01/19 Ryan’s “Weekend Warm-Up” Friday Forecast

After a long week of brutally cold temperatures we’re in the middle of warm-up that will take us all the way through the weekend. Skies have been clear for several days, but we’ll see a few clouds move in tonight though only partly cloudy skies are expected. Warming continues into tomorrow, high rising to 61, and even further into Sunday, now up to 66. It’s at this point we’ll begin seeing the potential for sea fog increasing as southerly winds increase ahead of a frontal system brewing on the lee-side of the Rockies. Cloud cover, humidity, and southerly winds will continue increasing until the front moves through South MS late Monday morning or early in the afternoon. Periods of heavy rain and a few thunderstorms are expected, but severe weather is not at this time. After the front pushes through the area we’ll see only slight cooling and drying as temperatures only fall into the upper 50s by Wednesday, and begin to climb back towards 70 by next weekend.