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AWUJAN

AREA WEATHER UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
245 PM CST SAT JAN 19 2008

THE LIGHT RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW THAT FELL ACROSS MUCH OF THE 
ARKLAMISS THIS MORNING HAS ENDED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW FELL IN THE 
SOUTH WHERE ONE TO TWO INCHES WERE COMMON. A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING 
THROUGH SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON AND USHERING IN A 
COLDER AND MUCH DRIER AIRMASS. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WERE ALSO NOTED AND 
WERE HELPING TO KEEP TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON IN THE 30S AT MOST 
SITES. SOME SITES IN THE WEST WHERE THE SUN WAS SHINING HAVE CLIMBED 
INTO THE LOWER 40S. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT 
AND PUSH THE REMAINING CLOUDS EAST OF OUR AREA. WITH MOSTLY CLEAR 
SKIES AND LIGHTER WINDS THIS EVENING...TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO 
DROP OFF RAPIDLY. MOST SITES WILL FALL BELOW FREEZING BY 9 PM. THERE 
MAY BE A FEW PUDDLES LEFT ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES THAT WILL FREEZE 
AND RESULT IN SLICK SPOTS. IT WILL BE VERY COLD SUNDAY MORNING AS  
TEMPERATURES WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOWER 20S AT MOST SITES. 

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