Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
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151 FXUS64 KSHV 282349 AFDSHV Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Shreveport LA 549 PM CST Fri Nov 28 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Issued at 113 PM CST Fri Nov 28 2025 - Showers and thunderstorms will return as early as late tonight and continue through early Sunday as a strong cold front ushers in sharply colder air for early next week. - A low-end threat of severe storms will precede the cold frontal passage late Saturday through Saturday night. - A more progressive pattern will allow another trough passage on Monday, leading to additional rainfall and a low-end threat of some wintry mixed precipitation in SE OK/SW AR. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 113 PM CST Fri Nov 28 2025 Our stretch of dry weather continues this afternoon, but that will be coming to an end very shortly as a transition in the upper-level flow pattern is already underway. While the pattern remains nearly zonal across our region at the moment, longwave troughing upstream across the Rockies and a lead shortwave emerging invof the Texas Big Bend Region have already resulted in some scattered convection developing well out to our west. However, this trend of additional convection expanding in coverage farther east is expected to bring showers and isolated thunderstorms into our W/NW zones later this evening and overnight, especially after midnight as broad ascent and deep-layer moisture increases. This increase in convection will only become more enhanced through the day Saturday and Saturday night as the longwave trough pivots from the Rockies into the Plains and Mid-MS Valley. This longwave trough will propel a strong cold front through the region late in the day on Saturday through Saturday night with additional forcing in the lower levels. As a result, much of our Four-State region remains on the hook for a few strong to severe storms during this late day timeframe and extending into the overnight hours. A warm front lifting back north on Saturday should advance well into our region in advance of the cold front, resulting in a Marginal Risk of severe weather over a fairly sizable portion of the CWA. The environment will become increasingly sheared throughout the day, but instability and moisture recovery are bigger question marks at this point. All that to say it appears that isolated large hail and damaging wind gusts are primary threats while the threat of tornadoes is quite low and generally confined to Deep East Texas. This same general area is also highlighted in a Marginal Risk for excessive rainfall along with adjacent areas of Central Louisiana where 1-2 inches and isolated higher amounts will be possible. By daybreak on Sunday, all of the convection should be clear of our region along with the advancing cold front. Expect a brief drying out period to follow, albeit much colder with increasing CAA and gusty north winds expected on Sunday. Moving into Monday, our attention quickly turns to the next shortwave diving from the Rockies into the Southern Plains with increased forcing aloft and a developing overrunning scenario across our region. As a result, look for a cold rain event for much of the region on Monday into Monday night, but we continue to monitor the potential of a brief window where temperatures may drop near to even below freezing on Monday night into early Tuesday morning. The area of most concern for this possibility is primarily across SE OK and adjacent parts of SW AR, mainly in the higher terrain along the Ouachitas where some wintry mixed precipitation could occur briefly before all of the available moisture is quickly shunted east with the ejecting trough. With that in mind, expect a very cold start to December across the entire region with back-to-back nights of widespread freezing to near freezing temperatures likely on Monday night and Tuesday night before a modest warm-up begins on Wednesday. Another brief period of dry weather will prevail through Wednesday before rain chances return once again by Wednesday night into Thursday. /19/ && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 543 PM CST Fri Nov 28 2025 Mid-level ceilings around 10kft this evening will gradually lower to around 5-7kft overnight, with the threat for rain and thunderstorms also increasing from west to east after midnight. After a period of -RA (with VCTS also possible) for most terminals through early Saturday, precip will become more scattered/hit-or-miss through the afternoon before another chance for more widespread rain and thunderstorms moves across terminals from NW to SE Saturday evening. VFR ceilings will largely prevail this TAF period, with the exception across mainly KTYR to KTXK where cigs may lower to MVFR towards 18z and then struggle to recover. Winds will remain out of the SE overnight around 10kts, become breezier on Saturday with gusts near 20kts at times. Temporary restrictions to vsbys will exist within heavier pockets of rain and/or any thunderstorm. CK && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Issued at 113 PM CST Fri Nov 28 2025 Spotter activation may be needed late Saturday afternoon through Saturday night. /19/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 46 65 38 49 / 60 80 90 10 MLU 41 63 40 49 / 10 70 100 20 DEQ 40 54 27 45 / 80 90 40 0 TXK 44 60 33 46 / 70 90 70 10 ELD 38 57 32 45 / 40 90 90 10 TYR 48 65 34 47 / 70 70 60 0 GGG 46 65 34 47 / 70 80 80 10 LFK 46 70 39 51 / 60 70 100 20 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None. && $$ DISCUSSION...19 AVIATION...23