Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
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536 FXUS64 KSHV 042014 AFDSHV Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Shreveport LA 314 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Sunday Night) Issued at 310 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 A few showers and thunderstorms will persist through early this evening, mainly across portions of Angelina, San Augustine, and Sabine Counties along a stalled surface boundary. Most of the heavier storms should remain south of the CWA. Farther north, more isolated convection associated with a shortwave trough approaching the Mississippi River should exit the area by early this evening. In fact, most of the ongoing precip should end by sunset. However, this break will only be temporary. Another complex of strong to severe thunderstorms is expected to develop across West Texas this evening and tonight as the next shortwave trough strengthens while ejecting northeast across Texas and towards the ArkLaTex. The HRRR and HREF have tended to perform the best over the last couple of days, so this forecast more closely follows those models versus the NAM, GFS, and ECMWF. This is also results and earlier time of arrival of the leading edge of the storms into Southeast Oklahoma and East Texas, which should be between 05z-09z (midnight-4 AM CDT)tonight/Sunday morning. This complex should weaken somewhat with eastward extent across the forecast area Sunday morning, but an isolated severe weather threat cannot be ruled out. Damaging winds and large hail should be the main threat. The forecast becomes more uncertain after mid to late Sunday morning. The HRRR suggests a notable lack of convection across most of the CWA with the exception of the far northern and far southern zones, probably because the atmosphere should be worked over. However, there may be some recovery during the day, which should allow for renewed, and likely more scattered development. This is most likely across Southeast Oklahoma, Southwest Arkansas, and Northeast Texas where lift will be maximized with the shortwave trough. Farther south, a series of thunderstorms complexes with the potential to produce locally heavy rain is possible as a secondary wave in the flow aloft moves across Southeast Texas. Current thinking is that most of this convection should remain just south of the CWA. It is somewhat concerning, and worth noting, that the NAM brings this heavy rain threat into Deep East Texas Sunday afternoon, which would increase the risk for flooding. There is a moderate risk for excessive rainfall in portions of Deep East Texas on Sunday per WPC. For our area, this appears to be associated mainly with the morning convection. While locally heavy rain is possible, the risk for flooding is expected to be short-lived and localized at this time, especially as compared to areas just south and southwest. Therefore, we opted to forego issuing a Flood Watch. Overall, an additional 1 to 3 inches of rainfall, with locally higher amounts, are possible through Sunday evening in Deep East Texas. Rain chances should finally diminish from southwest to northeast Sunday night and early Monday morning. CN && .LONG TERM... (Monday through next Friday) Issued at 310 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 Strong southwesterly flow aloft associated with a powerful upper low across the Northern Plains combined with a deep low-level southerly flow will keep a rather abundant pool of moisture throughout the atmospheric column. With a cold front northwest of the area, this will keep near daily chances for scattered convection in the forecast for much of next week. Sufficient instability and deep layer shear will also result in at least some threat for severe storms each day. The highest rain chances and corresponding chances for severe weather should be Wednesday and possibly into Thursday as a cold front finally approaches and moves across the area. The greatest coverage and best rain chances can be expected in the afternoons and evenings. Surface ridging should finally build into the area by Friday and into Saturday providing enough subsidence and dry air advection to bring most of our rain chances to an end. While the deterministic GFS and ECMWF remove all chances for rain, the ensembles and the NBM still keep some light QPF and slight chances for rain in the forecast as one more shortwave trough dives south along the Mississippi River to start the weekend. With the strong southerly surface flow at the beginning of the week, strong warm air advection can also be expected. With showers and thunderstorms being more of a scattered nature, temperatures will be able to climb ever upwards. Confidence continues to increase regarding unseasonably high temperatures, especially next Tuesday through Thursday. NBM probabilities of high temperatures of at least 90 deg F are now on the order of 80 to 90 percent in some portions of Louisiana by Wednesday. With peak heat index values near the century mark, the hot and humid conditions will be more typical of mid June versus early May. CN && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 1226 PM CDT Sat May 4 2024 Some MVFR ceilings linger near far western terminals around 18z this afternoon but conditions are largely VFR across the area and will remain so. Expect scattered convection through mid-late afternoon, becoming more isolated towards the evening before a brief dry period headed into the overnight hours. Expect the cu field to largely diminish after sunset, with a mid/high level ceiling. Then after midnight, rain chances will increase quickly and significantly from west to east into early Sunday morning, with ceilings also quickly deteriorating to MVFR, accompanied by pockets of IFR. Vsbys also likely to reduce to mainly MVFR within the rain shield. Embedded thunderstorms also likely. Rain will taper to showers from west to east through Sunday morning, with little recovery in ceilings thru 18z. Winds mainly S-SE through the period 5-10kts, becoming slightly higher 8-12kts Sunday morning in and around the storm system. Kovacik && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 69 79 68 85 / 70 100 30 40 MLU 67 80 66 86 / 20 60 40 40 DEQ 64 73 63 80 / 70 100 30 30 TXK 67 75 66 84 / 70 100 40 40 ELD 65 76 63 83 / 30 80 40 40 TYR 67 79 68 85 / 90 80 20 20 GGG 67 78 67 84 / 90 100 20 30 LFK 67 80 68 86 / 80 100 10 20 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None. && $$ SHORT TERM...09 LONG TERM....09 AVIATION...23