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Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
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117 FXUS64 KSHV 052338 AFDSHV Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Shreveport LA 638 PM CDT Sun Oct 5 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Issued at 125 PM CDT Sun Oct 5 2025 - Isolated to scattered showers and a few thunderstorms will increase across portions of Central and Northeast Louisiana this afternoon, while gradually spreading north-northwest across the region tonight, Monday, and Tuesday. - While a slight respite from the heat is expected Monday, near to above normal temperatures will return Tuesday through next weekend, with dry conditions returning areawide for mid and late week. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 125 PM CDT Sun Oct 5 2025 The early afternoon water vapor imagery indicates that the weak upper low over the Nrn Gulf S of the SE LA coast has opened up into an elongated trough, with a better reflection of this trough noted on the visible imagery, where the attendant sfc low is centered just S of Vermilion Bay. Convection has developed on the E side of the trough over the coastal sections of MS/AL, with the wrap-around cu field already beginning to spread WNW into Cntrl and NE LA. The short term progs have scaled back the extent of wrap-around convection developing on the NW side of this trough this afternoon, which does seem plausible given the lack of convection development here so far, although the gradual trend in convection developing/spreading farther NNW across N LA this evening is still expected as the H850-700 reflection of this inverted trough lifts inland from the SE TX/S LA coasts. PW`s should still begin to increase to 1.5-1.8+" later this afternoon across much of N LA/Srn AR, which should help to better support convection development especially as forcing increases along the apex of the inverted trough. The progs have continued to trend wetter with pops mainly over ECntrl LA/Srn AR tonight/Monday, and see no reason to deviate from this although QPF amounts should range from a tenth to quarter inch across most areas, with amounts of a half inch plus possible over mainly the Ern sections of the region (primarily NE LA/SE AR). Have expanded upon high chance pops over this area tonight, with likely pops Monday as the low level reflection of this trough lifts N through the area. The increase in cigs (and deepening low level moisture) will result in increasingly more humid conditions tonight/Monday, but should result in near to even slightly below normal max temps Monday. The aforementioned trough is progged to become absorbed into a weak sfc frontal system by Tuesday morning, with the remnants of this system lifting NE of the area. Thus, the morning low cigs should lift and result in stronger insolation for the afternoon, with any isolated to scattered convection mainly confined in VC of the weak sfc front. This bndry won`t really provide much relief for cooler temps Wednesday but may shave them down 2-3 degrees closer to the daily norms especially as post- frontal low stratus may follow the front and be slow to lift through the day. While sfc ridging will persist from the OH Valley SW into ECntrl TX through the end of the week, flat ridging aloft over the Nrn Gulf will expand back W into TX for the latter half of the week, with the ridge still progged to amplify N into the Cntrl and lee of the Rockies Thursday/Friday, again promoting increased subsidence (and the return to dry conditions) as well as above normal temps. It remains to be seen whether developing troughing near and E of the MS Valley next weekend will be able to weaken the Ern extent of the ridge enough to allow a weak cool front to enter the area. But until better consensus is shown, the above normal temps and dry conditions looks to persist through at least mid-month. 15 && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 638 PM CDT Sun Oct 5 2025 A weak disturbance across the northern gulf will move west allowing for a chance for showers and thunderstorms across mainly MLU/ELD from 06/12Z through the remainder of the forecast period ending 07/00Z. Otherwise, MVFR ceilings possible across most terminals except for GGG/TYR late tonight into Monday. Light northeast winds tonight to approach near 6 knots on Monday. /05/ && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Issued at 1241 AM CDT Sun Oct 5 2025 Spotter activation is not expected through tonight. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 71 85 71 89 / 20 30 20 20 MLU 72 85 71 88 / 50 60 40 30 DEQ 67 81 66 86 / 10 30 20 30 TXK 70 82 68 88 / 20 40 20 30 ELD 69 80 67 85 / 30 60 40 40 TYR 68 86 68 89 / 0 10 10 20 GGG 69 85 68 89 / 10 20 10 20 LFK 69 89 69 90 / 10 20 10 20 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None. && $$ DISCUSSION...15 AVIATION...05