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FXUS64 KSHV 180239
AFDSHV

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
939 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013

.DISCUSSION...
QUIET EVENING ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION. ISOLATED CONVECTION
ENDED EARLY AND LOWER LEVELS WERE CAPPED ON 00Z RAOB. FORECAST HAS
THE RAIN GONE BY 10 PM AND SEE NO REASON TO CARRY MORE. CURRENT
GRIDS LOOK GOOD...SO NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME. TEXT ZONES WILL BE
RESENT TO CLEAR RAIN IN THE ZONES WHICH CARRIED MENTION.

&&

.AVIATION...
HAZY CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS THE REGION ATTM WITH SOME MVFR VSBYS
COMING IN THE FORM OF HAZE. PRESSURE GRADIENT IS RATHER LIGHT ACROSS
THE REGION WITH LIGHT SE WINDS NOTED ACROSS MOST TERMINALS AS OF
02Z. STRONG INVERSION NOTED ON SHV`S 00Z SOUNDING WITH DESCENT
MOISTURE TRAPPED UNDERNEATH THIS INVERSION. ALREADY STARTING TO SEE
SOME MVFR CEILINGS ACROSS PORTIONS OF SE TX NEAR THE TOLEDO BEND
RESERVOIR. CROSS SECTIONS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ARE NOT THAT
IMPRESSIVE IN THE GENERATION OF MVFR/IFR CEILINGS OVERNIGHT COMPARED
TO THE PREVIOUS COUPLE OF NIGHTS. WENT AHEAD AND PREVAILED VFR SKIES
OVERNIGHT WITH A TEMPO FOR MVFR CONDITIONS JUST IN CASE.

WILL CONTINUE TO WATCH THE FOG/HAZE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS
AND MAY NEED TO PREVAIL MVFR VSBYS WITH TEMPO FOR MUCH LOWER.
OTHERWISE...WHAT CEILINGS WE HAVE SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD QUICKLY
SCATTER OUT WITH VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING THROUGH THE DAY.
/13/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  70  88  69  88  69 /  10  10  10  10  10
MLU  69  87  67  88  69 /  10  10  10  10  10
DEQ  67  87  65  88  68 /  10  10  10  10  20
TXK  69  88  69  88  69 /  10  10  10  10  10
ELD  68  87  67  89  68 /  10  10  10  10  10
TYR  70  88  69  89  71 /  10  10  10  10  10
GGG  69  89  70  88  70 /  10  10  10  10  10
LFK  70  90  69  89  72 /  10  10  10  10  10

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
&&

$$

14/13