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Spot Forecast for Jackson Hwy 90...Mississippi Forestry Commission
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
922 AM CDT Mon Aug 17 2026

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with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

As high pressure dominates the region into next week we will see
temperatures remain high, generally daytime highs from 90-100 and
overnight lows in the upper 70s, and rain will be very difficult
to come by. Winds will be calm to light and variable overnight
and 5-10 mph out of the southwest to southeast during the day.
Lowest daily RH values will remain in the mid 40 to 60% range
through the week.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon. Chance of showers and thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon, then slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 6 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Gusty
                    and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...518-1158 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 9 mph shifting to the southwest
                    7 to 14 mph late in the afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.Northwest around 4 meters/second shifting to
                    the southwest 3 to 6 meters/second late in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
Eye level winds.....West winds up to 4 mph shifting to the
                    southwest up to 5 mph in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........30           39
Weather cov.....             S CHC
Weather type....NONE         RNSHWR
Tstm cov........             S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).0            20
Temp............89           93
RH..............73           64
20 FT wind dir..WNW          SW
20 FT wind spd..5            7
20 FT wind gust.10           12
Eye lvl wnd dir.WNW          SW
Eye lvl wnd spd.3            4
Eye lvl wnd gst.6            7
Mix hgt (m).....520          1070
Transp wind dir.NW           WSW
Transp wind spd.9            7
Trans wind dir..NW           WSW
Trans spd (m/s).4            3
LVORI...........3            2

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 79.
Max humidity........88 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 5 to 7 mph shifting to the west
                    around 6 mph after 3 am. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening.
Mixing height (m)...122-427 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 12 mph.
Transport winds m/s.West 4 to 5 meters/second.
LVORI...............4.
Eye level winds.....West winds up to 5 mph shifting to the around 4
                    mph after 3 am.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM         10 PM        2 AM
Sky (%).........28           29           31
Weather cov.....S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR       NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........S CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).20           0            0
Temp............91           84           82
RH..............68           80           85
20 FT wind dir..SSW          WSW          W
20 FT wind spd..8            6            5
20 FT wind gust.15           15           16
Eye lvl wnd dir.SSW          WSW          W
Eye lvl wnd spd.5            4            3
Eye lvl wnd gst.9            9            10
Mix hgt (m).....430          120          120
Transp wind dir.SW           WSW          W
Transp wind spd.12           10           12
Trans wind dir..SW           WSW          W
Trans spd (m/s).5            4            5
LVORI...........3            5            5

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 95.
Min humidity........60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the southwest
                    8 to 9 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late
                    in the afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...122-1250 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 13 mph.
Transport winds m/s.West 4 to 6 meters/second.
LVORI...............5 early in the morning.
Eye level winds.....Southwest winds up to 5 mph shifting to the 5
                    to 6 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky (%).........45           51           43
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE         NONE         NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0            0            10
Temp............80           88           94
RH..............88           72           60
20 FT wind dir..WNW          WNW          WSW
20 FT wind spd..6            6            8
20 FT wind gust.15           12           14
Eye lvl wnd dir.WNW          WNW          WSW
Eye lvl wnd spd.4            4            5
Eye lvl wnd gst.9            7            8
Mix hgt (m).....120          580          1100
Transp wind dir.W            WNW          W
Transp wind spd.10           10           10
Trans wind dir..W            WNW          W
Trans spd (m/s).4            4            4
LVORI...........5            M            M

$$
Forecaster...EFFERSON
Requested by...John Ready
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2619840.0/LIX
.DELDT 08/17/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL smorgan@mfc.ms.gov,kwilliams@mfc.ms.gov,rgiachelli@mfc.ms.gov