3/17 – Rob Martin’s “T-Storms on the Way” Thursday Evening Forecast
Enjoy the rest of Friday Eve before morning thunderstorms arrive. Timing is a virtue with this forecast. Long story short is that surface instability grows disturbingly high by mid- morning Friday
with the approaching front. Showers and t-storms will begin after midnight with the activity ramping up around 4 a.m. just to our west. The window for SEVERITY will be between 5 am – 11 am in the viewing area. All form of severity will be on the table with the potential for TORNADIC activity along and south of the I-10 corridor.
More specifically, severe storms will be mainly over Louisiana before 6 AM. After that they will move into our Mississippi viewing area, and may initially be a bit to our north. From 7 AM to 10 AM, storms will move over our coastal counties, and upon encountering warm humid air off the gulf, could intensify, even as they move over the coastal waters. This will be another very fast moving system with all activity expected to be moving out of the area by noon Friday.
Thunderstorms could also produce large hail, and will be able to make for some high rainfall rates, but will also be moving quite rapidly. The weekend will bring lovely conditions to ring in the new season. Another possible severe weather event will be possible early next week as temperatures and humidity rise.
