Annea Scales is a meteorologist at WLBT and Fox 40 News in Jackson, MS. She specializes in climate change, sustainability, and regional interest stories, covering both North America and global perspectives, including APAC and LATAM. Annea's work has been featured in WTVA, FOX 40 WDBD TV Jackson MS, and WLBT.
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Annea Scales focuses the majority of her coverage on providing local weather forecasts, particularly in Mississippi and Tupelo. Her articles predominantly cover seasonal changes and occasionally touch upon tragic events related to severe weather.
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Published Aug. 24, 2026 at 7:36 PM GMT+2 | Updated 9 minutes ago
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Heat and humidity are the main weather impacts across central Mississippi today, pushing feels-like temperatures between 105 and 110 degrees. Relief will be hard to find this afternoon as showers are only isolated. This will change overnight as storm chances increase. After sunset, scattered showers and storms will move in and continue through the overnight period. Many of us will wake up to rumbles of thunder as rain chances linger through the first half of the day on Thursday. Some of these thunderstorms could produce strong, damaging wind gusts. Scattered showers and storms will remain in the forecast through Thursday as a frontal boundary pushes through. This will be followed by dry air that will limit showers and humidity through the end of the week. While rain chances drop over the weekend, the intense heat will quickly return, with dangerous humidity levels building back early next week.
Overnight thunderstorms continue to clear out as Thursday afternoon continues. Still, lingering showers and cloud cover will keep temperatures in the mid to upper 80s for most of the area. Heading into the weekend, drier air will begin filtering in from the west, allowing afternoon highs to climb back into the mid-90s. Drier and hotter conditions are expected to take hold next week as high pressure builds over the area. High temperatures will consistently reach the mid-90s with heat indices in the mid to upper 100s. This will likely trigger Heat Advisories for much of the region by Monday. Tracking the Tropics: Tropical Storm Dolly has been named out in the central Atlantic Ocean. The storm will continue to move west over the next several days. While it will likely be downgraded from tropical storm status by the time it makes landfall in the Caribbean this weekend, it could still bring heavy rain and flooding to parts of Puerto Rico, Hispaniola, and the Virgin Islands.
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A Heat Advisory remains in effect across Central Mississippi this afternoon due to heat indices between 105 and 110. Actual high temperatures will reach the mid to upper 90s under partly cloudy skies. There will be an opportunity for relief in the form of scattered showers as the afternoon goes on. Amid the hot and humid afternoon air, increasing tropical moisture will bring an increase in scattered showers and thunderstorms today. This pattern will last into the start of the weekend with rain chances hovering around 40 to 50%. There is a risk for flash flooding within a few of these downpours Friday afternoon. Rain chances will drop slightly heading into Labor Day, but isolated storms will remain a daily occurrence next week. Temperatures will remain in the mid 90s with heat indices near the mid 100s.
A similar weather pattern is expected heading into the holiday weekend before a strong high-pressure system moves in at the start of the new week. Rain chances will drop to around 20%, leaving central Mississippi drier and even hotter by Labor Day
Thunderstorms will return Sunday as a cold front approaches. Ahead of the front, temperatures will climb into the upper 90s, triggering a Heat Advisory for the entire area. Scattered afternoon and evening storms are expected to develop between 2 p.m. and 9 p.m., bringing a marginal risk of severe weather. Damaging wind gusts are the primary threat.
