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Dog Days of Summer ?

WHERE DID THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER GO? YES IT IS STILL MID AUGUST BUT FEELING MORE LIKE MID OCTOBER. WHAT HAPPENED? TO BE BRIEF...A HIGHLY AMPLIFIED LARGE UPPER TROUGH WAS CARVED OUT...WITH SOME ASSISTANCE FROM HURRICANE CHARLEY...WHICH BROUGHT A COOL DRY CANADIAN AIRMASS INTO THE REGION. ONCE THE VERY UNSEASONABLE AIRMASS WAS IN PLACE WE PROCEEDED TO SET NUMEROUS RECORD LOWS...ALL TIME RECORD LOWS AND RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR JUST ABOUT ALL STATIONS FOR SEVERAL DAYS! HERE AT JACKSON WE SET DAILY RECORD LOWS FOR THE LAST 4 DAYS! IF THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY BOTH TIED THE ALL-TIME AUGUST RECORD LOW WITH 54 DEGREES. FOR 6 STRAIGHT DAYS...MEI HAS SMASHED ITS RECORD LOWS AND BROKE THE ALL-TIME AUGUST RECORD 3 TIMES WITH THE LOWEST READING COMING ON SUNDAY MORNING WITH 51 DEGREES! IN ADDITION TO BREAKING NUMEROUS RECORD LOWS ACROSS THE REGION...SEVERAL RECORD LOW MAXIMUMS WERE BROKEN...EVEN AS FULL SUNSHINE PREVAILED. THE FOLLOWING TABLES SUMMARIZE THE MANY BROKEN RECORDS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS: THURSDAY 8/12 NEW LOCATION RECORD LOW MAX PREVIOUS RECORD GREENWOOD (GWO) 79 80 1979 NATCHEZ (HEZ) 75 80 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------ FRIDAY 8/13 NEW RECORD LOW PREVIOUS RECORD LOCATION TEMPERATURE GREENVILLE (GLH) 52 57 1964 GREENWOOD (GWO) 52 60 1984 HATTIESBURG (HBG) 58 62 1987 TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 58 62 1931 MERIDIAN (MEI) 55 61 1959 NATCHEZ (HEZ) 55 57 1931 NEW ALL-TIME RECORD LOW AUGUST PREVIOUS RECORD LOCATION TEMPERATURE GREENVILLE (GLH) 52 54 1986 GREENWOOD (GWO) 52 TIED 52 1986 TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 58 59 1963 NATCHEZ (HEZ) 55 TIED 55 1963 LOCATION NEW RECORD LOW MAX PREVIOUS RECORD GREENVILLE (GLH) 79 80 1964 GREENWOOD (GWO) 76 82 1984 HATTIESBURG (HBG) 80 83 1987 TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 81 TIED 81 1964 MERIDIAN (MEI) 79 81 1959 JACKSON (JAN) 78 82 1922 NATCHEZ (HEZ) 79 80 1944 ------------------------------------------------------------ SATURDAY 8/14 LOCATION NEW RECORD LOW PREVIOUS RECORD GREENVILLE (GLH) 50 56 1931 GREENWOOD (GWO) 52 58 1967 TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 52 65 1950 JACKSON (JAN) 54 57 1931 MERIDIAN (MEI) 53 61 2000 HATTIESBURG (HBG) 56 63 1951 NATCHEZ (HEZ) 52 60 1931 NEW ALL-TIME RECORD LOW AUGUST PREVIOUS RECORD LOCATION TEMPERATURE GREENVILLE (GLH) 50 52 2004 GREENWOOD (GWO) 52 TIED 52 2004 & 1986 TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 52 58 2004 JACKSON (JAN) 54 TIED 54 1956 MERIDIAN (MEI) 53 TIED 53 1976 NATCHEZ (HEZ) 52 55 2004 & 1963 LOCATION NEW RECORD LOW MAX PREVIOUS RECORD GREENWOOD (GWO) 80 81 1963 HATTIESBURG (HBG) 81 84 1992 TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 83 TIED 83 1968 NATCHEZ (HEZ) 79 80 1991 & 1978 ------------------------------------------------------------ SUNDAY 8/15 LOCATION NEW RECORD LOW PREVIOUS RECORD GREENVILLE (GLH) 53 59 1967 GREENWOOD (GWO) 54 59 1992 TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 53 59 1963 JACKSON (JAN) 54 59 1963 MERIDIAN (MEI) 51 59 1963 HATTIESBURG (HBG) 55 65 1963 NATCHEZ (HEZ) 54 63 1963 NEW ALL-TIME RECORD LOW AUGUST PREVIOUS RECORD LOCATION TEMPERATURE JACKSON (JAN) 54 TIED 54 2004 & 1956 MERIDIAN (MEI) 51 53 2004 & 1956 HATTIESBURG (HBG) 55 TIED 55 1952 ------------------------------------------------------------ MONDAY 8/16 LOCATION NEW RECORD LOW PREVIOUS RECORD GREENVILLE (GLH) 55 57 1929 GREENWOOD (GWO) 53 58 1992 TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 56 61 1963 JACKSON (JAN) 56 58 1992 MERIDIAN (MEI) 54 60 1999 HATTIESBURG (HBG) 57 59 1963 NATCHEZ (HEZ) 55 TIE 55 1963 ------------------------------------------------------------ TUESDAY 8/17 LOCATION NEW RECORD LOW PREVIOUS RECORD GREENVILLE (GLH) 55 59 1929 GREENWOOD (GWO) 55 58 1992 TALLULAH-VICKSBURG (TVR) 55 59 1992 JACKSON (JAN) 56 58 1992 MERIDIAN (MEI) 54 60 1999 HATTIESBURG (HBG) 57 61 1992 NATCHEZ (HEZ) 57 TIE 57 1963 ------------------------------------------------------------ TUESDAY 8/18 LOCATION NEW RECORD LOW PREVIOUS RECORD MERIDIAN (MEI) 56 63 1992 HATTIESBURG (HBG) 58 61 1951 NATCHEZ (HEZ) 61 62 1963 ------------------------------------------------------------ NOW FOR A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. THIS AUGUST COOL EVENT IS LIKELY A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EVENT. ALL LOCATIONS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA EITHER SET DAILY RECORD LOWS OR SET ALL-TIME AUGUST RECORD LOWS. THIS DID NOT OCCUR JUST ONCE, BUT ON SEVERAL OR CONSECUTIVE OCCASIONS. GLH, GWO, MEI AND HBG ALL HAD 6 CONSECUTIVE DAYS BELOW 60 DEGREES. JAN, TVR AND HEZ ALL HAD 5 CONSECUTIVE DAYS. A COOL STREAK LIKE THIS HAS NEVER OCCURRED BEFORE IN AUGUST! CME

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