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Spot Forecast for Early Bird...USFS
National Weather Service Jackson MS
518 AM CDT Fri Aug 7 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on August 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Patchy fog cannot be ruled out, but dense fog development is not
expected through Saturday morning. Afternoon showers and
thunderstorms could produce gusty and erratic winds.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Areas of fog
                    early in the morning. Slight chance of showers
                    and thunderstorms early in the afternoon.
                    Chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Temperature.........72 at forecast start...Max 92.
RH..................100 percent at forecast start...Min 60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 0 mph at forecast
                    start...otherwise Light winds. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...122 meters AGL at forecast start...otherwise
                    122-1524 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.Southeast around 1 meters/second shifting to
                    the south 4 to 5 meters/second.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  Noon   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......PCldy  MClear PCldy  PCldy  PCldy  PCldy
Weather cov.....Areas  Areas                S Chc  Chance
Weather type....Fog    Fog    None   None   Rnshwr Rnshwr
Tstm cov........                            S Chc  Chance
Temp............72     76     84     88     91     88
RH..............100    100    80     68     60     66
20 ft wind dir..N      N      E      E      SE     S
20 ft wind spd..0      0      1      3      3      3
20 ft wind gust.1      2      5      7      10     10
Mix hgt (m).....120    210    1010   1430   1520   790
Tran wind (m/s).SE 1   SE 1   E 1    E 2    SE 3   S 5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening,
                    then slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    early in the evening. Patchy fog in the
                    evening, then areas of fog overnight.
Temperature.........Min 73.
RH..................Max 100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms early in the evening.
Mixing height (m)...122-671 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 1 to 4 meters/second shifting to the
                    northeast around 1 meters/second early in the
                    morning.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  Midngt 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......PCldy  MClear MClear MClear PCldy  PCldy
Weather cov.....Chance               Areas  Areas  Areas
Weather type....Rnshwr None   None   Fog    Fog    Fog
Tstm cov........Chance
Temp............86     81     77     75     74     73
RH..............72     82     94     100    100    100
20 ft wind dir..S      S      S      N      N      N
20 ft wind spd..3      2      1      0      0      0
20 ft wind gust.9      6      3      1      1      1
Mix hgt (m).....670    150    120    120    120    120
Tran wind (m/s).S 4    S 3    S 2    S 2    S 1    SE 1

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Areas of fog early in
                    the morning, then patchy fog early in the
                    morning. Chance of showers and thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Temperature.........Max 93.
RH..................Min 52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected
                    near thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...122-2256 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.East 1 to 3 meters/second shifting to the south
                    around 4 meters/second late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  Noon   2 PM   4 PM
Sky cover.......PCldy  PCldy  MClear MClear MClear PCldy
Weather cov.....Areas  Patchy               Chance Chance
Weather type....Fog    Fog    None   None   Rnshwr Rnshwr
Tstm cov........                            Chance Chance
Temp............73     77     86     90     93     91
RH..............100    97     72     62     52     56
20 ft wind dir..N      N      NE     E      SE     S
20 ft wind spd..0      0      1      2      3      3
20 ft wind gust.2      2      5      7      8      9
Mix hgt (m).....120    270    880    1740   2260   1620
Tran wind (m/s).NE 1   E 1    NE 2   E 2    E 3    S 3

$$
Forecaster...Fenner
Requested by...Evans
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2619081.2/JAN
.DELDT 08/07/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL msmic@firenet.gov