Mississippi
Brutal low temps are coming to Mississippi. How cold will it get around the state?
‘Some of this air is actually coming from all the way back to Siberia. You’re definitely going to get some very cold temperatures.’
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A blast of cold air is moving into the U.S. and is forecast to reach down into Mississippi. All of the state will be affected and some areas will see temperatures plummet into the mid-teens.
“This is going to be a significant cold air outbreak,” said Eric Carpenter, senior meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Jackson. “It’s coming out of the Arctic regions.
“Some of this air is actually coming from all the way back to Siberia. You’re definitely going to get some very cold temperatures.”
The cause of it is a shift in the Arctic jet stream.
“The jet stream is allowing it to drop down into the U.S.,” Carpenter said. “The Arctic jet stream is a lot farther South than usual.”
Temperatures in much of the state are predicted to drop into the teens and even the Gulf Coast is expected to see below-freezing temperatures. And as cold as that seems, it may get colder than the current forecast.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if the forecast trended colder as we get closer,” Carpenter said. “So, I would continue to monitor the weather.”
Here are the expected temperatures across the state from Saturday, Jan. 18, through Friday, Jan. 24, according to AccuWeather as of 3 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15.
Jackson temperatures
- Saturday: High 67, low 29
- Sunday: High 43, low 20
- Monday: High 38, low 18
- Tuesday: High 36, low 20
- Wednesday: High 37, low 21
- Thursday: High 47, low 27
- Friday: High 50, low 29
Southaven temperatures
- Saturday: High 50, low 24
- Sunday: High 34, low 17
- Monday: High 28, low 16
- Tuesday: High 27, low 20
- Wednesday: High 33, low 25
- Thursday: High 43, low 27
- Friday: High 45, low 32
Corinth temperatures
- Saturday: High 53, low 25
- Sunday: High 38, low 14
- Monday: High 28, low 13
- Tuesday: High 28, low 15
- Wednesday: High 32, low 16
- Thursday: High 43, low 22
- Friday: High 47, low 27
Oxford temperatures
- Saturday: High 53, low 24
- Sunday: High 38, low 14
- Monday: High 31, low 13
- Tuesday: High 29, low 17
- Wednesday: High 33, low 18
- Thursday: High 45, low 23
- Friday: High 46, low 27
Greenville temperatures
- Saturday: High 60, low 28
- Sunday: High 37, low 19
- Monday: High 34, low 19
- Tuesday: High 32, low 19
- Wednesday: High 38, low 21
- Thursday: High 44, low 28
- Friday: High 49, low 33
Starkville temperatures
- Saturday: High 63, low 29
- Sunday: High 39, low 16
- Monday: High 37, low 14
- Tuesday: High 34, low 18
- Wednesday: High 38, low 19
- Thursday: High 45, low 24
- Friday: High 49, low 25
Vicksburg temperatures
- Saturday: High 68, low 30
- Sunday: High 39, low 19
- Monday: High 38, low 21
- Tuesday: High 33, low 19
- Wednesday: High 37, low 20
- Thursday: High 47, low 29
- Friday: High 49, low 33
Meridian temperatures
- Saturday: High 69, low 35
- Sunday: High 44, low 19
- Monday: High 37, low 18
- Tuesday: High 35, low 19
- Wednesday: High 43, low 18
- Thursday: High 47, low 24
- Friday: High 50, low 28
Natchez temperatures
- Saturday: High 67, low 31
- Sunday: High 41, low 23
- Monday: High 39, low 21
- Tuesday: High 31, low 18
- Wednesday: High 35, low 20
- Thursday: High 48, low 27
- Friday: High 49, low 31
Hattiesburg temperatures
- Saturday: High 68, low 38
- Sunday: High 46, low 22
- Monday: High 43, low 20
- Tuesday: High 39, low 20
- Wednesday: High 43, low 24
- Thursday: High 48, low 26
- Friday: High 52, low 29
Biloxi temperatures
- Saturday: High 64, low 46
- Sunday: High 57, low 32
- Monday: High 42, low 28
- Tuesday: High 44, low 29
- Wednesday: High 45, low 30
- Thursday: High 49, low 34
- Friday: High 55, low 39
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