Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA
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748 FXUS64 KSHV 182321 AFDSHV Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Shreveport LA 521 PM CST Tue Nov 18 2025 ...New AVIATION... .KEY MESSAGES... Issued at 1052 AM CST Tue Nov 18 2025 - Near record high temperatures expected today and again on Wednesday. - Week ending rainfall is still on course with 1 to 2 inches for most and near 3 inch totals north of our I-30 corridor. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 952 AM CST Tue Nov 18 2025 Surface high pressure centered across the northeastern gulf will maintain a southerly fetch of moisture across the ArkLaTex through the short-term period. Moisture trapped beneath the overnight diurnal inversion will allow for patchy morning fog and low ceilings followed by near record high temperatures in the low to mid 80s. An upper-level low swinging across the desert southwest will eject northeast across the Southern Plains from mid to late week. Southwest flow aloft ahead of the disturbance combined with dewpoint values in the upper 60s will allow for a generally unstable setup across the ArkLaTex ahead of the approaching disturbance. As heights begin to fall areawide ahead of the low, precipitation is forecast to increase in coverage beginning on Wednesday evening and continuing into the overnight hours. Rainfall rates to increase through Thursday afternoon into the evening ahead of an approaching frontal boundary from the west. WPC has posted an excessive risk for heavy rainfall across southwest Arkansas into southeast Oklahoma and portions of northeast Texas on Thursday as rainfall rates are expected to approach an inch per hour in some locations with rainfall totals up to 2 to 3 inches. Cold front to sweep east across the region on Friday with lingering rainfall to gradually diminish as cooler and drier air filters southward. Cooler temperatures expected through the weekend into early next week with highs in the 60s and 70s and lows averaging in the 50s. /05/ && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 513 PM CST Tue Nov 18 2025 For the 19/00Z TAFs, scattered lower VFR clouds are accompanied by a few high clouds this evening, and in a repeat performance of the past several nights, CIGs will drop after 19/09Z, with impacts a bit more scattered, reaching lower VFR to MVFR north, and potentially IFR south, with VSBYs dropping at KLFK with pre-dawn fog development. Southwest winds will continue through the night, becoming lighter and more variable across northern airspace, increasing to sustained speeds of 5 to 10 kts during the afternoon hours with isolated gusts possible. /26/ && .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Issued at 1228 AM CST Tue Nov 18 2025 Spotter activation is not expected at this time. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 66 84 67 81 / 0 0 20 30 MLU 64 84 64 81 / 0 0 0 10 DEQ 60 82 62 74 / 0 10 60 80 TXK 65 83 66 79 / 0 10 40 50 ELD 61 82 63 78 / 0 0 20 30 TYR 65 83 67 79 / 0 20 40 50 GGG 64 83 65 80 / 0 10 30 40 LFK 64 84 64 82 / 0 20 10 40 && .SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None. && $$ DISCUSSION...05 AVIATION...26