Author: Ben Lang

A (Mostly) Warm and Wet Weekend

Expect much warmer temperatures as we head into Friday afternoon. Winds will turn to the southeast today, helping to bring in warmer gulf air. This will also increase available moisture in the River Region. Temperatures continue to warm this evening into Saturday morning. By Saturday morning, temperatures will be in the low 60s. Temps will warm into the mid 70s…

Cold Weather Ends, Rain Returns this Weekend

Expect much warmer temperatures as we head into Friday afternoon. Winds will turn to the southeast today, helping to bring in warmer gulf air. This will also increase available moisture in the River Region. Temperatures continue to warm this evening into Saturday morning. By Saturday morning, temperatures will be in the low 60s. Temps will warm into the mid 70s…

Brief Cold Snap; Rain Returns this Weekend

It will be a cool afternoon across the River Region. Highs will only be in the low 50s despite the sunny skies. It will also be a bit windy, expect winds out of the north at 5-15 mph. Temps fall below freezing overnight. Most locations will drop to the upper 20s by early Friday morning. However, the cold weather will…

Several Chances for Rain to start the Work Week

It will be much warmer Sunday night compared to Saturday night. Lows will be about 20 degrees warmer- only falling into the lower 50s overnight. Cloud-cover will be increasing tonight, and we will likely have overcast skies by tomorrow morning. A cold front will be approaching the River Region from the Northwest tomorrow. The front will remain to the northwest…

Another Cold Night and a Milder Sunday Ahead

Get ready for another night with temperatures falling to at or below the freezing mark. Temps will be in the 30s by the 8pm hour tonight and continue falling from there. Skies will be clear overnight. By tomorrow morning, just about everyone will be experiencing freezing temperatures. Fortunately, wind chills will not be much of a factor tomorrow morning. Cloudcover…

A Very Cold Friday Night Ahead!

A cold night is ahead across the river region. By 6pm Friday evening temperatures will be in the lower 40s to upper 30s.  Temps only go down from there, with overnight lows dropping into the mid 20s. It will be a little warmer by tomorrow afternoon. Highs will be in the lower 50s Saturday afternoon with sunny skies throughout the…

Colder Air Arrives in the River Region!

The cold front bringing an Arctic airmass behind it is moving through the River Region today. There is some cloudcover behind the front, so expect mostly cloudy skies this afternoon. The clouds will help it feel quite cool out there this afternoon. Expect temperatures to start falling after the lunchtime hour. Temps may be in the 40s for most of…

Arctic Blast Just a Couple Days Away!

It was cloudy and cool this morning across the river region. Temperatures have struggled to climb so far today due to the cloud cover. Expect mostly cloudy skies (with a few raindrops) and highs around 60 this afternoon. The clouds stick around tonight, but thanks to northwesterly winds already bringing in some cooler air, temps fall into the lower 40s….

More Rain, and a Stormy Monday Ahead

We are in the midst of an active weather pattern here in the river region. More scattered showers will track across the River Region Sunday evening. The rain and cloudcover will hold temperatures steady in the mid 50s overnight. There will most likely be a lull in the rainfall Monday morning into the early afternoon hours. Skies during that time…

Dreary Sunday and a Stormy Monday Ahead

Most of the heavy rain on Saturday was centered over north Mississippi and Alabama. Through Saturday evening, we will see additional showers, and rain will likely increase in coverage over the area. Sunday looks to be a rainy day. Multiple rounds of steady to moderate rainfall will move through the area thanks to a gulf low pumping moisture into the…