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FXUS64 KJAN 182341  
AFDJAN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS  
641 PM CDT WED MAR 18 2026  
   
..NEW AVIATION
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
- QUIET WEATHER & WARM CONDITIONS PREVAIL THROUGH EARLY NEXT  
WEEK.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 125 PM CDT WED MAR 18 2026  
 
TONIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE IS  
DRIFTING EAST OF THE REGION, AND WILL REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE  
MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. THIS WILL RESULT IN SOUTH TO  
SOUTHWEST WINDS PREVAILING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH THIS  
WEEKEND. THEN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY, A DRY FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS  
CURRENTLY ADVERTISED TO SINK SOUTH THROUGH THE CWA, WITH WINDS  
TURNING OUT OF THE NORTH IN IT'S WAKE. ALL OF THIS, AS NORTHWEST  
FLOW ALOFT PERSISTS ACROSS THE REGION THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD.  
 
QUIET WEATHER CONTINUES INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL  
STEADILY WARM DURING THIS TIME, WITH HIGHS CLIMBING BACK TO ABOVE  
NORMAL READINGS AND INTO THE 80S FRIDAY THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY.  
LOWS WILL LIKEWISE FOLLOW SUITE, BUT REMAIN COOL THROUGH THE PERIOD.  
TEMPERATURES WILL COOL SLIGHTLY MONDAY INTO TUESDAY, STILL REMAINING  
ABOVE NORMAL THOUGH, AS THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES  
THROUGH THE REGION. /19/  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 639 PM CDT WED MAR 18 2026  
 
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT ALL TAF SITES THROUGH THE PERIOD.  
THE WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY OUT OF THE SOUTH FROM 4-8KTS.  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
JACKSON 67 45 76 51 / 0 0 0 0  
MERIDIAN 66 41 75 49 / 0 0 0 0  
VICKSBURG 68 46 77 52 / 0 0 0 0  
HATTIESBURG 66 42 76 50 / 0 0 0 0  
NATCHEZ 68 45 77 52 / 0 0 0 0  
GREENVILLE 66 48 75 54 / 0 0 0 0  
GREENWOOD 67 48 77 54 / 0 0 0 0  
 

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

 
 

 
 
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