Beautiful weather this week for Starkville, Mississippi- temperatures are moderately low though with cold temperatures moving in from the Northern part of Mississippi. We are going to warm up as we head through the week.
These are surface temperatures- and also the winds are shown. You can see the prevalent wind coming from the North.
On the two day out look the winds change and start heading out of the South. This will bring us warmer temperatures as we head into the rest of the week. This map is for WEDNESDAY. Wednesday our temperature will be a HIGH of: 82! So a beautiful day in store.
The image below shows moisture content throughout the United States. We are particularly dry today as you step outside you can tell this. Also much cooler. You can tell where that dry air is pushing into our area. There is a pronounced trough sitting over us.
The trough is well shown on the GFS vorticity model below.
The trough is over the North East and a large ridge has set up to our West. This is allowing for our cooler temperatures and our strong winds throughout Mississippi today.
FORECAST FOR THIS WEEK!!!!
This Afternoon
Sunny
Hi 65 °F
Tonight
Clear
Lo 40 °F
Tuesday
Sunny
Hi 73 °F
Tuesday Night
Mostly
Clear
Lo 52 °F
Wednesday
Mostly
Sunny
Hi 82 °F
Wednesday Night
Partly
Cloudy
Lo 60 °F
Thursday
Mostly
Sunny
Hi 85 °F
Thursday Night
Partly
Cloudy
Lo 62 °F
Friday
Partly
Sunny
Hi 84 °F
I hope you all go out and enjoy it especially as those temperatures are on the rise!
Tonight: high of 47F- possible isolated thunderstorms
Wednesday: high of 70F SUNNY
Wednesday night: low of 40F- clear
Thursday: high of 73F- clear and sunny
Thursday night: low of 49F- clear
Friday: high of 77- some clouds, but mostly sunny
Friday night: low of 53F- partly cloudy
Saturday: high of 79F- MOSTLY SUNNY!!
This week looks like a pretty good set up. Today I believe will be the most we will see rain and or thunderstorm chances. As we head into the night the possibility decreases as a high sets up above Mississippi and Tennessee, brining in cooler and drier temperatures throughout the northern part of Mississippi. The next frontal passage looks like it will come through around Friday, but only to bring us partial clouds.
Hey everyone. I hope you have been enjoying the rain we've been having. Haha. Do not worry it will soon be gone. Right now we are under a system that has been stalling over the United States now for a few days. It is a cut off low that has kept the southern region predominately moist and cooler. Cooler temperatures are on their way towards us here in Starkville and you can actually feel them right now. This system will finally push out though, through the night and head Eastward. Behind us though it looks like a little bit more precipitation on the way, but that should head North bound. Only bringing us clouds and maybe a little bit of rain tomorrow morning/ afternoon. Higher moderate temperatures should be in our future becoming more spring and summer like throughout the region.
Currently this is what the precipitation looks like over our region. Also you can see where the predominate clouds are located.
As you can tell from the image the precipitin is headed to our East as I said and is now lingering over all one Alabama.
As we head into our weekend our temperature are looking wonderful.
Friday:
Possible few scattered showers in the early morning. Clouds will linger and a high of 78F and a nightly low of 51F
Saturday:
The sun will be prevalent with a high of 74F and a nightly low of 51F
Sunday:
Again a beautiful sunny day with a high of 17F and nightly low of 52F
Monday- the beginning of our work week also looks very beautiful with a high of 80F!
Thank you for reading and I will be updating soon! So come on back!
Well I hope everyone had a good weekend. There was a ton of crazy weather around this weekend, for those of you who did not know. There were 128 tornado reports all on Friday. Most of the tornadoes were in the Northern areas, including Ohio of all places.
Here is SPC's data from Friday. http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/120302_rpts.html
The cold front that came through Friday, brought in much cooler temperatures that we have not really seen throughout the winter months we've had so far.
For your week, it is looking very nice, until we reach Thursday night, when rain and thunderstorms arrive. Definitely not as severe as we've seen.
YOUR FORECAST FOR THIS WEEK:
Tuesday: 67F CLEAR AND SUNNY! :)
Tuesday Night: 45F some clouds start to make their way into our area.
Wednesday: 69F partly sunny.
Wednesday Night: 55F mostly clouds.
Thursday: 74F Slight chance of rain in the afternoon 20% chance.
Thursday Night: 62F Stronger chance of rain.
Friday: 71F also a chance for some rain along with some thunderstorms.
Friday Night: 50F Cloudy with a 40% chance of rain.
Saturday: 67F Cloudy with a 40% chance of rain still.
Saturday Night: 51F Cloudy with 50% chance of rain.
I hope you all take advantage of this beautiful weather outside! Have a great day and come back for more weather updates!
If you have any suggestions of what you would like me to write about please let me know! Email me at katie.burch7@gmail.com
Thought it would be interesting to give you some history facts about TODAYS (February 26) weather from 1910-2004. Some interesting stuff and interesting trends.
Ten years ago February 26, 2002 the Weather in Starkville looked much like today high of 68F and a low of 53F. BELOW is the annual average precip for 2002.
