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KEY MESSAGES

- Generally drier weather is expected through Friday.

- More widespread chances for showers and thunderstorms return this weekend into next week.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 419 AM CDT Wed Jun 3 2026

Apart from low precip chances in our far southern zones, high pressure at the surface and ridging aloft will keep rain chances at a minimum through the remainder of this work week. The plume of deeper moisture will be mostly directed from the Eastern Gulf into central Louisiana and over to Texas and the Southern Plains. The drier air will also let nighttime temperatures fall much easier. Min temps in the 60s will be more widespread, and even some upper 50s in eastern Mississippi tonight and Thursday night.

Then this weekend into early next week, the ridge will break down and shift eastward. The deeper moisture values will rebound into our region, and the the effects of upper-level troughing to our west will gradually overspread our region. Resulting chances for showers and thunderstorms look familiar at this point already this season - scattered to numerous, with flow and vorticity across the region continuing chances into overnight hours. The pattern will get more complex during the mid to late week, as a portion of the ridge cuts off over the Northeast US, and a rex block scenario sets up somewhere around the Eastern Seaboard. Still expect daily precip chances through the extended period. /NF/

AVIATION

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 1254 AM CDT Wed Jun 3 2026

VFR conditions will prevail at all sites overnight. By 10-12Z Wednesday morning low stratus/patchy fog will be possible across central and southern TAF sites causing MVFR/IFR conditions through 16Z. Thereafter, VFR conditions will prevail through the rest of the period. /KP/

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Jackson 84 65 83 63 / 0 0 0 0 Meridian 83 60 82 60 / 0 0 0 0 Vicksburg 85 67 84 63 / 10 0 0 0 Hattiesburg 81 62 83 61 / 10 10 0 0 Natchez 85 67 86 65 / 30 20 0 0 Greenville 85 67 84 64 / 0 0 0 0 Greenwood 85 64 84 63 / 0 0 0 0

JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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