Brandon, Mississippi 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS64 KJAN 160743
AFDJAN

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Jackson MS
243 AM CDT Mon Mar 16 2026

...New DISCUSSION...

.KEY MESSAGES...

  - A strong cold front will bring a variety of impacts to the
    area as we go through early this week.

  - Strong winds will also precede and follow the cold front
    through this evening.

  - Much colder air moving in today will bring a significant hard
    freeze threat to much of the area tonight.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 243 AM CDT Mon Mar 16 2026

Today through Early Next Week:

Local radar scans from the KDGX radar currently show a line of
strong showers and storms across the Pine Belt early this morning.
Storms will continue to race east out of forecast area before
sunrise today, with a few scattered showers possible across portions
of east MS. It is worth noting that there remains a possibility of
seeing some brief snow shower/flurries in a very short window (1 to
2 hours) on the back end of this cold front, indicative of colder
air outrunning precip early this morning. Any showers that do occur
are not expected to be impactful and will be brief.

Looking ahead into the afternoon period, weather conditions will be
quiet across our CWA. Regarding the wind threat for today, strong
gradient winds with gusts up to 30-40 mph will be possible across
much of our forecast area this afternoon with higher gusts greater
than 40 mph across the Delta region given the strong mixing (up to
10 kft) in the strong cold advection pattern. No changes have been
made to the wind graphic for today and a Wind Advisory remains in
affect for much of the area. Afternoon highs will peak into the
upper 40s to low 50s areawide.

Concerning the freeze threat: In the wake of the cold front, a polar
surface high will usher in a much colder airmass, and will promote
freezing temperatures tonight into Tuesday morning, and to a lesser
extent, Wednesday morning. A significant to extreme freeze threat
remains for the entire area, especially considering the recent
record warmth (e.g., warmest start to March on record at Jackson,
MS), and with highs in the 80s also expected Sunday ahead of this
freeze. Impacts to unprotected vegetation are expected. And, with
more low temperatures now forecast to fall into the low to mid 20s
Tue morning, there will also be a significant threat to early season
fruit crops. Given the current trends in colder guidance for tonight
into Tuesday morning, the Freeze Advisory has been upgraded to a
Freeze Warning for our entire forecast area. We should start to see
much warmer trends in temperatures heading into Wednesday as the
trough shifts out of our region.

Thereafter, a significant warm-up is expected for mid to late next
week with building heights over the region. Highs will rise back
above seasonal norms with readings in the upper 70s and low 80s by
Friday. A strong midlevel high over the desert southwest will keep
northerly flow over our area which will maintain warm and dry
conditions. Dry conditions will prevail across the
southeast CONUS through early next week. /CR/SAS/EC/

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1227 AM CDT Mon Mar 16 2026

VFR conditions largely prevail, with a brief window of MVFR
ceilings in the east this morning in the wake of storms. Storms
will continue to trek east overnight and may briefing drop
visibility and ceilings to MVFR/IFR. Gusty winds will prevail
through the day from the northwest around 25kts and will diminish
near sunset this evening. /SAS/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Jackson       48  27  52  34 /  20   0   0   0
Meridian      49  27  53  30 /  30   0   0   0
Vicksburg     50  27  54  35 /  10   0   0   0
Hattiesburg   53  29  56  33 /  20   0   0   0
Natchez       51  28  56  35 /  20   0   0   0
Greenville    45  27  50  38 /   0   0   0   0
Greenwood     47  25  51  35 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...Wind Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for MSZ018-019-025-034-
     035-040-041.

     Freeze Warning from 10 PM this evening to 10 AM CDT Tuesday for
     MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074.

     Wind Advisory until noon CDT today for MSZ026>033-036>039-
     042>066.

LA...Wind Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for LAZ007>009-015-016-
     023>026.

     Freeze Warning from 10 PM this evening to 10 AM CDT Tuesday for
     LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026.

AR...Wind Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for ARZ074-075.

     Freeze Warning from 10 PM this evening to 10 AM CDT Tuesday for
     ARZ074-075.

&&

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CR/CR/SAS