Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
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FNUS74 KLIX 262241
FWSLIX
Spot Forecast for Jackson Spanish trails...Mississippi Forestry Commission
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
541 PM CDT Wed Aug 26 2026
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with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will move across
the area each afternoon, and total rain amounts of 2 to 3 inches
could wet most areas this week. Lowest daily RH values will be
near 45 to 55 percent today and 55 to 65 percent Thursday and
Friday.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Chance of showers
and thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......50 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 93.
Min humidity........67 percent.
Dewpoint............76.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 6 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms.
Mixing height (m)...457-518 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 8 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest around 4 meters/second.
LVORI...............3.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds around 5 mph.
TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........37 34
Weather cov.....CHC CHC
Weather type....RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).40 50
Temp............89 88
Dewpoint........77 76
RH..............67 69
20 FT wind dir..S SSW
20 FT wind spd..8 8
20 FT wind gust.12 10
Eye lvl wnd dir.S SSW
Eye lvl wnd spd.5 5
Eye lvl wnd gst.7 6
Mix hgt (km)....0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S SW
Transp wind spd.8 8
Trans wind dir..S SW
Trans spd (m/s).4 4
LVORI...........3 3
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Chance of
showers and thunderstorms.
Chance of pcpn......40 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 76.
Max humidity........92 percent.
Dewpoint............75.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 5 mph early in the evening
becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms early in the
evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms overnight. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms after 3 am.
Mixing height (m)...122-457 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 9 mph shifting to the southwest 6 to
8 mph overnight.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 3 to 4 meters/second.
LVORI...............5.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds up to 4 mph early in the
evening becoming light.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........46 61 39 31 25 44 36 43 46 55 52 53
Weather cov.....CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).40 20 10 10 10 10 10 20 30 30 30 30
Temp............87 83 81 80 79 80 79 79 79 77 77 77
Dewpoint........77 76 76 76 76 76 76 76 75 75 75 74
RH..............73 79 84 86 89 89 92 92 88 92 92 89
20 FT wind dir..S SSW WSW SW SSW SW SW SW W WSW WNW WNW
20 FT wind spd..6 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 3 3
20 FT wind gust.9 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
Eye lvl wnd dir.S SSW WSW SW SSW SW SW SW W WSW WNW WNW
Eye lvl wnd spd.4 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
Mix hgt (km)....0.5 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Transp wind dir.SSE S SW SW SSW SSW WSW SW SW WSW WSW W
Transp wind spd.9 7 7 6 6 7 8 7 6 6 6 6
Trans wind dir..SSE S SW SW SSW SSW WSW SW SW WSW WSW W
Trans spd (m/s).4 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
LVORI...........3 4 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of
thunderstorms in the morning. Showers likely
through the day. Thunderstorms likely in the
afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 90.
Min humidity........70 percent.
Dewpoint............75.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest around 5 mph
early in the morning, then shifting to the
south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Gusty and
erratic winds expected near thunderstorms early
in the morning. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms in the morning,
then gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...122-762 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 8 mph becoming 6 to 9 mph late
in the morning, then shifting to the southeast
6 to 7 mph early in the afternoon shifting to
the west around 7 mph late in the afternoon
shifting to the southwest.
Transport winds m/s.West around 3 meters/second shifting to the
northwest 3 to 4 meters/second in the morning,
then shifting to the southeast around 3
meters/second early in the afternoon shifting
to the west late in the afternoon shifting to
the southwest.
LVORI...............5.
Eye level winds.....Light winds becoming northwest around 3 mph
early in the morning, then shifting to the
southwest around 4 mph in the afternoon.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........67 73 70 78 81 79 84 67 75 72 74 61
Weather cov.....SCH CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Chc of pcpn (%).20 40 50 60 60 60 50 70 70 70 70 70
Temp............76 78 79 81 84 86 87 88 87 88 85 85
Dewpoint........74 75 76 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 77 76
RH..............92 92 90 87 80 75 73 71 73 70 76 76
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NNW NNW NW SSE SSE SSW SSW SSW
20 FT wind spd..3 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 6
20 FT wind gust.8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 10 10 9
Eye lvl wnd dir.NW NW NW NW NNW NNW NW SSE SSE SSW SSW SSW
Eye lvl wnd spd.2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Eye lvl wnd gst.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.W NW NW NW NNW NW WNW SSE SE WNW SW SSW
Transp wind spd.6 6 7 8 9 7 6 6 7 7 7 7
Trans wind dir..W NW NW NW NNW NW WNW SSE SE WNW SW SSW
Trans spd (m/s).3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
LVORI...........6 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
$$
Forecaster...BANNAN
Requested by...John Ready
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2620623.0/LIX
.DELDT 08/26/26
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.EMAIL rgiachelli@mfc.ms.gov,jready@mfc.ms.gov,smorgan@mfc.ms.gov,kwilliams@mfc.ms.gov