Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Shreveport, LA

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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
641 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024

...New AVIATION...

.SHORT TERM...
(Thursday through Friday)
Issued at 337 AM GMT Thu Mar 28 2024

Another chilly start with upper 30s and low to mid 40s. High
pressure is all around us with a 1024mb center in Arkadelphia.
Lots of our sites calm as a result or a few still N hanging in
there, but we will be NE 5 mph or light and variable this morning
and then becoming S/SE 5 mph in the afternoon, in the wake of the
departing high pressure area. For our Texas counties first, and
then across I-49 in the late day E/SE winds will slowly gain
speed. We will be very close to late March averages all things
considered in the upper 60s and lower 70s for our area highs.
Skies remain fair today and tonight with slightly warmer readings
at this time tomorrow. Low to mid 40s east of I-49 and lower 50s
to the west early tomorrow. And then highs on Friday will make a
jump close to 80 in a few spots with widespread mid to upper 70s.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Friday Night through Thursday)
Issued at 337 AM GMT Thu Mar 28 2024

The winds will pick up a bit for Friday and Saturday as the Gulf
opens up on the back side of this air mass which will be over
Alabama in 24 hrs. Then with brisk southerly winds and partly
cloudy skies, our weekend still looks to see lower 80s for highs
and 60s for lows by Easter Sunday morning, (btw, sunrise is at
7:05 a.m. CDT). We will even see lows in the upper 60s early next
week and mid 80s with SW winds on Monday.

The clouds will increase quickly, and our next chance for
rainfall will be Monday night for the most part as the cold front
rolls in early on April fools day. The WPC expectation for our
amounts is around a half inch give or take for an average. Our
temps will trend back down, but not quite as chilly as this
current air mass. However, this next air mass is large and will
hang around all week, so still looking for that SW flow
potentially hampering our big sun show early week after next, and
really for a lot more real estate for the path across many of our
surrounding states. /24/

&&

.AVIATION...
(12Z TAFS)
Issued at 615 AM GMT Thu Mar 28 2024

VFR across area terminals as high pressure dominates the airspace
and supports SKC through the morning and into the early
afternoon. Moisture return around the western edge of the sfc
ridge will support FEW/SCT sub FL100 CU field by the mid afternoon
period. Terminal winds will turn through the afternoon, becoming
south and southwest. Winds will remain light this afternoon under
the center of the sfc ridge, between 3-5KT. Western terminals will
see a gradual increase in wind speeds towards the end of the
period as the pressure gradient tightens.

RK

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  72  51  78  58 /   0   0   0   0
MLU  68  43  75  54 /   0   0   0   0
DEQ  68  44  75  52 /   0   0   0   0
TXK  70  48  77  55 /   0   0   0   0
ELD  69  45  75  54 /   0   0   0   0
TYR  71  52  77  58 /   0   0   0   0
GGG  71  51  77  57 /   0   0   0   0
LFK  74  50  78  57 /   0   0   0   0

&&

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

$$

SHORT TERM...24
LONG TERM....24
AVIATION...53


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