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KEY MESSAGES
- Rain chances decrease this weekend, with rain and storms becoming confined to Pine Belt and Interstate 59 corridor.
- Dangerous heat stress may return across the forecast area early to late next week.
DISCUSSION
Issued at 232 AM CDT Sat Aug 29 2026
Today...
Drier weather and less humidity is expected today as a drier airmass moves into the northern half of the CWA. Latest surface analysis has a dry front draped through the southern portions of the CWA. North of the front surface dew points will drop into the 60s and PWATS will drop below an inch and a half. The surface high will continue shifting east through Saturday resulting in a northeast to easterly wind. The large mid level ridge to our west will begin spreading back to the east over our CWA. Together these features will result in drier warmer conditions today./22/OAJ/
Tonight and Sunday...
An upper-lvl high over the Southwest & Texas will expand and progress eastward towards the Southeast. A cut-off low pressure center near Gulf states will track westward, shifting rain chances into the Pine Belt tomorrow. As the high progresses, heat indices are expected to break into the triple digits tomorrow; attributed mostly to higher humidity values.
The rest of the week...
The aforementioned high will settle over the Southeast CONUS around Tuesday, lingering through the rest of the week. Throughout the week diurnally driven showers and thunder are expected to progress slowly northward each day driven by increased moisture advection. As a result of increased moisture/RH, dangerous heat concerns are expected to return by mid-week -throughout areas that do not receive precipitation- driving heat indices near or in excess of 105F. HWO graphics may be needed but timing is still several days aways.
As always during this time of year, we will continue to monitor the Gulf for any tropical system development. There are no tropical systems forecast to impact forecast zones during the period./SW/OAJ/
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS) Issued at 559 AM CDT Sat Aug 29 2026
Calm dry conditions are expected to prevail for the period resulting in VFR conditions for all sites. /OAJ/
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
Jackson 95 71 94 72 / 0 0 30 0 Meridian 96 72 93 72 / 0 0 30 0 Vicksburg 95 70 94 72 / 0 0 0 0 Hattiesburg 95 72 92 72 / 10 10 40 10 Natchez 95 71 95 72 / 0 0 20 10 Greenville 95 70 97 73 / 0 0 0 0 Greenwood 96 71 96 73 / 0 0 0 0
JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MS...None. LA...None. AR...None.
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