David R. Hartman

Jackson

Chief Meteorologist at WAPT-TV (Jackson, MS)

Multi award winning Chief Meteorologist @ WAPT for 38 years. Mississippi's most experienced broadcast meteorologist. Saints fan & dog/corgi lover. PSU '83.

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Dry but perfect and beautiful weather this weekend

1 week ago | wapt.com | David R. Hartman

Dry but perfect and beautiful weather this weekend16 WAPT Chief Meteorologist David Hartman has the latest most accurate weather forecast for Jackson and Central Mississippi
It's a weather spring chill

2 weeks ago | wapt.com | David R. Hartman

Saturday night and early Sunday morning storm systems still lingering on the southeastern US rough weather for Carolinas through North Florida there. We have strong northwest flow which has developed and as advertised, cooler than average temperatures have arrived, we'll see *** brief warm up later in the week for maybe *** day and then another reinforcing shot of northwest winds will move in.
Beautiful weather for Tuesday

3 weeks ago | wapt.com | David R. Hartman

Tuesday looks like *** pretty nice day. Temperatures up near 80 degrees, but those southerly winds are gonna start getting *** little gusty in the afternoon and windy and warm on Wednesday with *** mix of sun and clouds. Look at these temperatures. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. We should threaten the upper 80s. Record highs are around 90, and yes, it does look like another weekend, but we'll see rain chances. Looks like it'll turn cooler late in the weekend.
Summer-like warmth is in the air

3 weeks ago | wapt.com | David R. Hartman

Briefly cooler behind the rain that we had earlier today. Temperatures will drop. The seasonal levels, upper 40s to near 50. Winds will be out of the Northeast. Look at this 60 degree low temperature air in southern Louisiana. Tomorrow the winds kick into the South and *** very warm humid air mass will dominate the weather all week long. In fact, uh, tomorrow's highs only near 80 will be about as low as they'll be because later in the week.
Foggy in the morning but sunshine with clouds later in the afternoon

4 weeks ago | wapt.com | David R. Hartman

Little fog by morning and then *** mix of sun and clouds tomorrow can't rule out *** spotty shower brief pop-up shower in *** few spots for Wednesday afternoon. Thursday looks good. By Friday we'll see clouds thickening up Friday night into Saturday, some rain and storm chances and then again late Sunday night.
Spectacular and pleasant spring like temperatures

1 month ago | wapt.com | David R. Hartman

Pleasant spring conditions for most of this week. Temperatures are going to be on the mild side. The front that brought the storms and rain late Sunday night and Monday is well off to our east. But today, uh, there's been *** nice patch of rain moving along the Gulf Coast, and we've seen slowly clearing skies in our area. There's the, the big rains and you can see it's already past the beaches of. Orange Beach in Pensacola. Boy, even down there they had some decent rain totals.
Wake Up Weather

1 month ago | wapt.com | David R. Hartman

Frosty early Friday morning and then the sun, boy, it's gonna do its job. 70 in the afternoon. 76 for Saturday. Really nice weekend. By late Sunday though, clouds thicken up we could see *** late day shower, maybe *** gusty storm in the evening, and then next week spectacular March weather to finish out the month.
Spring Chill Down

1 month ago | wapt.com | David R. Hartman

16 WAPT Chief Meteorologist David Hartman has the forecast for Jackson and Central Mississippi. 16 WAPT Chief Meteorologist David Hartman has the forecast for Jackson and Central Mississippi.
A cold front approaches with wind gusting

1 month ago | wapt.com | David R. Hartman

Big winds through Wednesday evening as *** cold front approaches, but the front is moisture starved. Might see *** quick light shower. That would be it as the front moves through, and colder air is going to return. And by Thursday night and Friday morning lows are gonna dip into the 30s, *** light frost possible warmer over the weekend and maybe some storms Sunday night.
Up and down spring feel temperatures

1 month ago | wapt.com | David R. Hartman

Up and down spring feel temperatures16 WAPT Chief Meteorologist David Hartman has the latest most accurate weather forecast for Jackson and Central Mississippi