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FXUS64 KJAN 202004
AFDJAN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
304 PM CDT SUN APR 20 2014

.DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT)...SHORTWAVE UPPER RIDGING
EXTENDS ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TODAY AS A SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE AXIS EXTENDS ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY TO THE NORTHERN
GULF COAST. THE UPPER RIDGING WILL BE SUPPLANTED ON MONDAY INTO
TUESDAY BY A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN CONUS. AS THIS
TROUGH WILL BE MUCH SHARPER OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND MORE SUBTLE
FARTHER SOUTH...THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE BOUNDARY WILL GET LESS OF A
PUSH AND END UP MORE WEST-TO-EAST ORIENTED AS IT APPROACHES OUR AREA.

SHOWER ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE DELTA BY EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING AS AN INITIAL SHORTWAVE PUSHES ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH...WITH
ISOLATED/SCATTERED ACTIVITY REMAINING POSSIBLE GENERALLY NORTH OF
I-20 THROUGH THE DAY. INSTABILITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SOME
THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

THE SURFACE FRONT WILL REACH THE DELTA ON TUESDAY MORNING...BRINGING
THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. OPTED TO GO WITH
A BLEND OF MAV AND ECMWF POPS...WHICH CAME OUT TO ABOUT 40-50 PERCENT
FOR MOST LOCATIONS. INSTABILITY WILL AGAIN BE SUFFICIENT FOR THUNDER
ON TUESDAY. BULK SHEAR MAGNITUDES ON THE ORDER OF 15-20 KNOTS WILL
NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF WELL-ORGANIZED CONVECTION...SO SEVERE WEATHER IS
NOT EXPECTED TO BE AN ISSUE. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO CLEAR THE CWA
BY SUNSET...WITH PRECIP QUICKLY TAPERING OFF BY THE EVENING. /DL/

LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND)...TEMPERATURES 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...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. THE PATCHY FOG WILL LIFT BY 14Z. /17/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       53  79  59  80 /  10  17  29  39
MERIDIAN      49  79  57  81 /   6  13  22  47
VICKSBURG     54  80  59  81 /  12  19  36  32
HATTIESBURG   55  79  59  83 /   4  12  11  41
NATCHEZ       55  79  59  80 /   7  16  15  39
GREENVILLE    57  78  60  79 /  20  31  50  20
GREENWOOD     55  79  60  80 /  14  28  42  25

&&

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

$$

DL/BB/17