Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
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835 FXUS64 KSHV 052005 AFDSHV Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Shreveport LA 305 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024 ...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM... .SHORT TERM... (This evening through Saturday Night) Issued at 304 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024 Scattered showers and storms will continue through the evening and into the overnight hours ahead of an incoming frontal boundary from the north. Outlooks still do not highlight much in the way of severe weather developing with this activity, but a few storms becoming strong will still be a possibility overnight. If stronger storms do develop, the primary threat will possibly be damaging winds. The incoming boundary looks to stall and become quasi-stationary, trapping in place persistent rainfall chances through the day Saturday, with the greatest chances being south of the Interstate 30 corridor. Thunder will be likely throughout, but widespread organized severe weather is not yet in the cards. Low temperatures tonight will range considerably depending on rain cooling effects and cloud cover. Further north, lower 70s and even a few upper 60s will be possible, with mid to upper 70s south. Tomorrow, with rainfall having finally overtaken the region, highs will only reach the lower 90s with a few sites possibly only in the upper 80s. Rainfall looks to taper off Saturday evening and possibly remain quiet through the entire night, as temperatures fall into the upper 60s north to middle 70s south. /26/ && .LONG TERM... (Sunday through next Thursday) Issued at 304 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024 Sunday morning will see a renewed round of showers and storms move into the ArkLaTex, with precip chances continuing throughout the course of the day. By this point, the upper level pattern will be somewhat in flux, with the high off to our east over the Florida peninsula, the trough responsible for the boundary forcing this new moisture to the north over the Plains and Midwest, and of course Beryl in the Gulf of Mexico, which looks to be returning to hurricane strength by this time as is treks northwest towards the Texas coastline. The bottom line for the ArkLaTex is that we are closely monitoring Beryl, as the latest model runs suggest it will arc to the northeast upon its landfall, bringing impacts to the ArkLaTex early next week, likely beginning late Monday into Tuesday depending on the extent of the rain field. When combined with the existing moisture in the form of convection being stirred up by our stationary boundary, this will bring with it the possibility of flash flooding across much of the Four State Region, especially east Texas and into north Louisiana and southern Arkansas, with the ERO for Tuesday featuring a Slight Risk including the aforementioned regions, and further upgrades are not being ruled out as of this writing. Depending on the structure, organization and coverage expanse of Beryl as it treks northeastward, severe weather impacts to the ArkLaTex are not out of the realm of possibility. However, there are too many variables at this time to say much beyond that we will be closely monitoring the development of this tropical system. The nature of Beryl`s interactions with the upper level troughing will be of enormous consequence for the latter days of this extended forecast. In broad strokes, it seems reasonable at this point to anticipate a breakdown in the TC`s organization as it gets absorbed into the trough. This troughing looks to remain very much in place due north as ridging over the Intermountain West and ridging over the Atlantic coast help hold it in place, continuing to deluge the ArkLaTex with daily chances for showers and storms through next week. Temperatures will remain seasonable throughout if not below average, with highs in the lower 90s possible only climbing into the upper 80s by the middle of next week, while lows remain in the upper 60s to middle 70s. /26/ && .AVIATION... (18Z TAFS) Issued at 129 PM CDT Fri Jul 5 2024 Mostly VFR conditions will continue through the 05/18Z TAF period, although brief periods of MVFR cigs/reduced vsbys will be possible this afternoon through early to mid evening in and near scattered convection that is developing near and behind a weak sfc front and various outflow bndrys. Have inserted VCTS into all terminals except LFK for the afternoon, and tempoed thunder mention with the potential for MVFR cigs, reduced vsbys, and wind gusts to 30+ kts. This convection should eventually shift S into Deep E TX/NCntrl LA by late afternoon/early evening before ending. In their wake, low AC cigs and convective debris will linger over much of the region through the evening/overnight hours, before thinning late. Patchy FG and low MVFR/IFR cigs may develop after 09Z across portions of Deep E TX/NCntrl LA, before lifting by mid-morning. Elsewhere, areas of stratocu and brief MVFR cigs will be possible by mid and late morning Saturday, before eventually scattering out for the afternoon. VRB or NW winds 5-10kts this afternoon will become light NE or Lt/Vrb after 00Z. /15/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 77 93 77 93 / 50 50 10 40 MLU 73 91 74 90 / 60 50 10 50 DEQ 69 91 68 90 / 10 10 0 30 TXK 73 93 73 93 / 30 20 0 30 ELD 71 91 70 90 / 40 20 0 30 TYR 74 91 74 93 / 40 40 10 30 GGG 74 91 74 92 / 40 50 10 40 LFK 75 91 74 93 / 40 70 10 50 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for ARZ070>073. LA...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for LAZ001>006-010>014- 017>022. OK...None. TX...Heat Advisory until 7 PM CDT this evening for TXZ097-112-126-137- 138-150>153-165>167. && $$ SHORT TERM...26 LONG TERM....26 AVIATION...15