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KEY MESSAGES

- Rain chances pick up late Tuesday into Wednesday before drier conditions late week into the weekend.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 1209 PM CST Mon Feb 2 2026

Through tonight ...

Visible satellite imagery at midday shows mostly clear skies across the area as high pressure remains in control. White streaks on the imagery from SE Arkansas across NW Mississippi reveals an area of ice/sleet/snow still covering the ground more than a week after the late January Ice Storm. This could have localized effects that may result in somewhat higher fog chances nearby as well as somewhat cooler temperatures until the ice is able to fully melt/sublimate.

Fair weather continues tonight with cloud cover beginning to increase ahead of Tuesday evening cold front and rain chances. Lows tonight will be noticeably warmer than recently, falling into the 40s and upper 30s F for most.

Tuesday through the week...

A cold front arrives Tuesday but not before we see temperatures rise to some of the warmest values we've seen in a bit, low to mid 60s F for those along the I-20 corridor and mid to upper 50s F for most to the north. The front likely brings rain chances in its vicinity by late morning and into the evening as it sweeps from northwest to southeast, clearing the Pine Belt predawn Wednesday morning. Cooler air follows behind and we'll see some chilly days with lows back down into the 20s F and highs in the 40s F for most before a warming trend really gets going Friday with temperatures in the 60s F areawide.

This weekend ...

It has been sometime since we have been able to advertise a pleasant weekend to be likely. But it appears this first full weekend of February may fit the bill. With low chances for rain and temperatures in the 60s F during the day and upper 30s to 40s F at night, this nearer-to-normal pattern especially during the day should be a pleasant reprieve from the prolonged cold and damp period we were privileged to over the back half of January. Looking a bit further, and as I promised previously I'd share as soon as it looked realistic, there are some signs that we may now be moving beyond the longest and coldest period of this winter season. With a little more daylight each day, higher sun angles, and no major winter storms on the immediate horizon, we might be turning a corner over the next week or two toward a more prolonged period of near to perhaps a bit above average temperatures... regardless of what that Pennsylvania rodent had to say about it today. Your words have no power here, be gone from this place, Groundhog! /86/

AVIATION

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1122 AM CST Mon Feb 2 2026

VFR conditions will prevail across the area through most of the TAF period with light southerly winds. Near the end of the period, some showers and lower ceilings will begin to make their way into the area from the far northwest./OAJ/

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Jackson 60 40 62 36 / 0 0 80 90 Meridian 57 35 65 39 / 0 0 60 90 Vicksburg 59 42 61 35 / 0 0 90 80 Hattiesburg 60 37 69 45 / 0 0 30 90 Natchez 62 44 65 37 / 0 0 70 80 Greenville 52 40 54 32 / 0 0 90 30 Greenwood 55 40 56 32 / 0 0 90 60

JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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