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FLUS74 KJAN 271059
AWUJAN

AREA WEATHER UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
455 AM CST MON MAR 27 2006

AREA RADARS ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW SOME VERY LIGHT ECHOES ASSOCIATED 
WITH HIGHER CLOUD DECKS PUSHING EAST INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI 
RIVER VALLEY. NO PRECIPITATION IS REACHING THE GROUND WITH THIS 
OBSERVED ACTIVITY ON RADAR THOUGH BECAUSE THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE 
ATMOSPHERE ARE FAR TOO DRY TO ALLOW ANY PRECIPITATION TO REACH THE 
SURFACE. THIS PHENOMENA...KNOWN AS VIRGA...WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO 
THE MORNING HOURS AS HIGHER CLOUDS GRADUALLY INCREASE ACROSS THE 
ARKLAMISS BUT THEN TREND OF NO RAINFALL REACHING THE SURFACE SHOULD 
HOLD WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...A MOISTENING PROCESS GETTING 
UNDERWAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT TO THE NORTHWEST MAY ALLOW SOME 
ACTUAL SHOWERS TO AFFECT AREAS IN THE ARKLAMISS DELTA BY EARLY THIS 
EVENING. OTHERWISE...TEMPERATURES ARE STILL RUNNING IN THE CHILLY 
30S RIGHT NOW ACROSS EASTERN MISSISSIPPI WHERE WINDS ARE LIGHT AND 
SOME PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE. FURTHER WEST A LITTLE MORE WIND AND 
THE INFLUX OF CLOUDS IS KEEPING TEMPERATURES UP IN THE WARMER 40S 
WHERE NO FROST IS OCCURRING...OR ANTICIPATED. 

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