named Felix made landfall on Tuesday near extreme northeastern Nicaragua. This was the second category 5 hurricane to strike Central America in just over a 2 week period. Hurricane Dean made its first landfall as a category 5 hurricane near Costa Maya on August 20th, then made a second landfall as a category 2 hurricane near Tecolutla, Veracruz on August 22nd. Currently, there is another low pressure system that is basically stalled out near Bermuda, but shear and the presence of dry air have really kept this thing from doing much developing. Forecasters are not looking for this trend to continue, and are still looking for further development before this system moves towards land.

Introduction

This is the first of several blogs that I will post each week to try to keep updates on the weather in the Starkville, Mississippi area.

There's not very much going on with the weather right now; basically, the main story is this relentless heat! We are supposed to have a cold front try to push through the area towards the end of this week, but as of right now, it does not appear to offer much relief from the heat. At least, though, our rain chances will increase a little, and maybe we can get a little of some much-needed rain.

Just a little weather history for you...on this day in 1987, "severe thunderstorms broke the heat in the southeastern U.S. and the Gulf Coast Region, but not before seven cities reported record high temperatures for the date. The severe thunderstorms produced wind gusts to 80 mph downing large trees around Horse Shoe NC, and pelted southeastern Meridian MS with hail two inches in diameter"(http://www.weatherforyou.com/history/). I wanted to put this on here because I am actually from Meridian, MS, but unfortunately I do not remember this particular event because I was only 1 year old. I thought it was still interesting though.