568  
FXUS64 KJAN 162346 AAA  
AFDJAN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS  
546 PM CST SUN FEB 16 2025  
   
..NEW AVIATION
 
 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 305 PM CST SUN FEB 16 2025  
 
THROUGH MONDAY:  
 
STRONG COLD ADVECTION CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON, WITH A SOLID,  
RESILIENT STRATUS DECK CONTRIBUTING TO THE EFFECT OF A BLUSTERY DAY.  
CLOUDS WILL PERSIST IN SOME AREAS AT LEAST INTO THE EARLY EVENING,  
AND THERE MAY EVEN BE A FEW LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES AROUND THE GOLDEN  
TRIANGLE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. IF THEY OCCUR, IT WILL BE VERY LIGHT  
AND WON'T RESULT IN ANY ISSUES. HEADING THROUGH THE NIGHT, THE LOW  
LEVEL PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL RELAX AS SURFACE RIDGING BEGINS TO  
BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH. ALONG WITH LESSENING WIND, THIS SHOULD LEAD  
TO A REDUCTION IN CLOUDS AS WE LOSE THE CURRENT REGIME OF LOW LEVEL  
CYCLONIC CONVERGENCE. WITH INCREASED CLEARING AND LIGHTER WIND, IT  
WILL BE QUITE COLD WITH A FREEZE EXPECTED ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE  
AREA TOMORROW MORNING. MONDAY WILL BE SEASONABLY COOL BUT WARMER  
THAN TODAY WITH THE HELP OF MORE PLENTIFUL SUN. /DL/  
 
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY:  
 
THE GENERAL THEME FOR THE LONG TERM PERIOD WILL BE CENTERED AROUND  
THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A ROUND OF WINTRY MIXED  
PRECIP ACROSS OUR FAR NORTHERN COUNTIES IN THE ARKLAMISS BORDER  
REGIONS. SYNOPTICALLY THE PATTERN HASN'T CHANGED MUCH, UPPER LEVEL  
TROUGHING WILL STRETCH FROM CANADA THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH. IN  
ADDITION A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS SOUTHWARD INTO THE DEEP SOUTH  
BEFORE PIVOTING BACK TO THE NORTHEAST. A SHORTWAVE TUESDAY NIGHT  
INTO WEDNESDAY WILL INCREASE PRECIP CHANCES AREAWIDE WITH A WINTRY  
MIX POSSIBLE ACROSS ARKLAMISS JUNCTION REGION. IN ADDITION AREAS  
ALONG AND ABOVE HWY-82 WILL HAVE POTENTIAL TO SEE LIGHT FREEZING  
RAIN. FOLLOWING THIS SYSTEM, LATE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND TEMPERATURES  
REMAIN COLD AS ANOTHER COLD AIRMASS WILL ARRIVE. OVERNIGHT  
TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY LOOK TO BE THE COOLEST WITH  
TEMPS DROPPING INTO THE MID TEENS FOR A MAJORITY OF THE AREA AND  
HIGH TEMPS THURSDAY POTENTIALLY NOT RISING ABOVE FREEZING IN  
PORTIONS OF THE AREA. COLD PRODUCTS WILL BE LIKELY BE NEEDED BY MID  
TO LATE WEEK BUT THIS SCENARIO IS STILL A FEW DAYS AWAY, SO BE SURE  
TO STAY UPDATED WITH THE FORECAST THIS WEEK./KP/  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 543 PM CST SUN FEB 16 2025  
 
MVFR CIGS WL CONTINUE THROUGH 04Z ACROSS CNTRL AND NE TAF SITES  
BEFORE IMPROVING TO VFR WHILE ALSO GRADUALLY DISSIPATING FROM THE  
SW.. THE GUSTY NW-N WIND 16-20KTS WL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY 04Z AS  
WELL. /22/  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
JACKSON 30 54 36 58 / 0 0 0 10  
MERIDIAN 28 53 32 58 / 0 0 0 0  
VICKSBURG 30 54 36 57 / 0 0 0 20  
HATTIESBURG 32 58 36 63 / 0 0 0 10  
NATCHEZ 31 56 38 59 / 0 0 0 20  
GREENVILLE 28 46 33 49 / 0 0 0 20  
GREENWOOD 28 51 34 54 / 0 0 0 10  
 

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

 
 

 
 
DL/KP/22  
 
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