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Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
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738 FXUS64 KSHV 032329 AFDSHV Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Shreveport LA 629 PM CDT Wed Sep 3 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Issued at 1235 PM CDT Wed Sep 3 2025 - Showers and thunderstorms will be possible today, mainly for our eastern half of the forecast area. - Dry and warmer conditions will return to the area tomorrow and Friday. - The passage of a few cool fronts will bring widespread rain chances and cooler weather from Saturday through the first of next week. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 1235 PM CDT Wed Sep 3 2025 A deep longwave trough continues to extend east of the Rockies eastward through the remainder of the CONUS. This has put most of the Southern Plains and Lower Mississippi Valley, including our entire forecast area, in northwesterly flow aloft. A lead disturbance ahead of a diffused frontal zone brought some isolated to scattered clusters of convection across the region this morning. Additional convection is starting to form along and ahead of the aforementioned frontal zone, as northwest flow slowly pushes it across the region today. Decided to add rain chances, generally for areas along and south of a line from Lufkin, Texas to Dierks, Arkansas. However, short-term progs have the best chance for convection across our South-Central Arkansas and most of our Louisiana zones this afternoon. This convection should diminish by the early evening hours. Another week frontal boundary will swing across the area overnight, bringing some drier air over the region for Thursday. With less cloud cover, expect warmer temperatures, with highs returning into the low to mid 90s. By Thursday night, a closed upper trough over the Great Lakes region will start to lift northeastward. At the same time, high pressure will start to settle across the Gulf. This will allow the flow to transition to southwesterly across the region on Friday. Dry conditions will still remain, but with southwesterly winds, expect highs to climb into the mid to upper 90s Friday afternoon. The upper-level pattern will start to shift again by Friday evening, as a short-wave trough swings across the Plains, pushing a cold front southward into our northern zones. Rain chances will return with this front areawide as it slowly pushes southward through the region Friday night through Saturday. Behind this front, the upper pattern will become northwesterly again, bringing a couple more upper troughs/cool front into the region through the early portions of next week. This will keep rain chances in the forecast during this period. Drier weather will return for the middle of next week, with only some slight rain chances across the area. One thing of note, long-term progs continue to suggest we will see cooler temperatures from Saturday through the middle portion of next week, with overnight lows possibly getting into the upper 50s in our northern zones by next week. /20/ && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 620 PM CDT Wed Sep 3 2025 For the 04/00Z TAFs, this afternoon`s scattered thunderstorms have already largely diminished and progressed out of ArkLaTex airspace. Conditions will remain quiet overnight with skies becoming mostly clear. The primary impact of note in this forecast period will be the possibility of fog development in the pre-dawn hours at sheltered terminals, possibly becoming more widespread with calming winds and clearing skies. After becoming nearly calm overnight, southwest winds will pick up during the day tomorrow to sustained speeds of between 5 and 10 kts. /26/ && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Issued at 1235 PM CDT Wed Sep 3 2025 Spotter activation is not expected at this time. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 71 96 75 97 / 0 0 0 0 MLU 68 95 71 97 / 20 0 0 0 DEQ 64 91 68 93 / 0 0 0 0 TXK 68 96 73 97 / 0 0 0 0 ELD 66 94 70 95 / 10 0 0 0 TYR 68 93 73 92 / 0 0 0 0 GGG 67 94 73 94 / 0 0 0 0 LFK 68 96 73 95 / 0 0 0 0 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None. && $$ DISCUSSION...20 AVIATION...26