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KEY MESSAGES

- Quiet weather & warm conditions prevail through the middle of next week.

MESOSCALE UPDATE

Issued at 911 PM CDT Fri Mar 20 2026

No significant weather is expected tonight. Temperatures have moderated back to seasonal norms, with lows tonight bottoming out in the mid to upper 50s across the area. Patchy fog is possible along and south of highway 84 tonight, clearing out by 9am after thinning with sunrise. Temperatures will climb into the 80s tomorrow afternoon./OAJ/

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1245 PM CDT Fri Mar 20 2026

Friday night through next Thursday:

Pleasant conditions are expected to kick off the first day of Spring and will continue throughout the weekend. Temperatures will remain above seasonal averages into next week. Low probability (10-30%) of patchy, dense fog is expected early Saturday morning.

Surface ridging across the southeast CONUS will supply warm air advection across the region via southwesterly winds. As the ridge amplifies, increasing high(low/mid 80s)/low(upper 50s/low 60s) temps are expected over the weekend.

Impactful weather is not expected; however, there are a couple of noteworthy weather features to look for into the new work week. First: a dry, frontal boundary that will swing through the area late Sunday. This will briefly drop highs to the mid 70s to low 80s and keep lows ranging in the 50s and 60s on Monday. Second: a weak, shortwave disturbance pushing through late Tuesday may bring isolated (<15% probability) showers to northeast MS, but widespread rain is not expected. Temps will quickly rebound into the 80s through the mid week. Warm and quiet conditions will continue for the rest of the extended period. /SW/

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 640 PM CDT Fri Mar 20 2026

VFR flight conditions will prevail through the period. A short period of MVFR/IFR due to fog will persist around HBG with low probability of patchy fog near other southern sites early tomorrow morning. Should fog develop occur, brief MVFR flight conditions will be possible at affected sites./OAJ/

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Jackson 58 83 59 85 / 0 0 0 0 Meridian 55 83 57 85 / 0 0 0 0 Vicksburg 58 83 59 85 / 0 0 0 0 Hattiesburg 54 83 57 85 / 0 0 0 0 Natchez 58 83 60 85 / 0 0 0 0 Greenville 60 83 62 85 / 0 0 0 0 Greenwood 60 85 62 87 / 0 0 0 0

JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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