Mississippi Weather 3/9 Morning - Dense Fog Advisory

Good morning. Mississippi. I'm Michael Mosby. If you're heading out early, you're driving blind. Dense fog has draped itself statewide overnight, cutting visibility to a quarter mile in spots. Flip those headlights on and take it slow until 9 A.M. When this mess finally burns off. In But here's thing, once that fog clears, we've got bigger problems rolling in. Severe weather is bearing down this afternoon. A shortwave trough diving southeast is bringing the perfect storm ingredients — unstable air, strong wind shear, steep lapse rates. Translation? Organized thunderstorms with attitude. Up north, storms fire up around midday and march east through the afternoon. We're talking damaging winds and large hail — golf ball size or bigger. Down in Jackson and points south, storms may be more scattered, but any cell that pops will tap into that same volatile atmosphere. Hail is a real threat statewide. Temperature-wise, it's warm and sticky. Northern Mississippi tops out near 75 degrees. Central areas around Jackson climb to 81. The Gulf Coast stays a bit cooler at 75, thanks to that marine influence keeping things in check. South winds around 5 to 10 miles an hour all day. Tonight, storms taper off by mid-evening as the system pushes through. Lows drop to the mid-60s under mostly cloudy skies. For week, tuesday stays warm and mostly dry, low 80s. Wednesday brings round two — another line of potentially severe storms Wednesday evening. Behind that, cooler air finally arrives Thursday with highs in the low 60s and sunshine. The weekend looks dry and pleasant, temps climbing back into the 70s. Keep an eye on the sky this afternoon. See you this afternoon.