Weather

07/16 - Ryan's "Wetter" Friday Evening Forecast

Much wetter in parts of South MS today as more widespread activity developed this afternoon. Today's t-storms lasted longer, and brought higher short-term totals that topped 4" in…

7/15 – Brantly's "Hot" Thursday Forecast

 A fairly typical summertime weather pattern will continue across our region today as the persistent deep layer ridge of high pressure continues to nose westward from the western Atlantic into the southeastern U.S. and adjacent north central Gulf Coast region.…

07/13 Ryan's "Mostly Clear" Tuesday Night Forecast

Expect more of the same weather-wise in the days ahead, afternoon showers and thunderstorms with otherwise hot and humid weather. Today was slightly drier in terms of rainfall coverage and accumulation, a…

7/13 - Rob's "Hot & Humid" Afternoon Forecast

This afternoon will bring a few showers/air mass t-storms to south Mississippi. The good news is we are not anticipating AS widespread coverage as the previous few days, but an enhancement of typical summertime coverage will persist. Also any airmass…

07/12 Ryan's "Mostly Dry" Monday Night Forecast

Setting up to be another mostly dry night, but no surprises earlier this afternoon as we saw more showers and thunderstorms moving in once again. There were a few accumulations of 4"…

07/12 Ryan's "More Rain" Monday Evening Forecast

No surprises this afternoon as we saw more showers and thunderstorms moving in. There were a few accumulations of 4" or more, but overall it wasn't too bad compared to several days…

07/09 Ryan's "Muggy" Friday Night Forecast

No surprises in tonight's forecast, just more hot, humid, and occasionally active weather. This afternoon was more rainy than yesterday was, slightly above average, but we'll trend in a drier direction for…

7/9 - Rob Knight's Friday Morning "Hot/Humid" Forecast

Today through Sunday, scattered showers and t-storms and enhanced rain chances will be possible, especially each afternoon. Southerly surface winds will help to enhance the warm air and moisture advection into the area, which will enhance the lifting in the…

07/08 Ryan's "Calm, Drier" Thursday Night Forecast

Looks like we're in for another calm, but this time drier night ahead. The humidity isn't going to change any, but we finally saw a less active afternoon and evening in the skies over South MS. Still going to give…

7/8 - Rob's Friday-Eve Afternoon Forecast

The interaction of outflow boundaries and sea/land breeze boundaries have been the focus of some recent instances of high rainfall amounts and that will likely be the case as well this afternoon. So while the overall threat for flash…

07/07 Ryan's "Drier" Wednesday Night Forecast

It may not seem like it at first glance, but tonight will be a bit drier than the last few evenings we've seen. Still expecting an isolated shower or two, but considering the…

MDOT urges coastal residents to plan for hurricanes

HATTIESBURG, MISS. – Hurricane season is officially underway and the Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) is urging South Mississippi residents to prepare now. “We’ve already had a tropical system threaten the Mississippi Coast, and we’re only a month into hurricane season,”…

07/06 – Brantly's "Showers/T-Storms" Tuesday Forecast

Some showers and storms that develop through the day will likely be efficient rain makers. Additionally, with weak wind flow, storms will be very slow moving. This causes a concern for localized areas receiving brief periods of very heavy rainfall…

07/05 – Brantly's "More Showers/T-Storms" Monday Forecast

With Elsa moving into the Gulf, deep layer southerly flow becomes re-established over the Southeast and Gulf moisture moves inland. Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected. Increased cloud cover over the forecast area will combine with increased storm…

07/02 Ryan's "Independence Weekend" Friday Night Forecast

This week was pretty wet, and that isn't going to change as we head into Independence Day weekend. A front moved in today which acted as a jumping off point for enhanced afternoon showers, and it'll still be close enough…