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FXUS64 KSHV 080553
AFDSHV

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
1253 AM CDT Tue Sep 8 2026

...New DISCUSSION, AVIATION, SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Issued at 1244 AM CDT Tue Sep 8 2026

 - Persistent hazardous heat continue with a widespread Heat
   Advisory through Tuesday evening.

 - Scattered, diurnally driven showers and thunderstorms will
   remain a daily fixture through the week.

 - There remains some indication that the pattern could change
   towards the end of the week, will it bring some "cooler" temps?

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 1244 AM CDT Tue Sep 8 2026

The synoptic environment remains firmly dominated by a broad
upper-level ridge that is centered over the southern Great Plains,
maintaining its prevailing influence across the Four State Region.
Within the easterly and southeasterly flow around the periphery of
this ridge, subtle mid-level perturbations will continue to
trigger daily, diurnally driven convection. Through today, this
activity will largely focus along a weak, lingering surface
boundary draped across the area. By mid-week, this boundary is
forecast to retreat more northward as a warm front, introducing a
transient wedge of drier air and a more suppressed atmospheric
profile for Wednesday. However, this lull in convective activity
will be brief. A renewed surge of atmospheric moisture and
vorticity will pool ahead of an approaching frontal boundary by
Thursday, reinvigorating scattered shower and thunderstorm
development across the region.

Looking toward the late week and into the weekend, long-range
global guidance continues to highlight the small potential for a
welcomed pattern shift. The persistent and oppressive ridge is
expected to finally begin breaking down, bifurcated by expanding
northern-stream troughing. As this trough deepens, it will drive
a more robust cool front into the region later in the weekend.
This evolution will not only yield more widespread precipitation
chances but could also usher in some thermal relief. Now, it will
not be cold by any means, and actually will still be hot, but I
don`t think it will be as hot. /33/

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1244 AM CDT Tue Sep 8 2026

For the ArkLaTex terminals, light E/SE wind or calm in many locales
overnight under fair skies. Southerly winds prevail 5-10KT for
Tuesday with another hot Summer day on tap. Some more convection
late day is hard to pin point with VCTS in at several sites until
around 00Z. Little change in this pattern for the short week ahead,
but an uptick in convection is expected by Friday as weak cool front
pools all the moisture over our area for a few days through next
weekend. /24/

&&

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Issued at 1244 AM CDT Tue Sep 8 2026

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  98  76  95  76 /  30  10  20   0
MLU  99  75  96  73 /  20  10  10   0
DEQ 101  72  99  71 /  10   0  10   0
TXK  99  75  97  75 /  10   0  10   0
ELD 101  73  97  73 /  20  10  20   0
TYR  99  76  97  75 /  10  10  10   0
GGG 100  75  98  74 /  20  10  10   0
LFK  96  74  92  73 /  20  10  20   0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...Heat Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening
     for ARZ050-051-059>061-070>073.

LA...Heat Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening
     for LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.

OK...Heat Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening
     for OKZ077.

TX...Heat Advisory from 10 AM this morning to 7 PM CDT this evening
     for TXZ096-097-108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

&&


$$

DISCUSSION...33
AVIATION...24