Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Jackson, MS

DISCUSSION
Issued at 327 AM CDT Sun Apr 19 2026

Through next week: Light rain will end and clouds will clear behind the front as very dry air ushers in this morning. This will also be accompanied by around 10 mph winds. While there was widespread rain in the past 12 hrs or so, the light amounts will offer little fire danger mitigation. Overall, the fire threat will have to be monitored as we go through the next few days and as conditions dry out. /SAS/EC/

Dry conditions will continue into next week as ridging becomes reestablished. It will reinforce the dry air by redirecting moist trajectories westward and deflect energy away from the area.
Things look to change later in the week as an upper low ejects from the west and becomes phased with the polar jet. The subtropical jet noses in creating a split flow regime. This will lead to broad upper difluence over the region and should promote increased rain chances later next week. This is certainly good news as this looks to continue even beyond the period. While flow is perturbed, it is too soon to tell how the subtropical high will influence any potential severe chances. /SAS/

AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 653 PM CDT Sat Apr 18 2026

The -SHRA wl end and cigs wl improve from the nw early this morning. VFR conditions are expected areawide once the se improves by 09Z. A gusty ne wind 18-22kts wl redevelop by 15Z and continue through the aftn before subsiding by the end of the TAF period. /22/EC/

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
Jackson 71 46 78 49 / 10 0 0 0 Meridian 71 44 78 48 / 10 0 0 0 Vicksburg 73 46 79 50 / 0 0 0 0 Hattiesburg 72 45 79 48 / 20 0 0 0 Natchez 73 47 79 50 / 0 0 0 0 Greenville 72 50 78 52 / 0 0 0 0 Greenwood 72 47 79 51 / 0 0 0 0

JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
MS...None.
LA...None.
AR...None.