100  
FXUS64 KJAN 292351 AAA  
AFDJAN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS  
651 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 2026  
   
..NEW AVIATION  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
 
- DANGEROUS HEAT STRESS MAY RETURN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA  
EARLY TO LATE NEXT WEEK.  
 
- RAIN CHANCES ARE EXPECTED ALONG/SOUTH OF I-20 AS MULTIPLE  
DISTURBANCES AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 1229 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 2026  
 
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...AN UPPER-LVL HIGH OVER THE SOUTHWEST  
& TEXAS CONTINUES TO EXPAND TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST. AS THE HIGH  
PROGRESSES, HEAT INDICES ARE EXPECTED START INCREASING TO 100  
DEGREES BY SUNDAY. A CUT-OFF LOW PRESSURE NEAR GULF STATES WILL  
TRACK WESTWARDS, SHIFTING RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THE INTERSTATE 59  
CORRIDOR AND HWY 84 SUNDAY.  
 
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...THE AFOREMENTIONED HIGH WILL  
SETTLE OVER THE SOUTHEAST CONUS AROUND TUESDAY, LINGERING THROUGH  
THE REST OF THE WEEK. DANGEROUS HEAT CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED TO  
RETURN AS HIGHS RANGE IN THE MID/UPPER 90S AND HEAT INDICES REACH  
105-110F. HWO GRAPHICS MAY BE NEEDED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. AS  
THE HIGH SETTLES, ADDITIONAL CUT-OFF LOW DISTURBANCES WILL  
TRAVERSE AROUND THE RIDGE, BRING DEEP MOISTURE AND STORM CHANCES  
(25-50%) STARTING ALONG THE HWY 84 CORRIDOR. MID-WEEK, RAIN  
CHANCES WILL EXPAND TO THE I-20 CORRIDOR AND EASTERN MS AS THE  
PATTERN LINGERS INTO THE END OF THE WEEK. /SW/  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 648 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 2026  
 
ISOLATED -SHRA WL COME IN VCTY OF HBG AND PIB BEFORE DISSIPATING  
BY 03Z. OTHERWISE, VFR CONDITIONS WL PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF  
PERIOD. /22/  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
JACKSON 72 95 73 96 / 0 10 0 20  
MERIDIAN 72 95 73 97 / 0 10 0 10  
VICKSBURG 71 95 73 95 / 0 0 0 10  
HATTIESBURG 73 94 73 95 / 10 50 10 40  
NATCHEZ 71 96 73 95 / 0 10 10 30  
GREENVILLE 70 99 74 98 / 0 0 0 10  
GREENWOOD 71 97 73 97 / 0 10 0 10  
 
 
   
JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
MS...NONE.  
LA...NONE.  
AR...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
/SW/22  
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