The Storm Prediction Center has placed most of eastern Mississippi, central Alabama, and parts of western Georgia under a *MODERATE RISK* of severe weather for tomorrow (Thursday).
This time around, unlike what happened on Saturday, there should be a plentiful surge of warm, moist, unstable air from the Gulf of Mexico starting early tomorrow morning. While there may be some showers or even a few thundershowers early Thursday as the warm air pushes in, the main event for strong to severe thunderstorms should begin in East Mississippi by late morning and spread across Alabama in the afternoon hours. With peak daytime heating pushing temperatures up to around 70 degrees tomorrow and a few sunny breaks in the clouds, the storms that develop will have a lot of fuel to work with.
The primary threats will be from wind & hail with the risk of a few tornadoes, too. That tornado threat increases greatly if storms start out isolated out ahead of a main line that will sweep through late Thursday evening. The small-scale (mesoscale) details will make all the difference in the world in the way the storms develop, and sometimes it’s the last minute before we know for sure how it will work out, so be alert to changing weather over the next 24-48 hours.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:
Severe weather is not happening today, but this will be a perfect day to prepare for it. ABC 33/40 along with Handy TV and Publix have teamed up to bring you those nice, digital weather radios from Midland at half-price ($29.95). Get one of those today if you don’t already have one. More Information Here. That’s the best way to get the warning.
Have your severe weather plan ready just in case you need to put it into action tomorrow.
Make sure your children know what to do in case of a warning tomorrow afternoon after school if a parent might not be home yet.
James will have a the Weather Xtreme video posted by around 7 AM, and I’ll have more coming up from 5 to 7 on Good Morning Alabama!
