01/19 Ryan’s “Stormy Afternoon” Thursday Night Forecast

We expected a stormy afternoon and they moved through exactly as expected with heavy rains and some lightning, but no severe weather in South MS. That wasn’t the case everywhere though, as there was at least one confirmed EF-2 tornado near Magee, MS early this afternoon. The boundary that pushed these storms through the area has begun to break down, and will simply settle over the area as another system prepares to move through overnight on Friday. In the meantime, we’ll see a decent day on Friday after some patchy fog begins to lift in the morning. The rest of the day will be at least partly sunny, but clouds will increase as we head into the evening, and strong storms are expected overnight. These shortwave impulses will quickly race through the area, but as instability continues to rise into the afternoon/evening, our chances of severe weather rise higher as well. I’m expecting the worst of the storms Saturday night/Sunday morning, but showers will begin to clear through the afternoon and evening. Expect cooler/drier conditions to begin the week, and another front will reinforce this weather as we move into the weekend.