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FXUS64 KJAN 191707 AAC
AFDJAN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1107 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2025
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- FROST AND LIGHT FREEZE POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING.
- TEMPERATURES WILL WARM TO ABOUT 15 TO 20 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
MESOSCALE UPDATE
ISSUED AT 904 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2025
QUIET AND MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION IN THE
WAKE OF LAST NIGHT'S FRONT. WITH COLD ADVECTION ALREADY SET TO
TAPER OFF THROUGH THE DAY AND NEARLY FULL INSOLATION, AFTERNOON
TEMPS WILL ONLY BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. HIGHS FOR TODAY WERE
NUDGED UPWARD A FEW DEGREES IN MOST AREAS. NO OTHER CHANGES ARE
PLANNED AT THIS TIME. /DL/
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1249 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2025
RISING MID-LEVEL HEIGHTS AND ARRIVING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
WILL RESULT IN CLEARER SKIES TODAY. FROST AND LIGHT FREEZE
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THE FOR PARTS OF THE AREA THIS MORNING AND
AGAIN TONIGHT. THEN THE PATTERN BECOMES MORE ZONAL ALOFT AND
TRANSITIONS TO RIDGE DOMINANT BY MIDWEEK AS A 588DAM H5 RIDGE
BUILDS OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND PIVOTS EAST ALONG THE GULF
COAST THROUGH MID WEEK. CHANCES FOR LIGHT RAIN SATURDAY
NIGHT/SUNDAY WITH A NORTHERN STREAM SHORTWAVE AND INTO THE FIRST
PART OF THE NEW WEEK WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK FORCING AND
TRANSIENT MOISTURE PASSING THROUGH THE REGION. RAIN AMOUNTS WILL
BE LIMITED WHERE MEASURABLE.
OF INTEREST, THE 7-DAY FORECAST NOW INCLUDES THE CHRISTMAS EVE AND
CHRISTMAS DAY HOLIDAYS. AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WILL BE PUSHING
ABOUT 15-20 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL FOR LATE DECEMBER AS WE
MOVE INTO THE HOLIDAYS. A WHITE CHRISTMAS IS NOT EXPECTED, BUT
SANTA HIS REINDEER MAY ENJOY A MORE TROPICAL EXPERIENCE PASSING
THROUGH THE REGION NEXT WEEK. /NF/
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1107 AM CST FRI DEC 19 2025
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. WINDS WILL
SHIFT TO SOUTHERLY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AND WILL
BECOME GUSTY DURING BY LATE MORNING SATURDAY AT MOST SITES. /DL/
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
JACKSON 56 37 69 54 / 0 0 0 20
MERIDIAN 56 33 66 49 / 0 0 0 20
VICKSBURG 57 38 71 55 / 0 0 0 30
HATTIESBURG 60 36 72 53 / 0 0 0 20
NATCHEZ 60 41 72 58 / 0 0 0 20
GREENVILLE 53 37 66 50 / 0 0 0 30
GREENWOOD 53 36 66 51 / 0 0 0 30
JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
DL/NF
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