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KEY MESSAGES

- Warm and dry weather will continue through next weekend.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 154 PM CDT Sun Mar 22 2026

Through Monday: Latest surface analysis had a center of high pressure over the northern Gulf and a cold front across the mid Mississippi valley and across the Texas panhandle. The pressure gradient between the two features was helping result in a warm breezy southwest wind this afternoon. The cold front will lose its upper level support and slowly move into our northwest zones tonight as a dry cold front. By sunrise the cold front is expected to be just south of our Highway 82 zones and then just push southeast of our southeast most zones by sunset. The cooler air in the wake of the cold front will hold our north and central zones in the 70s while the remainder of the CWA warms in the 80s again ahead of the fropa. Despite the cooler temperatures in the north Monday, warmer than normal temperatures will continue tonight and Monday. /22/

Monday night through Saturday:

Persistent warm and quiet conditions will continue through the extended period. A weak shortwave disturbance will swing east of the CWA on Tuesday, bringing an isolated shower (<= 15% PoPs) chances over northeast MS. Surface ridging over the eastern CONUS will keep high/low temps near to above average as the week progress. A dry frontal boundaries will push through the area Friday, resulting in average temps for the weekend. /SW/

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 626 PM CDT Sun Mar 22 2026

VFR conditions are expected to prevail. A dry front is expected to push from north to south tomorrow morning and with it will shift winds from southwest to north northwest. Winds will briefly pick up north of I-20, while south of I-20, low stratus and lower visibility will be possible tomorrow morning. All sites should be back to VFR around 17z. /SAS/

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Jackson 61 79 55 78 / 0 10 0 10 Meridian 59 80 53 78 / 0 10 0 0 Vicksburg 59 78 55 80 / 0 10 0 0 Hattiesburg 58 83 57 81 / 0 10 0 0 Natchez 60 81 57 82 / 0 0 0 0 Greenville 58 70 51 72 / 10 10 0 10 Greenwood 61 76 53 74 / 10 10 0 10

JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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