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FXUS64 KJAN 080200 AAB  
AFDJAN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS  
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL  
900 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2025  
   
..NEW MESOSCALE UPDATE  
 
   
MESOSCALE UPDATE  
 
ISSUED AT 900 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2025  
 
REST OF TONIGHT...WHILE A STRAY SHOWER CAN'T BE RULED OUT, OVERALL,  
QUIET CONDITIONS WILL EXIST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THE  
OVERNIGHT HOURS. WITH CLEARING SKIES, LIGHT TO CALM WIND, DAMP  
GROUND CONDITIONS, AND INCREASING MOISTURE, PATCHY FOG DEVELOPMENT  
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, WITH A FEW  
PATCHES OF DENSE FOG POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE, WITH SOME LOW STRATUS  
ALSO DEVELOPING TOWARDS DAY BREAK THURSDAY, LOOK FOR LOWS TONIGHT TO  
FALL INTO THE LOW TO MIDDLE 60S. /19/  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 127 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2025  
 
COASTAL MCS CONTINUES THIS EARLY AFTERNOON AND IS ALLOWING FOR  
SOME LIGHT PRECIP TO SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES NOW AND  
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NOTABLE DRYING IS NOTED ON THE BACKSIDE OF  
THE WAVE THAT WILL SUPPORT CLEARING FROM W TO E FROM LATER  
AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. CLEARING THIS EVENING WILL GIVE WAY TO  
GOOD COOLING AND POTENTIAL FOR FOG DEVELOPMENT. AT THIS TIME, WILL  
MESSAGE PATCHY DENSE FOG AND HAVE THE EVENING SHIFT MONITOR FOR  
ANY ADVISORY.  
 
AS WE GO INTO THURSDAY AND THE WEEKEND, A BIT OF A COMPLEX PATTERN  
EVOLUTION IS EXPECTED. THURSDAY WILL SEE MORE OF A SHEARED TROUGH  
OVER THE AREA WITH EVOLUTION TO MORE OF A DIGGING FEATURE AND  
BECOMING CLOSED OFF FOR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. THIS EVOLUTION OF  
THE MID/UPPER LOW WILL SUPPORT CONTINUED RAIN CHANCES EACH DAY,  
PRIMARILY AFTERNOON, ACROSS THE AREA. BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON  
INSTABILITY WILL BUILD (AROUND 2000 J/KG MUCAPE) ALONG WITH SOME  
SUPPORTIVE LAPSE RATES. WHILE NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE ON INSTABILITY,  
THE EXTRA ELEMENT IS THE STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR. VALUES AROUND  
50KTS WILL HELP POTENTIALLY PUSH A FEW CELLS TO ACHIEVE MORE AND  
REACH SEVERE LEVELS. THE MARGINAL RISK HAS BEEN ADJUSTED, BUT FITS  
BETTER AND SUPPORTS THE ISOLATED THREAT FROM A FEW STORMS. HAIL AND  
DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS. BEYOND LATE WEEK, THE BEST  
PRECIP CHANCES LOOK TO BE SAT-MON. WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING ANY  
HAZARDOUS WEATHER DURING THIS PERIOD.  
 
FOR TUE-WED, THE UPPER LOW WILL FEEL THE SHORTENING OF THE  
TROUGH/RIDGE REGIME AND WILL EJECT OUT AND ALLOW FOR MORE OF A  
RIDGING PATTERN TO TAKE SHAPE FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.  
ADDITIONALLY, DEEP LAYER DRIER AIR WILL BE IN PLACE. ALSO,  
INCREASING SW LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL SUPPORT A WARMING TREND WITH A  
RETURN TO 80S AND EVEN SOME 90S BY LATTER WEEK. /CME/  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 624 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2025  
 
A MIX OF MVFR/VFR FLIGHT CATEGORIES ARE PREVAILING AT TAF SITES  
ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. THIS TREND WILL CONTINUE INTO  
TONIGHT, BUT WITH SKIES GRADUALLY CLEARING FROM WEST TO EAST, A  
COMBINATION OF LOW STRATUS AND FOG IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE  
EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN CATEGORIES  
FALLING TO MVFR/IFR STATUS THROUGH AT LEAST LATE MORNING. BY EARLY  
AFTERNOON THURSDAY, AREAS SITES ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO VFR  
CATEGORIES. WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL BE LIGHT FROM THE SOUTH TO CALM,  
BUT WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT AROUND 5-10 KNOTS LATE  
THURSDAY MORNING. /19/  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
JACKSON 63 82 63 79 / 0 70 40 60  
MERIDIAN 63 81 61 79 / 0 70 40 70  
VICKSBURG 63 82 63 79 / 10 50 30 50  
HATTIESBURG 65 82 65 81 / 10 80 40 80  
NATCHEZ 63 81 63 78 / 10 50 30 50  
GREENVILLE 64 81 63 76 / 10 50 40 50  
GREENWOOD 63 82 63 78 / 10 60 50 60  
 
 
   
JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
MS...NONE.  
LA...NONE.  
AR...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
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