08/23 Ryan’s “Tropical Tuesday” Forecast

“Tropical Tuesday” sounds like a local restaurant’s drink special, but as systems continue to develop in the Atlantic it certainly fits today. Invest 99L now has a 50% chance of tropical formation in the next two days and models are in fair agreement of it’s path through the Caribbean and getting very close to Gulf waters through the end of the week. It’s a system that we’ll keep watching, but if you don’t yet have a Hurricane Preparedness plan for you and your family, now would be a good time to write one out…just in case.

Locally, we’re still seeing a degrading stationary front just to our North, along the I-20 corridor, which will continue to move Eastward as it breaks down. The high pressure center in the Northern Gulf will move Westward, while another descends from the Northeast, bringing clearer skies and slightly cooler conditions. The strong high pressure will keep much of the day nice and sunny, but localized areas will see development of some afternoon t-storms, bringing a little bit of rain on an otherwise nice South MS day. Expect a few more showers tomorrow (Wednesday), then we’ll see much less of them through the weekend and into next week.