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FXUS64 KTSA 180814
AFDTSA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
314 AM CDT TUE JUN 18 2013

.DISCUSSION...
ASIDE FROM A STRAY LIGHT RAIN SHOWER OR TWO ACROSS MADISON
AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...THE FORECAST
AREA HAS BEEN DRY OVERNIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE STAYED TO THE
SOUTH OF THE AREA NEAR A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT STRETCHES ACROSS
NORTH TEXAS INTO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. EXPECT THE AREA TO STAY DRY
TODAY AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION.

THE NORTHERN REACHES OF THE FORECAST AREA MAY BE BRUSHED BY SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY AS A SERIES OF
MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVES MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AN MCS MAY
DEVELOP OVER EASTERN KANSAS WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MOVE INTO EXTREME
NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY.

WILL KEEP THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST DRY AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT
BUILDS INTO THE REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST BEGINNING ON THURSDAY
AND SHIFTING OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY OVER THE WEEKEND.
THE RESULT FOR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS IS HOT AND
HUMID CONDITIONS.


&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TUL   88  68  89  73 /  10  10  10  10
FSM   88  67  90  70 /  10  10  10  10
MLC   87  67  89  72 /  10  10  10  10
BVO   87  64  88  69 /  10  10  20  20
FYV   84  61  87  65 /  10  10  10  20
BYV   84  62  87  66 /  10  10  10  20
MKO   86  67  89  70 /  10  10  10  10
MIO   87  65  89  70 /  10  10  10  20
F10   85  68  88  72 /  10  10  10  10
HHW   88  69  90  71 /  10  10  10  10

&&

.TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...12
LONG TERM....10