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FXUS64 KSHV 010820
AFDSHV

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
320 AM CDT FRI AUG 1 2014

.DISCUSSION...
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA THIS
MORNING IN ASSOCIATION WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...LOCATED OVER
EAST TEXAS. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE EAST...WITH THE
SURFACE COLD FRONT STALLING ACROSS CENTRAL LOUISIANA UNTIL AT
LEAST SUNDAY NIGHT. AFTER THIS...DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE
REGION AS A RIDGE CENTER OVER FAR WEST TEXAS BUILDS EAST...
REPLACING THE UPPER UPPER TROUGH. WILL END PRECIP FROM WEST TO
EAST TODAY BUT KEEP A SMALL CHANCE SOUTHEAST THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
WITH THE TROUGH STILL OVER THIS REGION.

DUE TO THE CLOUDS AND RAIN ALONG WITH NORTH TO NORTHEAST SURFACE
WIND MOST AREAS...EXPECT BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAYTIME IN CLOUDY
LOCATIONS. BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO NEAR
NORMAL. MODELS CONTINUE TO HOLD THE RIDGE WELL WEST OF THE AREA
THROUGH THE SEVEN DAY FORECAST PERIOD...SO DO NOT SEE ANY UPPER
90S AT THIS TIME. ALSO...LATE IN THE WEEK...ANOTHER TROUGH WILL
MOVE SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE PLAINS...PUSHING THE RIDGE SOUTHWEST...
BRINGING A SMALL CHANCE OF CONVECTION TO THE REGION. /14/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  83  68  85  69  87 /  40  10  10  10  20
MLU  84  67  86  67  86 /  60  30  20  20  30
DEQ  79  65  85  66  86 /  20  10  10   0  10
TXK  80  66  85  66  85 /  40  10  10   0  10
ELD  79  65  84  66  86 /  50  10  10   0  20
TYR  84  68  89  70  89 /  20  10  10   0  10
GGG  83  67  86  68  87 /  30  10  10  10  10
LFK  85  70  88  71  89 /  30  10  20  10  20

&&

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

$$