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KEY MESSAGES

- Well above normal temperatures and humid conditions will continue today.

- Much colder temperatures will arrive behind a cold front that will move through overnight tonight, with coldest conditions on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.

- Gusty wind is expected tonight into early Monday morning along and just behind the cold front, with some gusts in the 30-40 mph range possible.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 127 PM CST Sun Dec 28 2025

Through The Week...

An Arctic cold front is set to make its way through the region tonight, which will cause temperatures to tumble after sunset, about 3.5 degrees/hr, bottoming out just above freezing tomorrow morning. Rain is expected along and ahead of this front after midnight, but will be short-lived and relatively light, with totals not exceeding a tenth of an inch.

Strong cold air advection behind this front will allow for gusty winds throughout Monday, with some sites seeing short-lived gusts into the 40s. Temperatures are expected to be much more seasonal throughout the week with Tuesday and Wednesday being our coldest, with highs topping out in the mid 40s and overnight lows in the mid 20s. A gradual rebounding of temps is on tap for the last half of the week, as highs range in the mid 60s and lows in the 40s.

New Years through The Weekend..

Revelers can expect a cold night for New Years Eve festivities, though thankfully not as cold as previous nights. We'll see temps begin to rebound on New Years Day. Continued surface ridging will maintain dry conditions through Thursday, but a few showers may return late Friday into early Saturday as a southern stream system moves across the Deep South. Thunder cannot be ruled out with that system, but the current timing does not appear to favor any severe threat./OAJ

AVIATION

(00Z TAFS) Issued at 533 PM CST Sun Dec 28 2025

VFR ceilings will prevail with gusty southerly winds ahead of a cold front tonight. Southerly wind gusts of 20-25 kts will be possible for central and northern sites. The cold front and associated showers will move from north to south, impacting GLH around 02Z and the remainder of the area by 11Z with ceilings and visibility to MVFR/IFR in the vicinity of the front. Gusty northwest winds will prevail in the wake (LLWS of 30kts at 2kft at times). Some gusts could exceed 30 kts at times through 18Z for northwest TAF sites of GLH, GWO and HEZ, while up to 25-30 kts elsewhere through the end of the period. /DC/86/

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Jackson 38 47 26 44 / 80 0 0 0 Meridian 40 50 25 46 / 80 10 0 0 Vicksburg 39 48 27 44 / 80 0 0 0 Hattiesburg 45 55 29 49 / 70 10 0 0 Natchez 41 50 28 46 / 80 0 0 0 Greenville 35 42 25 41 / 60 0 0 0 Greenwood 34 43 24 42 / 80 0 0 0

JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

MS...Wind Advisory until 6 AM CST Monday for MSZ018-019-025>027- 034>036-040>042-047.

LA...Wind Advisory until 6 AM CST Monday for LAZ007>009-015-016- 023>026.

AR...Wind Advisory until 6 AM CST Monday for ARZ074-075.