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Another area to watch, as Fay weakens
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - As Fay weakens, we’re watching out for another area that could become our next tropical system later this week. Fay, now a tropical depression, continues to be battered by modest wind shear. While it’s not expected to strengthen again, it’ll continue spinning out at sea for the next few days. Overall, it’s still no threat to the Continental United States.
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First Alert- There’s a new tropical storm... Hanna
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - The disturbance in the Atlantic (Invest 91 L) that’s well east of Bermuda has formed into Hanna. It became tropical storm Hanna Monday morning, and it may be able to hold on or even strengthen a little for at least another day or so. It’s battling wind shear, and that should overtake it by Midweek...along with dry air. Regardless, it’s no threat to the U.S. nor any other land areas.
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First Alert: There’s a new tropical storm in the Atlantic... Gonzalo
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - The disturbance that we’ve watched move off the coast of Africa this week developed into Tropical Storm Gonzalo on Thursday night (CDT). It’s the 7th named storm of this hurricane season, and it’s expected to bring some direct impacts to portions of the Cabo Verde Islands over the next 36 hours. Tropical alerts are in effect for the islands.
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First Alert: Fay is weakening, but there is a new area to watch
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Tropical Storm Fay is continuing to weaken, but now there is a new area of interest to monitor in the Atlantic. It now has sustained winds near 50 mph, and this system will only continue to weaken over the next 48 hours. Fay continues to be...
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The final Sunday of the summer will be rather hot and humid
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Our Sunday morning will mainly feature a mixture of sunshine and clouds, but it will start to heat up pretty quick outside. Temperatures this afternoon will rise into the mid 90s, and heat index values will rise close to 105 degrees. It would be a good idea to practice heat safety by drinking lots of water and enjoying as much A/C as possible.
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Heat Advisory Saturday for Eastern Areas
The western part of the local area has gotten the worst of the heat stress in recent weeks. But the shoe’s on the other foot on Saturday. A heat advisory has been issued for eastern counties including Leake, Neshoba, Winston and Choctaw along with north Mississippi. Locally, afternoon highs...
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First Alert: Chances for development have dropped for the Atlantic disturbance we’re watching.
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - We’ve been monitoring a weak tropical disturbance in the Atlantic just east of Bermuda. On Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center dropped the chances for development for this system down from a moderate (orange) chance to a Low (yellow) chance. It’s not really looking like much...
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First Alert: One area of interest to monitor in the Atlantic
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - A trough of low pressure is located a little more than 1000 miles east-southeast of Bermuda, and it continues to produce disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Environmental conditions are currently unfavorable for development due to strong upper-level winds, but this area has now been given moderate chances for development over the next 7 days.
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Starting the workweek with showers
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - After some dreary weekend afternoons, we’ll see another chance for afternoon showers and storms for Monday, ahead of clearing skies for the remainder of the week. Highs on Monday take us back into the mid 90s with partly cloudy skies early, then a chance for...
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Shower chances increasing starting today
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Our Thursday morning has started out with a few passing clouds and with temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s. As we go throughout the day, we’ll see a mixture of sunshine and passing clouds, before scattered showers and thunderstorms start to pop up this afternoon, bringing along some heavy rainfall in some spots.
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First Alert: There’s a low flood risk to end the week
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - An upper-level ridge of High Pressure (or Heat Dome) continues to heavily influence our weather....keeping temps above average & rain chances low. Thursday, this high will continue it’s influence, but it will also be in the process of moving east and away from our area. So, by Friday, you’ll notice a change.