974  
FXUS64 KJAN 180001  
AFDJAN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS  
601 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2024  
   
..NEW AVIATION  
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 256 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
TONIGHT AND MONDAY...INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND SOUTHERLY  
WINDS AT THE SURFACE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MOISTURE BACK INTO THE  
FORECAST AREA THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ALL BE AHEAD OF A  
STORM SYSTEM THAT'LL LIFT NORTH NORTHEAST FROM NORTHERN MEXICO,  
THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PLAINS STATES, AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS  
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. AS THIS HAPPENS, A SURFACE LOW WILL  
LIKEWISE DEVELOP, FOLLOW SUITE IN ITS TRACK, AND DRAG A COLD FRONT  
EAST TOWARD WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE MONDAY  
AFTERNOON.  
 
WITH THE INCREASING MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION, WARMER CONDITIONS  
WILL EXIST TONIGHT AND ON MONDAY. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE  
MIDDLE 50S TO THE MIDDLE 60S AS CLOUDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS  
THE CWA. THEN WITH CLOUDS CONTINUING TO INCREASE THROUGH MONDAY  
AFTERNOON, HIGHS WILL TOP OUT FROM THE MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S.  
 
WITH A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE REGION, WINDS WILL BE  
BREEZY ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY, ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS ALONG AND  
WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 55 CORRIDOR. THERE, WINDS SUSTAINED BETWEEN  
20-25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30-40 MPH POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE, WINDS  
WILL BE SUSTAINED BETWEEN 15-20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH  
POSSIBLE.  
 
THE MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN DRY THROUGH THE MONDAY  
AFTERNOON PERIOD. THE INCREASED WARM ADVECTION, COULD YIELD SOME  
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS AREAS WEST OF THE  
MISSISSIPPI RIVER MONDAY AFTERNOON, BUT THE BETTER RAIN CHANCES WILL  
BEGIN ENTERING PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST  
ARKANSAS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE AFOREMENTIONED SYSTEM MOVES  
CLOSER TO WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. /19/  
 
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY: MONDAY EVENING A NEARLY STACKED LOW  
WILL BE LIFTING NORTH FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE NORTHERN  
PLAINS. AS IT DOES SO, A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO OUR  
WESTERN MOST ZONES. MOISTURE POOLING AHEAD OF THE COOL FRONT WILL  
COMBINE WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE BEING DRAW NORTHWARD FROM THE  
REMNANTS OF SARA TO RESULT IN PWATS BETWEEN AN INCH AND THREE  
QUARTERS AND TWO INCHES BACK ACROSS OUR CWA. OVERALL INSTABILITY  
LOOKS TO REMAIN LIMITED INCLUDING MEAGER LAPSE RATES BUT WITH THIS  
ANOMALOUS MOISTURE AND FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILE COMBINED WITH THE  
COLD FRONT, ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE  
POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. IN ADDITION A BRIEF  
TORNADO OR TWO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO  
PROGRESS WEST TO EAST ACROSS OUR CWA THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO TUESDAY  
MORNING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS BECOMING MORE CONFINED  
TO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF OUR CWA THE FARTHER EAST THE FRONT  
PROGRESSES AFTER MIDNIGHT. GUIDANCE HAS ALSO COME IN AGREEMENT WITH  
THE POTENTIAL FOR BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN  
MISSISSIPPI AND THE GULF COAST REGION. THERE NOW LOOKS TO BE A  
PERIOD FROM MIDNIGHT TO AROUND SUNRISE TUESDAY WHERE TWO TO THREE  
INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME MAY LEAD TO RUNOFF ISSUES  
LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AND URBAN AREAS.  
THIS AREA OF CONCERN INCLUDES OUR SOUTHEAST MOST ZONES. RAIN  
CHANCES ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FROM THE WEST TUESDAY BEFORE  
ENDING IN THE SOUTHEAST TUESDAY EVENING. RAINFALL TOTALS WITH THIS  
SYSTEM ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AROUND A HALF INCH IN OUR  
NORTHWEST TO GREATER THAN THREE INCHES OVER OUR SOUTHEAST. AS THE  
RAIN ENDS TUESDAY EVENING IN OUR CWA, ANOTHER CLOSED LOW WILL BE  
DROPPING OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. A POTENT SHORTWAVE ROUNDING THE  
BASE OF THIS CLOSED LOW IS EXPECTED TO HELP SEND A REINFORCING SHOT  
OF COLD DRY AIR WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY YET ANOTHER  
REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD DRY AIR ON THURSDAY AS THE CLOSED LOW DROPS  
OVER THE OHIO VALLEY REGION. MORNING LOWS ACROSS OUR NORTH WILL BE  
IN THE 30S THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. OUR NORTHEAST  
MOST ZONES WILL SEE 30S AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING. THERE WILL BE LESS  
OPTIMUM RADIATIONAL COOLING LEADING UP TO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY  
MORNINGS THEREFORE LIMITING FROST POTENTIAL BUT A SURFACE HIGH WILL  
BECOME CENTERED OVER OUR CWA FRIDAY NIGHT HELPING TO DECOUPLE THE  
WIND AND CONTRIBUTE TO STRONGER RADIATIONAL COOLING. THIS SHOULD  
LEAD TO PATCHY FROST ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN HALF OF OUR CWA  
SATURDAY MORNING. /22/  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 557 PM CST SUN NOV 17 2024  
 
VFR CONDITIONS AND SOUTHEAST SFC WIND WILL PREVAIL THROUGH  
TONIGHT, BUT THERE WILL BE AN INCREASING THREAT FOR MVFR CATEGORY  
STRATUS TO DEVELOP WITH INCREASED SOUTHERLY FLOW EARLY MONDAY  
MORNING. EXPECT VFR CEILINGS TO RETURN BY LATE MORNING/AFTERNOON  
GIVEN STRONG DAYTIME MIXING. GUSTY SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WIND CAN BE  
EXPECTED AT ALL SITES BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. /EC/  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
JACKSON 60 81 67 78 / 0 10 90 60  
MERIDIAN 56 78 66 76 / 0 0 80 90  
VICKSBURG 62 83 64 79 / 0 10 90 30  
HATTIESBURG 59 83 69 80 / 0 10 90 90  
NATCHEZ 63 82 66 78 / 0 10 90 30  
GREENVILLE 60 79 62 75 / 10 10 90 10  
GREENWOOD 59 80 63 77 / 0 0 100 40  
 
 
   
JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
MS...NONE.  
LA...NONE.  
AR...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
19/22/EC  
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