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FXUS64 KJAN 210216 AAB
AFDJAN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
916 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2026
..NEW MESOSCALE UPDATE
KEY MESSAGES
- QUIET WEATHER & WARM CONDITIONS PREVAIL THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK.
MESOSCALE UPDATE
ISSUED AT 911 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2026
NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES HAVE
MODERATED BACK TO SEASONAL NORMS, WITH LOWS TONIGHT BOTTOMING OUT
IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S ACROSS THE AREA. PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE
ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 84 TONIGHT, CLEARING OUT BY 9AM AFTER
THINNING WITH SUNRISE. TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 80S
TOMORROW AFTERNOON./OAJ/
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1245 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2026
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT THURSDAY:
PLEASANT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO KICK OFF THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING
AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN
ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES INTO NEXT WEEK. LOW PROBABILITY (10-30%) OF
PATCHY, DENSE FOG IS EXPECTED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
SURFACE RIDGING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CONUS WILL SUPPLY WARM AIR
ADVECTION ACROSS THE REGION VIA SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS. AS THE RIDGE
AMPLIFIES, INCREASING HIGH(LOW/MID 80S)/LOW(UPPER 50S/LOW 60S) TEMPS
ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND.
IMPACTFUL WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED; HOWEVER, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF
NOTEWORTHY WEATHER FEATURES TO LOOK FOR INTO THE NEW WORK WEEK.
FIRST: A DRY, FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL SWING THROUGH THE AREA LATE
SUNDAY. THIS WILL BRIEFLY DROP HIGHS TO THE MID 70S TO LOW 80S AND
KEEP LOWS RANGING IN THE 50S AND 60S ON MONDAY. SECOND: A WEAK,
SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE PUSHING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY MAY BRING
ISOLATED (<15% PROBABILITY) SHOWERS TO NORTHEAST MS, BUT WIDESPREAD
RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED. TEMPS WILL QUICKLY REBOUND INTO THE 80S
THROUGH THE MID WEEK. WARM AND QUIET CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR
THE REST OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. /SW/
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 640 PM CDT FRI MAR 20 2026
VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD. A SHORT
PERIOD OF MVFR/IFR DUE TO FOG WILL PERSIST AROUND HBG WITH LOW
PROBABILITY OF PATCHY FOG NEAR OTHER SOUTHERN SITES EARLY
TOMORROW MORNING. SHOULD FOG DEVELOP OCCUR, BRIEF MVFR FLIGHT
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT AFFECTED SITES./OAJ/
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
JACKSON 58 83 59 85 / 0 0 0 0
MERIDIAN 55 83 57 85 / 0 0 0 0
VICKSBURG 58 83 59 85 / 0 0 0 0
HATTIESBURG 54 83 57 85 / 0 0 0 0
NATCHEZ 58 83 60 85 / 0 0 0 0
GREENVILLE 60 83 62 85 / 0 0 0 0
GREENWOOD 60 85 62 87 / 0 0 0 0
JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
SW/SW/OAJ
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