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FXUS64 KJAN 231734 AAA
AFDJAN
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1234 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
- WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND.
MESOSCALE UPDATE
ISSUED AT 947 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2026
LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS HAD A DRY COLD FRONT DRIFTING JUST SOUTH
OF THE HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR. THIS COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SAG
THROUGH THE CWA TODAY BRINGING IN COOLER AND DRIER AIR. THIS WILL
RESULT IN HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE UPPER 60S NORTHWEST
TO THE LOWER 80S SOUTH. /22/
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 154 PM CDT SUN MAR 22 2026
THROUGH MONDAY: LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS HAD A CENTER OF HIGH
PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF AND A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND ACROSS THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT BETWEEN THE TWO FEATURES WAS HELPING RESULT IN A WARM
BREEZY SOUTHWEST WIND THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT WILL LOSE ITS
UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND SLOWLY MOVE INTO OUR NORTHWEST ZONES TONIGHT
AS A DRY COLD FRONT. BY SUNRISE THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BE
JUST SOUTH OF OUR HIGHWAY 82 ZONES AND THEN JUST PUSH SOUTHEAST OF
OUR SOUTHEAST MOST ZONES BY SUNSET. THE COOLER AIR IN THE WAKE OF
THE COLD FRONT WILL HOLD OUR NORTH AND CENTRAL ZONES IN THE 70S
WHILE THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA WARMS IN THE 80S AGAIN AHEAD OF THE
FROPA. DESPITE THE COOLER TEMPERATURES IN THE NORTH MONDAY, WARMER
THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. /22/
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY:
PERSISTENT WARM AND QUIET CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD. A WEAK SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCE WILL SWING EAST OF THE
CWA ON TUESDAY, BRINGING AN ISOLATED SHOWER (<= 15% POPS) CHANCES
OVER NORTHEAST MS. SURFACE RIDGING OVER THE EASTERN CONUS WILL KEEP
HIGH/LOW TEMPS NEAR TO ABOVE AVERAGE AS THE WEEK PROGRESS. A DRY
FRONTAL BOUNDARIES WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA FRIDAY, RESULTING IN
AVERAGE TEMPS FOR THE WEEKEND. /SW/
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1229 PM CDT MON MAR 23 2026
A DRY COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
TAF SITES THIS AFTN AND MAY BRIEFLY RESULT IN MVFR CIGS. THE GUSTY
N-NE WIND 18-20KTS IN THE NORTH THIS AFTN WL SUBSIDE BY 00Z.
OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS WL PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. /22/
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
JACKSON 77 52 75 56 / 0 0 0 0
MERIDIAN 78 50 75 54 / 0 0 0 0
VICKSBURG 76 52 76 57 / 0 0 0 0
HATTIESBURG 84 53 79 57 / 0 0 0 0
NATCHEZ 80 55 80 60 / 0 0 0 0
GREENVILLE 69 50 68 54 / 0 0 10 0
GREENWOOD 74 50 71 55 / 0 0 10 0
JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
22/SW/22
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