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FXUS64 KSHV 081726
AFDSHV

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
1126 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2014


.AVIATION...
LOW STRATUS HAS BEEN LIFTING AT MOST TERMINALS...EXCEPT FOR KGGG
WHERE EXPECT CIGS TO RAISE SHORTLY AFTE 08/18Z...AND IFR CIGS AND
FOG AT KMLU...WHICH SHOULD ALSO QUICKLY IMROVE AROUND 08/18Z.
MOSTLY LOW VFR CIGS EXPECTED THIS AFTN...WITH MOSTLY MID LVL CIGS
EXPECTED AT KELD AND KMLU THIS AFTN. A SLOW MOVG AND WEAKENING
COLD FRONT WILL EDGE INTO CWA LATER THIS AFTN. RAINFALL MOSTLY
LIGHT WITH DEEP MOISTURE BUT LIMITED INSTABILITY NEAR FRONT...
ALTHOUGH RAIN MAY BE A LITTLE HEAVIER AND CONTINUE LONGER INTO THE
DAY SUNDAY WHERE MSTR CONVERGENCE STRONGER. MOSTLY IFR CIGS BEHIND
FRONT AND SOME VSBY REDUCTIONS IN PRECIP...MAINLY AFTER 09/06Z.
CIGS TO ONLY SLOWLY IMPROVE TO MVFR BTWN 09/15-18Z. WINDS TO
GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM SOUTH TO NORTH WITH FRONT...BUT WILL REMAIN
MOSTLY UNDER 10 KTS./VII/

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1039 AM CST SAT MAR 8 2014/

DISCUSSION...
CLOUDINESS INCREASING ACROSS THE FOUR STATE REGION THIS MORNING
WITH SHOWERS JUST WEST OF THE CWA. A COLD FRONT AS OF MID MORNING
WAS NEAR A FORT SMITH ARKANSAS TO DALLAS AND AUSTIN TEXAS LINE.
THE FRONT IS STILL EXPECTED TO REACH THE NORTHWEST ZONES LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH MOST PRECIPITATION EXPECTED ALONG AND BEHIND THE
BOUNDARY.

NO CHANGES NEEDED TO FORECAST AT THIS TIME.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  66  46  58  48  68 /  30  80  40  20  20
MLU  67  50  65  49  68 /  10  50  40  20  20
DEQ  62  42  56  41  68 /  60  70  30  10  10
TXK  63  45  56  46  68 /  50  70  30  10  10
ELD  66  47  57  47  68 /  20  70  30  10  10
TYR  63  40  53  44  68 /  50  80  40  20  30
GGG  65  43  55  46  68 /  50  80  40  20  30
LFK  67  47  58  47  69 /  30  80  50  20  30

&&

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

$$