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Issued by NWS Jackson, MS
Issued by NWS Jackson, MS
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300 FXUS64 KJAN 060216 AAB AFDJAN Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Jackson MS 916 PM CDT Thu Jun 5 2025 ...New MESOSCALE UPDATE... .MESOSCALE UPDATE... Issued at 916 PM CDT Thu Jun 5 2025 Daytime heating helped a few storms move across northern parts of the area, which has gradually diminished. As the evening progresses, storms/rain chances are expected to end. Outside of earlier storms, quiet and mild conditions are expected tonight with lows in the lower 70s. Friday`s HWO graphic was adjusted to include timing and no forecast adjustments were made. /SW/ && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 239 PM CDT Thu Jun 5 2025 This Evening/Tonight through Mid-Day Tomorrow... Spotty convection looks to be the order of the day for this rest of the day, spurred by low level instability and day time heating. These showers and garden variety thunderstorms are expected to persist until an hour or two after sunset yielding to benign weather conditions tonight through mid-day tomorrow. Mid-Day Friday & Saturday... A shift in the upper level pattern will allow more vibrant convection to take hold during the afternoon, especially along through the northern half of the CWA; where instability is strongest. There is some uncertainty as to the exact characterization of this activity, should our northwesterly flow vector be more robust we should expect a smattering of severe cells. Should that same flow waver there could be only a few short lived severe cells. Again sunset will make way for reduced diurnally- induced instability which will cause our showers/thunderstorms to dissipate after nightfall. Saturday will see a strengthening of unstable indicators driving a more widespread area of potential severe weather encompassing the entire CWA (Marginal 1/5 south of I- 20, and Slight 2/5 North of I-20). In either case there will not be deep synoptically organized forcing which should keep any severe impacts relatively localized. Sunday through Next Thursday... Broadly speaking, daytime showers and thunderstorms across the CWA are expected, with the aforementioned instability lingering in the area. Similarly night time conditions are progged to be relatively cool (lows in the high 60s to low 70s) and quiet as convection dies down with nightfall. It should be noted that while at this point we are not confident enough in severe weather parameters to message those impacts via the forecast/graphics, don`t be surprised if that shifts in the coming days especially if upper-level disturbances overachieve./OAJ/ && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 637 PM CDT Thu Jun 5 2025 Some scattered showers & isolated storms are ongoing across the area, but coverage is low enough to not prevail at any site at this time. VFR conditions will continue through the end of the 00Z TAF cycle with light southerly wind, becoming southwesterly into Friday, generally up to 10mph & brief higher gusts. There could be some showers & isolated storms Friday, with only low probs (35-55%) to only mention between 06/19-23Z at GTR & MEI. /DC/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Jackson 74 92 75 93 / 10 20 0 20 Meridian 71 92 73 93 / 10 30 10 30 Vicksburg 74 93 75 93 / 10 10 0 10 Hattiesburg 74 95 75 96 / 10 30 0 20 Natchez 73 91 74 91 / 10 10 0 10 Greenville 74 91 75 91 / 20 20 10 30 Greenwood 74 92 74 91 / 10 30 10 50 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...None. LA...None. AR...None. && $$ OAJ/DC