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KEY MESSAGES
- A Red Flag Warning is in effect today for the entire area due to low humidity and breezy winds.
- The warm weather pattern will resume as we go into next week, but increasing moisture may result in increased rain chances, especially by late week.
DISCUSSION
Issued at 144 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2026
Low relative humidity through this afternoon, along with breezy north winds around 10-20 mph have warranted the current Red Flag Warning for dangerous fire weather conditions which continues through 7 PM. Tomorrow's RH values should recover some, but winds will still be a little breezy as they turn out of the south.
The weather pattern most of this work week will feature zonal flow across the CONUS, with a suppressed upper-level ridge translating east along the Gulf Coast gradually being replaced by deeper troughing over the western CONUS. Heights in general remain stronger than normal, supporting a return to temps averaging 10-15 degrees above normal in the region. Chances for showers or thunderstorms tick upwards throughout the week as moisture levels slowly improve. The timing and depth of a trough swinging east late in the week make for uncertain impacts in our region, but a better chance for thunderstorms looks to return especially in the Thursday/Friday time frame. Just beyond the 7-day forecast, a deeper full latitude type trough passage may occur with greater storm potential on the backside of next weekend. /NF/
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS) Issued at 1235 PM CDT Sat Mar 28 2026
VFR conditions will prevail through the period. Winds will be northerly and continue to gust to 25-35kts over the next several hours before gusts subside around 22-0Z./KP/
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
Jackson 68 48 77 59 / 0 0 0 0 Meridian 69 48 75 54 / 0 0 0 0 Vicksburg 69 47 80 60 / 0 0 0 0 Hattiesburg 72 50 77 58 / 0 0 10 0 Natchez 70 50 80 61 / 0 0 10 0 Greenville 65 45 77 60 / 0 0 0 0 Greenwood 67 47 79 60 / 0 0 0 0
JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MS...Red Flag Warning until 7 PM CDT this evening for MSZ018-019- 025>066-072>074.
LA...Red Flag Warning until 7 PM CDT this evening for LAZ007>009-015- 016-023>026.
AR...Red Flag Warning until 7 PM CDT this evening for ARZ074-075.
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