2/9 – Brittany’s “Chilly” Thursday Night Forecast
Upper low and trough continue to lift northeastward today. With deep layer flow mostly parallel to the surface frontal boundary, expect it to remain stalled near the mouth of the MS River through the short term, though it could meander a bit. Expect to see isolated to scattered showers across southeastern areas through Friday with the best chances in the areas closest to the frontal boundary.
Moving into Friday night, a reinforcing front will move through the area. This front will be forced southeastward by an upper trough currently diving southward toward the Texas panhandle. The trough will take its time moving slowly eastward through Friday as the northern stream energy outruns the southern stream. This will cause the southern stream energy to close off into a low some time late Friday and this low will then drift slowly eastward Friday night into Saturday. With the upper low now forecast to pass overhead the local area Friday night into Saturday morning, rain chances have been bumped up slightly again and am now carrying high end chance to likely POPs across much of the area. By Saturday evening, the upper low finally pushes east of the local area with skies clearing out overnight Saturday night.
Currently the heaviest rain looks to stay mainly over the Gulf, with most places over land expected to see less than one half inch of rain. rain showers will generally be light to occasionally moderate and the majority of the rain should fall overnight Friday night into Saturday morning, sparing most of the outdoor carnival activities planned for Friday evening and Saturday afternoon/evening. Will mention, though, that Saturday still looks less than ideal due to cloud cover, chilly temperatures and the possibility of light rain mainly early in the day.
By Saturday evening, clouds should be moving out and temperatures will fall after sunset. Currently not carrying freezing temperatures for Saturday night. Sunday will start off chilly as the high pressure builds into the area but should warm up to near or just over 60 degrees. That`s a little chilly by southern standards, but with full sunshine it should still be fairly comfortable for outdoor activities.