1910 - Parts of Washington State were in the midst of a storm which produced 129 inches of snow at Laconia between the 24th and the 26th, a single storm record for the state. A series of storms, which began on the 23rd, led to a deadly avalanche on the first of March. By late on the 28th, the snow had changed to rain, setting the stage for disaster. (The Weather Channel)
1972 - The Buffalo Creek disaster occurred in the Buffalo Creek Hollow of Logan County in West Virginia. A coal slag dam on the Middle Fork of Buffalo Creek burst sending a fifty foot wall of water down a narrow valley killing 125 persons and causing 51 million dollars damage. Three days of rain atop a six inches snow cover prompted the dam break. (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel)
1987 - A slow moving storm in the southwestern U.S. spread heavy snow from the southern and central Rockies into the Central High Plains Region. Totals in Colorado ranged up to 62 inches at Purgatory. Colorado Springs CO reported a February record of 14.8 inches of snow in 24 hours. Lander WY received four inches in one hour, 13 inches in seven hours, and a record storm total of 26 inches. High winds created near blizzard conditions at Colorado Springs. Fairplay CO reported 43 inches of snow, with drifts ten feet high. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1988 - Eight cities in the central and western U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date, including Lamoni IA with a reading of 67 degrees. Temperatures in North Dakota were as warm as those in Florida. (The National Weather Summary)
1989 - An upper level weather disturbance brought snow to parts of the central U.S. which just one day earlier were enjoying temperatures in the 60s. Snowfall totals in Missouri ranged up to nine inches at Rolla. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
1990 - Unseasonably cold weather followed in the wake of the winter storm in the northeastern U.S. Ten cities reported record low temperatures for the date, including Syracuse NY with a reading of 10 degrees below zero. Freezing temperatures in southeastern Virginia caused considerable damage to plants and fruit trees. The barometric pressure reading of 30.88 inches at Wilmington NC was February record for that location. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)
2004 - A major snowstorm dumps up to 20 inches of snow in the Charlotte metropolitan area. Charlotte's third largest snowstorm on record accumulates 11.6 inches at the airport.
Some beautiful weather pictures-
I hope you all have enjoyed your weekend! Have a great week! I'll be updating on Starkville's weather tomorrow! (Monday)
Things I didn't really understand about LA NINA that you may find interesting!! We are currently in a La Nina winter for those of you who did not know.
"La Niña is characterized by unusually cold ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific, compared toEl Niño, which is characterized by unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Equatorial Pacific. "
"In the continental US, during El Niño years, temperatures in the winter are warmer than normal in the North Central States, and cooler than normal in the Southeast and the Southwest. During a La Niña year, winter temperatures are warmer than normal in the Southeast and cooler than normal in the Northwest."
So I would say our weather this year, even though it is not very characteristic of "winter weather", is actually very common for this time of year.
I'll be updating on our weather for this upcoming week if you want to come back later! We are going to have a pretty good week except for a maybe a few pop up showers on Tuesday and Wednesday! I hope you all have a great day!
In light of me having FOUR tests this week... I thought I would give you some interesting information that I've learned from my "Natural Hazards" class. It was rather enlightening and also interesting how much lightning does effect us as human beings.
Lightning:
Lighting causes an average of 85-100 deaths per year and also an average of 300 injuries. Lightning also causes on average $200 million per year in damages. Lightning contributes to 15,000 forest fires, usually out west.
The ratio of Male vs. Female in who gets stuck by lightning more is 84:16. The place most people get struck at is in open fields.
The highest number of deaths due to lightning strikes is in Florida- at a record 455.
Those who get stuck by lightning usually suffer chronic illnesses:
Depression (32%) Memory Loss (52%) Attention deficit (41%) Inability to sit long (32%) Sleep disturbance (44%)
Physically: External burns (32%) Numbness (36%) Severe headaches (32%) Dizziness (38%) Fear of crowds (29%)
You are more likely to get struck by lightning then to win the power ball.
Lightning could extend 10 miles out from a cloud.
Lightning is hotter than the surface of the sun (5,500° Celsius)-- 50,000° Celsius.
There are 16 million thunderstorms a year- 18,000 thunderstorms at any given moment.
LIGHTNING MYTHS: -Never strikes in the same place twice- the Empire State Building get struck 22-25 times per year. -Rubber tires are isolated- lightning can jump 10-20 feet. -When boating...you need to seek shore- Tress on shore might be more dangerous. -Caves are safe- Not if shallow -Injured people carry a charge- no, they can be handled immediately after strike.
LIGHTNING SAFETY: You need to learn the "lighting safe position" aka "LSP"
(Sad video of a girl who got stuck by lightning and is completely changed forever.)
(This is the position you should take!)
Well I hope you all learned a valuable lesson about lightning. It is nothing to take lightly. So next time there is a thunderstorm definitely be AWARE.
STARKVILLE, MS- 5 DAY FORECAST:
-We will be cooling up a bit from what you have seen the past few weeks. The winds are now starting to come more from the North- bringing in colder temperatures.
Monday: high 56- partly cloudy
Monday Night: low 35- clear
Tuesday: high 59- chance of rain in the afternoon- partly sunny
Tuesday Night: low 39- mostly cloudy- chance of rain most likely after midnight
Wednesday: high 56- mostly sunny
Wednesday Night: low 36- partly cloud
Thursday: high 56- sunny- with a few clouds here and there
Thursday Night: low 35- partly cloudy
Friday: high 55- cloudy
Friday Night: low 32- cloudy
I hope you all enjoy the weather this week! It'll be pretty out it looks like for most of the week. But make sure to watch out for the temperature lows. Have a great week!
