Good morning, everyone, and happy Saturday!
We have a significant change in our weekend forecast, and for those hoping for some much-needed rainfall, the news isn’t particularly encouraging.
Rain chances have dropped considerably overnight as the hurricane that made landfall near Pensacola, Florida, Friday evening continues tracking northward through central Alabama. Rather than turning northwest toward the Mid-South, the system is expected to curve northeast later today, taking the heaviest rainfall well to our east.
That means northwest Mississippi and the Memphis metro area will see considerably less rainfall than we anticipated yesterday. However, we’ll still feel the effects of the system through gusty winds, cloudy skies, and cooler temperatures…