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FXUS64 KJAN 081821
AFDJAN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
121 PM CDT WED APR 8 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGES
- THE DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK AND
INTO THE WEEKEND, WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S BY SUNDAY.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 119 PM CDT WED APR 8 2026
THROUGH THURSDAY: THE FORECAST IS ONE OF PERSISTENCE IN THE SHORT
TERM AS SURFACE RIDGING FROM THE EAST WILL REMAIN DOMINANT. WEAK
SHORTWAVE TROUGHING ALOFT WILL TRANSITION TO WEAK RIDGING ALOFT
THURSDAY. LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE A DEGREE OR TWO WARMER THAN LAST NIGHT
AND HIGHS THURSDAY WILL TOP OUT A DEGREE OR TWO WARMER THAN THIS
AFTERNOON. THE LOWS TONIGHT WILL BE NEAR NORMAL AND THE HIGHS
THURSDAY WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL. IT WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE
PERIOD. /22/
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO NEXT WEEK: UPPER AND SURFACE RIDGING WILL
CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WITH LOWS THURSDAY
NIGHT IN THE MIDDLE 50S F RISING QUICKLY INTO THE LOWER AND MIDDLE
80S F BY FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO SLOWLY WARM INTO THE
WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 80S F
AREAWIDE. NOTICEABLE INCREASES IN HUMIDITY ARE LIKELY AS SLOW
MOISTENING OCCURS DURING THIS TIME PERIOD ON LIGHT
SOUTHEASTERLIES. DEWPOINTS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE 30S AND 40S F
WILL MOISTEN THROUGH THE 50S F THROUGH SATURDAY WITH 60+ F
DEWPOINTS RETURNING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK. DEWPOINTS RECOVER TO A SEASONABLY HUMID LEVEL BY MID WEEK
WITH WIDESPREAD MIDDLE 60S F DEWPOINTS LIKELY.
IN TERMS OF RAIN CHANCES, GUIDANCE REMAINS STINGY. A LOWER END
CHANCE FOR A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS FROM DECAYING STORMS THAT DEVELOP
OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS COULD BRING SOME SHOWERS TO PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS ON SUNDAY NIGHT. PREVIOUS
MODEL GUIDANCE HAD OFFERED SOME CHANCES FOR MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN
ACROSS THE AREA COMES ON TUESDAY BUT MORE RECENT TRENDS SUGGEST THE
DRY WEATHER MAY PERSIST AND THAT THE PRIMARY STORM TRACK COULD
REMAIN NORTH OF OUR AREA THROUGH THE NEXT 7-8 DAYS OR MORE. SHOULD
THIS BE THE CASE, RECENT RAINS WILL NOT LIKELY BE ENOUGH TO PREVENT
WORSENING DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLY INCREASING FIRE WEATHER
CONCERNS. THE PATTERN REMAINS ACTIVE CLOSE BY, BUT WITH ONLY
GLANCING INFLUENCE FROM PASSING WEATHER SYSTEMS LIKELY, THE CHANCES
FOR MEANINGFUL RAIN IN THE NEXT 7 DAYS ARE DWINDLING. /86/
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1225 PM CDT WED APR 8 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WL PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. /22/
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
JACKSON 55 79 55 82 / 0 0 0 0
MERIDIAN 53 78 52 81 / 0 0 0 0
VICKSBURG 54 81 56 83 / 0 0 0 0
HATTIESBURG 54 80 55 83 / 0 0 0 0
NATCHEZ 56 81 56 83 / 0 0 0 10
GREENVILLE 54 80 56 82 / 0 0 0 0
GREENWOOD 56 80 55 83 / 0 0 0 0
JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
22/LP/22
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