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Issued by NWS Jackson, MS
Issued by NWS Jackson, MS
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727 FXUS64 KJAN 151135 AFDJAN Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Jackson MS 635 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 ...New AVIATION... .DISCUSSION... Issued at 238 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 Overall, the primary concerns for this forecast will be the dangerous levels of heat stress through mid week, and then an increasing threat for heavy rainfall as we go into late week and the weekend. Today through Tonight: Quiet weather conditions are expected across our CWA this morning as near term guidance continues to show a 1020mb sfc high gradually pushing northeast across the southeast CONUS. Much of our CWA will not see convection but isolated afternoon storms cannot be ruled out in the far northwest and across the southeast. Humid conditions will persist across the area thanks to this sfc high which will lead to dangerous heat concerns across the region. Areas along and west of a line from Greenwood to Jackson to Laurel, MS will have the best potential to see heat index readings between 106-110 degrees. As a result, A heat advisory will go into effect today for the aforementioned areas. No changes have been made and the "Elevated" risk for dangerous heat stress will continue to be advertised. Afternoon highs will peak into the mid to upper 90s areawide. /CR/22/SW/EC/ Wednesday through Sunday: Dangerous heat with triple digit heat indices will continue into Wednesday and Thursday as the surface high remains over the southeast CONUS. As this high continues to hover over the region, humid conditions will persist across our CWA. Rain chances will start to increase across eastern portions of our forecast area thanks to northeasterly moist boundary layer advection. Elsewhere, areas west of I-55 will remain fairly dry. The warming trend will continue into Thursday with afternoon highs in the mid/upper 90s with dewpoints in the mid 70s possibly reaching 80 degrees. While multiple areas across our entire forecast area will have the best potential to see heat index readings in the 106-110 range, there are a few isolated spots west of I-55 that could see heat indices greater than 110 degrees. At this time, no changes were made to the dangerous heat graphic for the Wednesday and Thursday and the "Elevated" and "Limited" risk will continue to be advertised. Over the next couple of days, the heat graphic may have to include a "Significant" risk area for the Delta and NE LA parishes along with additional heat advisories. Concerning the potential for impacts from a developing tropical system: the National Hurricane Center (NHC) is now indicating a medium probability (increase to 40%) for tropical cyclone development near the northern Gulf Coast. With tropical moisture pushing into our region and PWATs in the 90th percentiles, the Weather Prediction Center (WPC) is still indicating a "Slight" risk for excessive rainfall for Friday and Saturday. There is a high ceiling for rainfall amounts that will be largely conditional on the level of organization and track of this potential system. Much of the ensemble guidance indicates the system will trend farther south with a heavy rainfall axis primarily impacting LA while skirting our western and southern areas. There is a sizeable contingent of guidance that pulls the threat more eastward and up the I-55 corridor. With forecast confidence still relatively low in the whole scenario, will hold off on more formal flood threat messaging, but will continue to highlight a more general heavy rainfall threat, especially for southern/western areas. All interests in the area should continue to monitor for updates as we go through the next few days. CR/SW/EC/ && .AVIATION... (12Z TAFS) Issued at 632 AM CDT Tue Jul 15 2025 VFR conditions and light surface wind will prevail through the forecast period. Diurnal TSRA coverage will be very limited. /EC/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Jackson 95 75 97 76 / 10 0 10 20 Meridian 96 74 97 74 / 10 10 20 20 Vicksburg 95 76 97 76 / 10 0 0 10 Hattiesburg 97 77 97 75 / 20 10 50 40 Natchez 94 74 96 75 / 10 0 10 10 Greenville 94 75 96 76 / 10 0 0 0 Greenwood 95 76 98 77 / 20 0 10 0 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...Heat Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening for MSZ018-019-025-034>036-040>043-047>049-053>055-059>065- 072>074. LA...Heat Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening for LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026. AR...Heat Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening for ARZ074-075. && $$ SW/22/CR/EC/