019  
FXUS64 KJAN 180727  
AFDJAN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS  
227 AM CDT WED MAR 18 2026  
   
..NEW DISCUSSION  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
- COOL CONDITIONS PERSIST INTO THIS MORNING.  
 
- QUIET WEATHER PREVAILS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK, WITH  
WARMING TEMPERATURES.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 227 AM CDT WED MAR 18 2026  
 
TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...  
 
CHILLY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING  
AS EARLY MORNING GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHOW A MID/UPPER LEVEL  
DISTURBANCE PASSING TO OUR NORTH. THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN  
INCREASING CLOUD COVER MAINLY OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF  
OUR CWA AS A QUICK LOOK AT GOES 16 VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWS MID TO  
HIGH CLOUDS BUILDING FROM THE NORTH. LOWS THIS MORNING WILL RANGE  
FROM THE LOWER 30S ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA.  
ELSEWHERE, MORNING LOWS WILL RANGE IN THE UPPER 30S/LOWER 40S. A  
LIGHT FROST/FREEZE CANNOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST AND  
SOUTHEAST MS THIS MORNING.  
 
QUIET CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA THIS  
AFTERNOON THANKS TO THE SFC HIGH SETTLING OVER THE SOUTHEAST CONUS.  
DAYTIME HIGHS WILL PEAK INTO THE MID/UPPER 60S AREAWIDE. SIMILAR  
CONDITIONS WILL OVER OCCUR TONIGHT WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS DIPPING INTO  
THE MID TO UPPER 40S. /CR/  
 
NOT MUCH TO TALK ABOUT IN THE LONG TERM PERIOD. THE WEATHER WILL  
REMAIN QUIET AND DRY THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND  
WITH WITH TEMPERATURES EVENTUALLY CLIMBING BACK TO ABOVE NORMAL  
READING AND INTO THE 80S. WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN QUIET  
THROUGH NEXT WEEK WEDNESDAY. /CR/  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(06Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 1232 AM CDT WED MAR 18 2026  
 
WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD, BECOMING  
SOUTHERLY BY 15Z WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE, VFR CEILINGS WILL PREVAIL  
THROUGH THE PERIOD. /CR/  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
JACKSON 66 45 75 53 / 0 0 0 0  
MERIDIAN 65 41 74 50 / 0 0 0 0  
VICKSBURG 68 46 76 53 / 0 0 0 0  
HATTIESBURG 66 43 76 52 / 0 0 0 0  
NATCHEZ 68 46 76 53 / 0 0 0 0  
GREENVILLE 66 47 75 54 / 0 0 0 0  
GREENWOOD 67 46 76 54 / 0 0 0 0  
 
 
   
JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
MS...NONE.  
LA...NONE.  
AR...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
CR/CR/CR  
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