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FXUS64 KSHV 050152
AFDSHV

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
852 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024

...New AVIATION...

.SHORT TERM...
(This evening through Friday Night)
Issued at 256 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024

As the celebratory fireworks are winding down this evening, nature`s
fireworks may not be far away for portions of the ArkLaTex.
Specifically for areas along and north of the I-30 corridor, showers
and storms may arrive before midnight, becoming more widespread
overnight, with slight chances possibly closing in on the I-20
corridor by daybreak. The SPC is highlighting northern portions of
McCurtain County, OK within a Marginal Risk for severe weather with
this convection tonight. The most likely associated threat will be
damaging wind gusts.

Model guidance is still exhibiting some characteristic spread on the
propagation speed of this system, but the general consensus as of
this writing only allows the northern half of the CWA to see much in
the way of rain-cooling relief from the heat which has defined this
week. Lows will range from the lower 70s north to upper 70s and
lower 80s south, followed by a return to the mid to upper 90s along
and south of I-20 tomorrow afternoon, while to the north highs may
only make it into the upper 80s.

By tomorrow afternoon, storm coverage looks to spread across the
entirety of the ArkLaTex. At this time, the region remains outlooked
in General Thunder by the SPC, but daytime heating and stubborn
dewpoints south of the convection may make a favorable environment
for some storms to become stronger. Will monitor closely, as always.
Convection may begin to taper off into the evening for our
northwesternmost zones, but across the remainder of the region,
thunder looks to continue overnight towards daybreak Saturday, while
temperatures drop into the upper 60s north to upper 70s south.

/26/

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Saturday through next Wednesday)
Issued at 256 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024

Friday`s convection marks the beginning of a more prolonged
unsettled pattern for the ArkLaTex, as the upper level ridge which
has been locking in our heat all this week finally begins to shift
off to the south and east enough to allow the upper level trough
digging south over the Plains to swing its associated surface
boundary into the region, looking to become stalled here throughout
the extended forecast period. This new pattern will be characterized
by more seasonable temperatures with highs in the lower 90s and lows
in the lower 70s, owing primarily to near daily rainfall chances as
several waves of storms keep conditions damp through the weekend and
into early next week.

Saturday will see a continuation of the overnight convection
greeting daybreak this weekend, followed by a bit of a respite
overnight, then another round of convection beginning early Sunday
and continuing through the day. This behavior will feature in
something of a "rinse and repeat" pattern into next week, as the
stationary boundary remains in place. In a nutshell, daily rainfall
chances are in store through to the end of this forecast.

Meanwhile, the model guidance consensus continues to track Hurricane
Beryl on its westerly course, potentially bringing impacts to
southern Texas in the early hours of Monday. Beyond that, the track
of this system is far less certain. While impacts to the ArkLaTex do
not look especially likely as of this writing, they cannot be ruled
out altogether either, and we will of course be monitoring the
latest tropical forecast updates attentively in the coming days.

/26/

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 734 PM CDT Thu Jul 4 2024

For the 05/00Z TAF period, VFR conditions continues this evening
as the late afternoon cu field gradually diminishes. Convection to
our NW will gradually spread SE overnight with advancing outflow
boundaries possibly initiating new showers and thunderstorms after
midnight through daybreak down along the I-30 corridor. Therefore,
have included VCSH/VCTS at TXK from mid to late morning while low
confidence precludes any mention of convection farther south and
east. Otherwise, expect returning cu/stratocu with low VFR cigs by
late morning or early afternoon. Light S/SW winds will veer more
W/NW with advancing outflows and the eventual frontal passage in
the latter half of the TAF period.

/19/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  81  96  78  92 /  10  60  40  40
MLU  79  95  74  92 /  10  70  40  40
DEQ  73  89  68  90 /  50  50  20  10
TXK  77  93  73  93 /  40  50  20  20
ELD  75  92  70  90 /  30  60  20  20
TYR  77  95  75  91 /  20  50  30  40
GGG  77  95  74  91 /  10  50  40  50
LFK  77  97  75  91 /  10  40  30  60

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM CDT this evening for ARZ050-
     051-059>061-070>073.

LA...Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM CDT this evening for
     LAZ001>006-010>014-017>022.

OK...Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM CDT this evening for OKZ077.

TX...Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM CDT this evening for TXZ097-
     112-126-137-138-150>153-165>167.

     Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT this evening for TXZ096-108>111-124-
     125-136-149.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...26
LONG TERM....26
AVIATION...19