512 FXUS64 KJAN 200856 AFDJANArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Jackson MS 356 AM CDT Sat Sep 20 2025
...New DISCUSSION...
.DISCUSSION... Issued at 340 AM CDT Sat Sep 20 2025
The weather pattern will continue to be hotter than normal and somewhat disturbed as we go through the weekend into early next week. Given hot and unstable conditions, widely scattered showers and a few storms will develop each afternoon, and a stray storm or two may briefly reach severe limits.
The forecast gets more interesting during the middle of next week. Global models have trended more amplified with a shortwave trough expected to dig southward through the Mississippi Valley region. As the trough digs and deep layer flow increases, a developing surface wave and strengthening warm sector will lower pressures over the forecast area Wednesday. This could result in a threat for strong to marginally severe multicell clusters and perhaps a few supercells if the cold frontal timing and storm initiation coincide with peak heating. We are currently not messaging for severe weather in our graphics and products, but it may be a potential threat to monitor as we go through the next few days.
Going into late week, the trough should slowly shift east, which could prolong the potential for benficial rainfall as cyclonic flow lingers. Otherwise, temperatures will cool to near typical values for late September. /EC/
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.AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 1225 AM CDT Sat Sep 20 2025
Several northern TAF sites (mainly GLH, GWO, and GTR) could see a brief drop in visibility down to MVFR ceilings by 09Z Saturday due to patchy fog. Visibilities will improve to VFR conditions across northern sites by 13Z Saturday. Otherwise, VFR conditions will prevail across other TAF sites through the period. /CR/
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Jackson 94 70 93 69 / 20 10 20 10 Meridian 94 68 94 67 / 20 10 20 10 Vicksburg 94 70 93 69 / 10 10 10 10 Hattiesburg 96 69 94 68 / 20 10 10 10 Natchez 94 69 93 68 / 10 10 10 10 Greenville 94 69 94 68 / 10 10 20 20 Greenwood 95 69 94 69 / 10 10 20 20
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.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...None. LA...None. AR...None.
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