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KEY MESSAGES

- Limited threat for fire danger will exist this afternoon areawide and then over the east Tuesday.

- Dry weather with warmer than normal temperatures are anticipated through Friday.

- A significant dry cold front is expected Friday that will usher in cooler and seasonable fall temperatures for the weekend.

DISCUSSION

Issued at 157 PM CDT Mon Oct 12 2026

Through Tuesday: Ridging surface and aloft will remain dominant over the region through Tuesday. Together these features will maintain warmer than normal temperatures and dry weather. The surface high will become centered east of our CWA resulting in a slight increase in low level moisture but wl maintain a relatively dry airmass with a PWAT less than one inch. The main effect will be to help keep afternoon minimum relative humidity from bottoming out in the west. Temperatures will top out in the lower 90s again Tuesday and the hot temperatures will result in near critically low relative humidity in the east. A "Limited" threat for Fire Danger will exist Tuesday afternoon in the east, especially considering the ongoing drought conditions across the CWA. /22/

Wednesday and Thursday...

Weather conditions will be generally quiet and dry across our entire forecast area on Wednesday. Near term guidance continues to show a mean ridge around 592-594DM that will flatten and build to the northeast. Winds will be light and southerly across our CWA with wind gusts under 10 kts. In addition to the light southerly winds, sky cover will be generally clear across our CWA on Wednesday. The combination of clear skies and sufficient daytime heating will allow for afternoon highs to peak into the low to mid 90s across the area. Several spots could see some new record temperatures being set especially if warmer guidance over performs. Wednesday night will remain quiet with overnight lows dipping into the low to mid 60s under clear skies. Similar conditions are expected again on Thursday with highs in the low to mid 90s.

Regarding the fire danger for the rest of this work week, there is enough afternoon mixing and drop in afternoon humidity into critical levels (25 to 35 percent range) for a limited fire danger across the entire forecast area on Wednesday. An areawide limited risk for fire danger will likely be needed for both Wednesday and Thursday. Deep mixing will allow for minimum afternoon relative humidity levels to dip (20 to 30 percent range) most afternoons throughout the week, so limited fire danger should persist, especially given light rain totals from Isaias. High pressure will keep winds relatively light and should limit greater fire concerns throughout the work week.

Friday through Monday...

A stout dry cold front will push into the region by Friday and will cause dewpoints to fall into the mid 30s to mid 40s. At the very least, cool down still remains likely next weekend. Highs will be seasonably warm Friday in the upper 80s to low 90s, with lows in the low to mid 60s that morning and lows that night upper 40s to low 50s north of Interstate 20 (48-52F) to mid to upper 50s (53-57F) to the south. Seasonable and pleasant fall temperatures will build areawide into next weekend.

The combination of continued drought stressed vegetation and longstanding limited rainfall will help increase fire danger concerns. 1035-1045mb surface high building will build east out of the lee side of the Rockies through the Mid West, leading to 6-8mb pressure gradient and resultant gusty gradient wind/wind gusts reaching 30 mph at times. This will be a concern and a fire danger graphic/Elevated risk will likely be needed if these trends persist. Fire danger concerns will continued to be closely monitored as we get closer to the weekend. Low chances for scattered showers (PoPs around 15%) will be possible across portions of west MS, southwest MS, and portions of northeast LA heading into Monday. /CR/

AVIATION

(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1219 PM CDT Mon Oct 12 2026

VFR conditions wl prevail through the TAF period. /22/

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Jackson 63 93 65 94 / 0 0 0 0 Meridian 60 92 62 93 / 0 0 0 0 Vicksburg 63 94 65 94 / 0 0 0 0 Hattiesburg 61 94 61 93 / 0 0 0 0 Natchez 64 93 64 94 / 0 0 0 0 Greenville 66 94 70 95 / 0 0 0 0 Greenwood 64 95 68 95 / 0 0 0 0

JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

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