Saturday's Storm System Getting Organized

Strong to severe storms remain possible on Saturday here in northeast Mississippi and west Alabama.  The system responsible for it will get going later today out in the High Plains:



By Saturday the storms will be a concern for us here:



The main concerns look to be damaging wind gusts, some hail, and locally heavy rain.  The tornado threat is never zero in these situations but it's down the list a bit as far as things go. A line of storms will approach Saturday morning but may be weakening as it pushes east of I-55.  Additional development may occur during the heating of the day.  We'll see.  Either way I'm going to continue the 70% chance of rain across the WCBI-TV coverage area.

We'll get a break on Sunday for the most part but additional strong to severe storms are possible Monday afternoon and evening:



Suffice to say this is looking more and more like a spring-like weather pattern going forward.  That means we'll have several more opportunities for strong to severe storms down the line.  The next 60 days encompasses our prime severe weather season.