Meridian, Mississippi 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS64 KJAN 200254
AFDJAN

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Jackson MS
854 PM CST Fri Dec 19 2025

...New MESOSCALE UPDATE...

.KEY MESSAGES...

  - Frost and light freeze possible Saturday Morning.

  - Temperatures will warm to about 15 to 20 degrees above normal
    across our forecast area for the Christmas holidays.

&&

.MESOSCALE UPDATE...
Issued at 852 PM CST Fri Dec 19 2025

Clear skies prevail across the are this evening as strong surface
high pressure prevails. A cold night is on tap with lows ranging
from the upper 30s in the west to around freezing in the east.
Some light frost or freeze is possible, especially for the eastern
portions of the area./15/

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 1205 PM CST Fri Dec 19 2025

Through Monday: As surface ridging shifts across the region, we are
experiencing a mostly clear and seasonable day. One more cold night
is in store for tonight with frost and light freeze potential, most
likely the farther east you go in MS closer to that ridge axis.
However, this is the last particularly cold morning we`ll have for
the remainder of this forecast period. Thanks to increasingly zonal
upper level flow, the ridge will begin shifting east of the area
today, with a return to southerly flow tonight into Saturday. This
pattern will provide enough moisture for scattered light showers
between late Saturday night and Monday afternoon as a glancing
shortwave and weak surface front provide modest forcing. Though rain
chances will persist over multiple days, both coverage and intensity
will be limited, and some areas may receive no rain at all. Ridging
will build back in early next week, bringing a return to dry
weather. /DL/

Of interest, the 7-Day forecast now includes the Christmas Eve and
Christmas Day holidays. Average temperatures will be pushing about
15-20 degrees warmer than normal for late December as we move into
the holidays. A white Christmas is not expected, but Santa his
reindeer may enjoy a more tropical experience passing through the
region next week. /NF/

&&

.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 1107 AM CST Fri Dec 19 2025

VFR conditions will prevail through the TAF period. Winds will
shift to southerly this afternoon into this evening and will
become gusty during by late morning Saturday at most sites. /DL/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Jackson       57  37  69  54 /   0   0   0  20
Meridian      56  33  66  49 /   0   0   0  10
Vicksburg     58  38  71  56 /   0   0   0  30
Hattiesburg   60  36  72  53 /   0   0   0  10
Natchez       60  41  72  58 /   0   0   0  20
Greenville    53  37  66  51 /   0   0   0  40
Greenwood     53  37  66  52 /   0   0   0  40

&&

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

$$

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