912  
FXUS64 KMEG 090445  
AFDMEG  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN  
1145 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2025  
   
..NEW DISCUSSION, AVIATION, FIRE WEATHER  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
UPDATED AT 1144 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2025  
 
- HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION BRINGING COOLER  
TEMPERATURES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO  
BE IN THE 70S THROUGH FRIDAY.  
 
- TEMPERATURES WILL WARM BACK UP THIS WEEKEND WITH HIGHS REACHING INTO  
THE MID 80S BY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. NO MEASURABLE RAINFALL IS  
EXPECTED FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
(TONIGHT THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 1144 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2025  
 
ALL IS QUIET ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN THE  
WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. THE INCOMING AIRMASS IS MUCH COOLER AND DRIER  
THAN WE HAVE SEEN FOR MUCH OF THE FALL SEASON. RELATIVELY STRONG CAA  
WILL HELP IT COOL OFF PRETTY SIGNIFICANTLY OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY  
MORNING. CONFIDENCE IS HIGH THAT AREAS ALONG THE TN/KY STATE LINE  
WILL DIP INTO THE UPPER 40S THURSDAY MORNING. THE COOL TREND  
CONTINUES INTO THE DAYTIME; MOST AREAS WILL BARELY CLIMB OUT OF THE  
70S THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS MID FALL COOLDOWN WILL UNFORTUNATELY BE  
PRETTY SHORT LIVED.  
 
BY FRIDAY, THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN OUT WEST BEGINS TO AMPLIFY VERY  
QUICKLY TO A STOUT RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. WE'LL  
BE IN NO-MAN'S-LAND WITH RESPECT TO 500 MB CLIMATOLOGY THROUGH THE  
WEEKEND, BUT THAT RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY TRANSLATE EASTWARD INTO NEXT  
WEEK. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES SOAR TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL IN THE  
MID TO UPPER 80S BY MONDAY, CONTINUING THROUGH MIDWEEK. LREF 90TH  
PERCENTILE (UPPER ECHELON OF GUIDANCE) EVEN HAS A FEW PIXELS OF 90  
DEGREE TEMPERATURES IN THE MS DELTA TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. THE GOOD  
NEWS IS THAT WITH VERY DRY AIR FILTERING IN ALONG THE RIDGE AXIS,  
HUMIDITY WILL BE KEPT AT BAY. THIS ALSO KEEPS POPS BELOW 15% THROUGH  
THE ENTIRE 7-DAY PERIOD.  
 
CPC'S LATEST 6-10 DAY OUTLOOK KEEPS A HIGH CHANCE (70-80%) OF ABOVE  
NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR THE MID-SOUTH THROUGH THE END OF NEXT WEEK  
AS IT LOOKS LIKE THIS RIDGE ISN'T GOING ANYWHERE ANYTIME SOON.  
GUIDANCE IS ALSO LEANING BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION FOR THIS SAME  
TIME PERIOD. DROUGHT HAS BEEN CURBED A LITTLE WITH THE MOST RECENT  
RAIN WE'VE HAD, BUT WITH THIS DRY FORECAST IT MAY START TO CREEP  
BACK INTO THE SEVERE DROUGHT TERRITORY.  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(06Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1144 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2025  
 
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD. NE  
WINDS BETWEEN 4-6 KTS WILL INCREASE TO 8-11 KTS ON THURSDAY.  
 
 
   
FIRE WEATHER  
 
ISSUED AT 1144 PM CDT WED OCT 8 2025  
 
FIRE DANGER LOOKS MINIMAL THROUGH THE NEXT 7 DAYS. WINDS ARE  
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT WITH AFTERNOON RHS IN THE 30-40% RANGE THROUGH  
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. DRY AND WARMER CONDITIONS WILL BE THE TREND  
AFTER THURSDAY'S COOLDOWN.  
 
 
   
MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
AR...NONE.  
MO...NONE.  
MS...NONE.  
TN...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
PUBLIC FORECAST...CAD  
AVIATION...CJC  
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