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KEY MESSAGES

- Quiet weather and warm conditions prevail through the end of next week.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 147 PM CDT Sat Mar 21 2026

Through Sunday: Continued warmer than normal and dry through Sunday. Our CWA will remain on the eastern periphery of a large mid level high that will slowly flatten through Sunday. The 1018mb surface high centered over the northern Gulf this afternoon will shift east through Sunday but continue to provide and warm moist low level flow across our CWA. Daytime heating will lead to a few wind gusts tomorrow. This wind along with the ridging surface and aloft will help afternoon temperatures top out a degree or two warmer than today. Morning lows Sunday will be warmer than normal as well. /22/

Sunday night through Friday:

Quiet conditions with a brief cooldown (highs: 70s/lows: 50/60) will close out the weekend. A dry, frontal boundary will be responsible for the seasonal average temps on Monday and Tuesday before rebounding to above seasonal average temps for the rest of the week. Surface ridging will build in post frontal boundary will be the dominant feature over remaining part of the week. Latest model guidance have backed off a shortwave disturbance traversing through northeast MS, thus dropping rain chances below 15% for Tuesday afternoon/evening. Warm conditions will quickly return as highs range in the 80s to close out the work week. Heading into the weekend, another dry front will push into the area, slightly reducing temp into the 60s and 70s for the weekend. /SW/

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 558 PM CDT Sat Mar 21 2026

VFR conditions are expected to persist throughout the period, with an increase in winds tomorrow afternoon along northern sites through central sites which will see gusts of around 20-25kts. There's a very small likelihood of seeing some patchy fog tonight in the southeast, but given the lack of excitement, thought it worth a mention./OAJ/

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Jackson 60 84 60 81 / 0 0 0 0 Meridian 57 84 59 83 / 0 0 0 0 Vicksburg 61 85 59 81 / 0 0 0 0 Hattiesburg 57 84 58 84 / 0 0 0 0 Natchez 61 84 60 83 / 0 0 0 0 Greenville 61 84 60 73 / 0 0 0 0 Greenwood 62 86 62 78 / 0 0 0 0

JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

MS...None. LA...None. AR...None.