490  
FXUS64 KJAN 032337 AAA  
AFDJAN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS  
637 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025  
   
..NEW AVIATION
 
 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 237 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025  
 
TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...  
 
A "MARGINAL" RISK FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER  
THE NEXT HOUR THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF  
THE I-59 CORRIDOR AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS THE AREA.  
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BECOME QUIET THIS EVENING THROUGH THE  
OVERNIGHT PERIOD AS GLOBAL GUIDANCE SHOWS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM  
HOVERING OVER THE MID TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION TO PUSH EAST-  
NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE UPPER EAST COAST. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR  
THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT TO CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST ACROSS ALABAMA  
INTO GEORGIA. A BUILDING 1019MB SFC HIGH OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS  
WILL TRACK EAST OVER THE MS VALLEY SUNDAY INTO THE BEGINNING OF  
EARLY NEXT WEEK. HREF GUIDANCE IS STARTING TO SHOW LOW  
PROBABILITIES (10-20%) OF PATCHY FOG MAINLY FOR AREAS EAST OF I-55  
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE, EXPECT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ALONG  
WITH SEASONAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID/UPPER 70S ACROSS OUR  
ENTIRE FORECAST AREA THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. RAIN CHANCES WILL  
BEGIN TO INCREASE WEST OF THE MS RIVER BEGINNING EARLY TUESDAY  
MORNING.  
 
TUESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...  
 
LONG TERM GLOBAL GUIDANCE IS CONTINUING TO HIGHLIGHT A LONGWAVE,  
BLOCKING PATTERN WITH LOWS CENTERED NEAR THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS/OHIO  
VALLEY. THIS BLOCKING PATTERN IS FORECASTED TO TRACK EAST ACROSS  
ACROSS THE CENTRAL/EASTERN CONUS THROUGH THE LATE WEEK. AS THIS  
PATTERN SHIFTS EAST, MULTIPLE SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCES WILL PUSH  
THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST CONUS ALLOWING FOR MULTIPLE ROUNDS  
ISOLATED/SCATTERED SHOWERS AND T-STORMS WEST OF THE MS RIVER TUESDAY  
MORNING. STORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS OUR ENTIRE  
FORECAST AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING. WITH GUIDANCE HIGHLIGHTING  
PWATS BETWEEN 1.5-2 INCHES, TRAINING STORMS AREAWIDE, AND THE SPC  
ENSEMBLE VIEWER SHOWING A STRONG QPF SIGNAL FOR TUESDAY AND  
WEDNESDAY, STORMS MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF  
DAYS.  
 
A "SLIGHT" RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY THE  
WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER (WPC) FOR OUR ENTIRE FORECAST AREA TUESDAY  
THROUGH THURSDAY. BECAUSE OF THIS, WE WENT AHEAD AND INTRODUCED A  
"LIMITED" THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING FOR OUR ENTIRE CWA INCLUDING  
PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND ALL OF OUR NORTHEAST LOUISIANA  
PARISHES FOR TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT  
SEVERAL AREAS IN THE "LIMITED" THREAT COULD GET UPGRADED TO AN  
"ELEVATED" RISK FOR HEAVY RAIN/FLASH FLOODING. WE WILL KEEP YOU  
UPDATED ON ANY CHANGES AS WE GET CLOSER. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE  
BETWEEN 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. RAIN  
CHANCES WILL CONTINUE HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND AS FUTURE GUIDANCE  
SHOWS THE AFOREMENTIONED LONGWAVE BLOCKING PATTERN SLOWLY  
PROPAGATING EASTWARD. /CR/  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 632 PM CDT SAT MAY 3 2025  
 
VFR CONDITIONS WL PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. /22/  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
JACKSON 51 73 51 79 / 0 0 0 0  
MERIDIAN 50 74 48 78 / 0 0 0 0  
VICKSBURG 52 73 52 79 / 0 0 0 0  
HATTIESBURG 53 78 52 82 / 0 0 0 0  
NATCHEZ 53 73 52 78 / 0 0 0 0  
GREENVILLE 51 71 53 77 / 0 0 0 0  
GREENWOOD 50 72 51 77 / 0 0 0 0  
 

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

 
 

 
 
/CR/22  
 
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