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FXUS64 KJAN 200916
AFDJAN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
415 AM CDT SUN APR 20 2014

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...STRONG SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGING AND UPPER RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO PREVAIL ACROSS
THE ARKLAMISS TODAY INTO TONIGHT. A NICE DAY IS ON TAP WITH HIGHS
RANGING FROM THE UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S. THE UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT TO
THE EAST OVERNIGHT GIVING WAY TO UPPER TROUGHING ON MONDAY. A FEW
SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY WEST OF THE RIVER BY MONDAY MORNING.
MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY WITH PWATS CLIMBING
ABOVE 1.2 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. EXPECT
MAINLY ISOLATED SHOWERS ACROSS MOST THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON AS THE
MODELS INDICATE LITTLE INSTABILITY THROUGH THE DAY...BUT
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY FOR THE DELTA AREAS AS THERE
WILL BE A LITTLE MORE INSTABILITY AND MOISTURE TO WORK WITH IN THOSE
LOCATIONS.

BY MONDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY NIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
ARKANSAS AND WILL EXTEND JUST NORTH OF THE DELTA BY TUESDAY MORNING.
MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WITH PWATS APPROACHING 1.5 INCHES
ALONG WITH INCREASED INSTABILITY. AS THE BOUNDARY APPROACHES EXPECT
AN INCREASE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY MAINLY FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF
THE NATCHEZ TRACE LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. /15/

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND...POSITIVELY-TILTED UPPER
TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED LAGGING COOL FRONT WILL BE PUSHING ACROSS THE
REGION TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING...AS PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED.
MOISTURE LEVELS AND OVERALL LIFT AND WIND SHEAR ARE QUITE MARGINAL
BY APRIL STANDARDS...ALTHOUGH THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OF A RATHER UNORGANIZED NATURE.
MAV/MEX POPS DEEMED A LITTLE LOW CONSIDERING AVAILABLE OUTPUT
CONSENSUS FROM OTHER MODELS WAS RUNNING HIGHER. HOWEVER...I STILL
FAILED TO BOOST POPS TO LIKELY CATEGORY IN ANY AREAS AND IT LOOKS
LIKE ANY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON TUESDAY GREATER THAN HALF AN INCH
SHOULD BE VERY ISOLATED (WHICH IS DEFINITELY GOOD NEWS). THE HWO FOR
THIS SYSTEM WILL BE KEPT CLEAR.

ANY LINGERING SHOWERS OR STORMS TUESDAY EVENING IN SOUTHEASTERN MS
SHOULD BE ENDING WELL BEFORE MIDNIGHT WITH THE MENTIONED FRONTAL
BOUNDARY PUSHING DOWN TOWARD THE COAST LATE IN THE NIGHT. MODELS
DEPICT DRY AIR BEHIND THE BOUNDARY MAY HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING INTO
SOUTHERN ZONES SO FOR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING SOUTH OF I-20 FOG
MIGHT BE AN ISSUE.

TEMPERATURES LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WILL BE AROUND
SEASONAL BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...BUT SOUTHERLY FLOW QUICKLY BUILDING
IN BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WILL USHER IN A WARMING
TREND...POSSIBLY LASTING INTO NEXT WEEKEND. THE ONE WILDCARD WILL BE
A FRONTAL SYSTEM CENTERED WELL TO THE NORTH WHICH COULD DRAG A FRONT
INTO THE HEART OF THE REGION AROUND FRIDAY. MODEL CONSENSUS HAS BEEN
TRENDING FURTHER NORTH WITH THIS SYSTEM AND ITS SOUTHWARD FRONTAL
PROGRESSION BEFORE STALL. WITH THE LATTER IN MIND THE POTENTIAL FOR
CONSIDERABLE IMPACT FROM THIS SYSTEM IS NOT VERY HIGH AT
PRESENT...EVEN CONSIDERING DAYTIME INSTABILITY LATE THIS WEEK COULD
BE RUNNING SOMEWHAT HIGH DUE TO INCREASING WARMTH AND LOW LEVEL GULF
MOISTURE. THE BIG INHIBITING FACTOR FOR SIGNIFICANT STORMS IN OUR
REGION IN SUCH A SCENARIO WOULD BE THERMAL MID LAYER CAPPING KEEPING
A LID ON ROBUST CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE ABSENCE OF
CONSIDERABLE ATMOSPHERIC LIFT (WHICH SHOULD BE TO OUR NORTH).

MODELS ARE ALSO COMING AROUND TO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEING A TIME PERIOD
TO WATCH IN TERMS OF TRULY ACTIVE WEATHER AS COPIOUS PACIFIC JET
STREAM ENERGY POURS EFFICIENTLY ACROSS THE CONUS FROM WEST TO EAST.
ANY ASSOCIATED DISTURBANCES IN THIS POTENTIAL FLOW REGIME EVENTUALLY
COMING ACROSS THE LOWER MS VALLEY SHOULD LIKELY HAVE SOME
INSTABILITY TO WORK WITH. /BB/

&&

.AVIATION...ALL TAFS ARE VFR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF JAN THIS MORNING
WHERE IFR CONDITIONS IN FOG IS OCCURRING. FOG MAY ALSO BRING
MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS EARLY THIS MORNING TO HBG/MEI BEFORE BURNING OFF
AFTER 14Z. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS FOR ALL SITES THROUGH MUCH OF THE
REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD...BUT PATCHY FOG WILL ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE
FOR TAF SITES EARLY MONDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE OUT
OF THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AT 7-10KTS BECOMING LIGHT OUT OF THE
SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. /15/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       80  54  81  59 /   0   9  19  18
MERIDIAN      77  48  79  56 /   0   6  11  12
VICKSBURG     80  55  79  59 /   0  14  20  30
HATTIESBURG   79  52  80  59 /   0   4  12  11
NATCHEZ       79  55  80  59 /   0  11  20  15
GREENVILLE    81  57  80  61 /   0  15  29  49
GREENWOOD     81  55  80  61 /   0   9  27  43

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

$$

15/BB