768  
FXUS64 KJAN 232317  
AFDJAN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS  
617 PM CDT WED SEP 23 2026  
   
..NEW AVIATION
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
 
- A DRIER AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION WILL YIELD LESS HUMID  
CONDITIONS, WITH CLOSER TO NORMAL HIGHS, AND COOL LOWS.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 250 PM CDT WED SEP 23 2026  
 
THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY...NOTICEABLY DRIER AIR THAT IS "NOT SO HOT"  
CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO THE REGION, AND THIS WILL REMAIN ACROSS  
THE REGION INTO AT EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND AT THE  
SURFACE WILL ALSO ASSERT ITSELF INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE  
BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND. RAIN CHANCES WILL ESSENTIALLY BE NIL  
ACROSS THE AREA DURING THIS TIME. HIGH TEMPERATURES EACH DAY WILL  
BE A BIT LESS THAN THEY'VE BEEN IN RECENT WEEKS, AS THEY RANGE  
FROM THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME  
GRADUAL WARMING WILL THEN ENSUE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY, AS HIGHS  
PEAK IN THE LOW AND MIDDLE 90S. THE RESULT OF THE FRONTAL  
BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY SINK SOUTH THROUGH THE FORECAST  
AREA TODAY. DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY, AS HIGHS WARM INTO  
THE MIDDLE 90S ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA, A STRAY  
SHOWER OR STORM CAN'T BE RULED OUT IN THE VICINITY OF THIS  
BOUNDARY. THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN DRY AS  
HIGHS WARM INTO THE LOW AND MIDDLE 90S. E DRIER AIRMASS ACROSS THE  
REGION WILL ESPECIALLY BE FELT DURING THE NIGHT TIME HOURS AS  
LOWS FALL INTO THE 60S.  
 
ONCE AGAIN, RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN TOUGH TO COME BY DURING MOST OF  
THIS FORECAST PERIOD. RIDGING ALOFT WILL WEAKEN ENOUGH ON SUNDAY,  
ALLOWING A DISTURBANCE EMBEDDED IN NORTHWEST FLOW TO TRAVERSE THE  
CWA. THIS WILL BRING SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS TO THE FORECAST AREA  
SUNDAY. THEN LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY, A SHORTWAVE DROPPING  
SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION WILL YIELD ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RAIN  
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. A GREATER  
CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A MORE SIGNIFICANT  
FRONTAL SYSTEM COULD IMPACT THE AREA JUST BEYOND THIS FORECAST,  
AND THIS WILL BE SOMETHING TO MONITOR FOR AS WE GET CLOSER IN  
TIME. /19/EC/  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 614 PM CDT WED SEP 23 2026  
 
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL SITES FOR A MAJORITY OF THE  
FORECAST PERIOD. AROUND 10-12Z MVFR LOW STRATUS/PATCHY FOG WILL BE  
POSSIBLE AT GTR/MEI BEFORE DISSIPATING AROUND 17Z./86/  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
JACKSON 66 89 66 90 / 0 0 0 0  
MERIDIAN 67 88 64 88 / 0 0 0 0  
VICKSBURG 65 88 66 90 / 0 0 0 0  
HATTIESBURG 69 92 66 90 / 0 0 0 0  
NATCHEZ 67 90 67 92 / 0 0 0 0  
GREENVILLE 63 88 64 91 / 0 0 0 0  
GREENWOOD 62 88 64 91 / 0 0 0 0  
 

 
   
JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
MS...NONE.  
LA...NONE.  
AR...NONE.  

 
 

 
 
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