New Flash Flood Warning until 11/01 9:30AM for Holmes. #mswx #wx

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Here's your Trick-or-Treating forecast for the metro Saturday night. Expect a chance of showers with temperatures slowly dropping through the 70s from 6pm to 9pm. Stay safe and have a great Halloween! [Link in bio] #mswx

The drought in MS gets worse. All of the numbers are up over last week. The most significant jump is in the severe drought area which rose from 55% of the state to 79%. The extreme drought area jumped up 12 points from last week. [Link in bio] #mswx

There is a 40% chance of showers late Saturday into Sunday. Temperatures will be in the lower 80s for highs and in the 70s after sunset on Halloween. [Link in bio] #mswx

Finally, some rain in the forecast...but the timing isn't great because it's coming over the Halloween weekend. About an inch of rain on average is expected through late Sunday. Be prepared for some scattered storms Saturday night. [Link in bio] #mswx

Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend. Reverting back to Standard Time means turning clocks back 1 hour early Sunday morning. That gives us an extra hour this weekend, but the sun will start to set just after 5pm beginning Sunday. [Link in bio] #mswx

Our first real chance of rain in weeks is coming Halloween weekend. It won't be a washout, through. We are expecting a 40% chance of scattered showers Saturday with stray showers continuing into Sunday, Nov. 1st. [Link in bio] #mswx

The drought in MS worsens. The severe drought area went up 18% from last week. There is still no rain in the forecast through next Thursday & burn bans are now in effect for 56 of MS's 82 counties. Our next chance for rain comes Halloween weekend. [Link in bio] #mswx

The storm off the East Coast has gained enough tropical characteristics to get a name. Sub-tropical Storm Josephine has top winds of 65mph & may strengthen as it heads east and out into the north Atlantic over the weekend. [Link in bio] #mswx

Pleasant Fall weather is in the forecast for central & south MS through the middle of next week, but that means there's still no rain on the way. There is now an 11" rainfall deficit for the city of Jackson so far in 2026. [Link in bio] #mswx

More than half of MS's counties are now under burn bans into November. This includes Hinds County & all of the metro. Don't burn anything outdoors until we get some good rain. Dry weather is in the forecast through at least the end of Oct. [Link in bio] #mswx

Wind gusts will be around 20 to 25 mph tonight & through the day Saturday before relaxing by Sunday. Winds will come in from the north keeping temperatures in the 40s for lows and only lower 70s for highs Saturday. [Link in bio] #mswx

New drought numbers are out today & the drought is getting worse, of course. The moderate, extreme & exceptional drought areas all rose by 2 percent over last week. No significant rain is in the forecast through the end of October. [Link in bio] #mswx

More counties have been added to the burn ban list in MS. We are now up to 29 counties statewide. Most of the bans continue into early November. The latest counties added in our area: Rankin, Forrest, Leake, Yazoo & Franklin. [Link in bio] #mswx

For the second time this week Jackson tied a record high. Today's record is 95 degrees, originally set back in 1899! We will see one more hot day Thursday then a dry cold front comes through Friday afternoon to cool us down for the weekend. [Link in bio] #mswx

Record high temps were set today in MS. Greenville broke their record of 93 set back in 1963. Hattiesburg broke their record of 93 set back in 1963 & Vicksburg tied their record of 94 also set in 1963. Jackson missed their record by 1 degree. [Link in bio] #mswx

Burn bans are now in effect for 24 counties in MS. The latest counties added are Copiah, Washington and Jefferson Davis. Most burn bans run through early November. [Link in bio] #mswx

The high temperature Monday in Jackson was 93 degrees. That ties a record high for October 12th in Jackson set back in 1928. We will be close to record highs through Friday. Cooler weather is on the way for the weekend. [Link in bio] #mswx

As of Sunday, Oct. 11th the city of Jackson is running a nearly 10 inch rainfall deficit for the year so far. There is little to no rain in the forecast for the next 2 weeks. All of Hinds Co. is in a moderate to severe drought. [Link in bio] #mswx

Temps will be near record highs in Jackson all week. Forecast highs are lower to mid 90s. Records generally run in the mid 90s. Our best chance of breaking a record will be Monday & Friday. Cooler weather is coming for the weekend. [Link in bio] #mswx