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FXUS64 KSHV 010747
AFDSHV

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Shreveport LA
247 AM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024

...New SHORT TERM, LONG TERM...

.SHORT TERM...
(Monday through Tuesday)
Issued at 221 AM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024

Upper-air analysis this morning is showing high pressure remaining
over our area, generally centered across north central Texas and
south central Oklahoma. The only appreciable change to this over
the next few days will the center of it will wobble to and fro
as it slowly shifts to the east. Meanwhile at the surface, a
frontal boundary will remain stalled out across portions of the
region today, generally from southeast Oklahoma into northwest
Louisiana. This will cause a larger gradient in afternoon high
temperatures. Behind the frontal boundary, highs will be in the
lower 90s, while the rest of the area will be in the mid to upper
90s. This should also limit our Max Apt T or heat index across
these areas. Due to this, we have left out many of our southeast
Arkansas counties from the Heat Advisory for today with the
exception of Miller and Little River. There is some potential that
we will see some Excessive Heat Warning criteria being met at
times today, but it seemed spotty enough to keep the Heat Advisory
going and not upgrade for today.

Late afternoon showers and thunderstorms will once again be
possible across portions of the area thanks to the stalled out
frontal boundary. Similar to today, this should act as a starting
point for convection later this afternoon and into the early
evening hours. The location may differ some, with storms possible
into some of our east Texas counties. The potential for these
storms is another reason I have elected not to upgrade the Heat
Advisory as these could limit how "hot" we get. Hopefully we are
able to manage to get some precipitation today as any convection
for the rest of the week will generally only be from sea-breeze
convection along our southern zones. Tuesday will remain hot again
across the region, and there is some potential that areas not in
the Heat Advisory today will need to be included on Tuesday,
however, right now to avoid confusion, have left it as is and will
expand if needs be tonight. /33/

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Tuesday Night through Monday)
Issued at 221 AM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024

Here is how the rest of the week is expected to pan out. Models
are in decent agreement that the center of the upper-level ridge
will slowly shift to the east through the week. So, moral of the
story is, this week is going to be hot with heat products likely
to be in place through much of the week. By Friday, the center of
the ridge should be more centered over the southeast CONUS, with
what is now Hurricane Beryl reaching the Yucatan Peninsula.
Current track has the center of Beryl going right through the
Yucatan Peninsula and into the southern Gulf of Mexico by Friday
evening. Where it tracks from there is still up in the air, so
continue to follow the forecast for the latest information from
the National Hurricane Center.

Precipitation will be limited through much of the long term
period. The only exception will be from anything that can develop
from diurnal heating and then the sea-breeze convection across
our far southern zones. Right now it appears that our southern
zones will have the best potential for any precip on Wednesday and
Thursday. By Friday, as the center of the ridge is well east of
our area, this could allow for more widespread convection across
the region as a frontal boundary will push into the northern
portions of our area, leading to a more unsettled period into next
weekend. This could also lead to a brief break in the hot
temperatures for next weekend. /33/

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1243 AM CDT Mon Jul 1 2024

Patchy fog and IFR/LIFR flight conditions may affect a few
isolated locations early in the period, most notably KELD.
However, flight conditions should improve back into the VFR range
at all terminals by 01/18z. Another round of scattered showers and
thunderstorms are expected during the afternoon hours,
particularly across East Texas and much of Western and Central
Louisiana. KTYR, KGGG, KSHV, and KLFK should be the TAF sites most
likely to be affected by convection. The showers and thunderstorms
should gradually dissipate after 02/00z.

CN

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
SHV  97  79 100  81 /  30  10   0   0
MLU  95  72  98  77 /  20  10   0   0
DEQ  93  72  96  75 /  20  10   0   0
TXK  96  75  99  79 /  20  10   0   0
ELD  93  69  97  75 /  10  10   0   0
TYR  98  78  99  79 /  20  10   0   0
GGG  97  77  99  78 /  30  10  10   0
LFK  96  77  98  77 /  50  20  10   0

&&

.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT Tuesday for ARZ059-070.

LA...Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT Tuesday for LAZ001>006-010>014-
     017>022.

OK...Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT Tuesday for OKZ077.

TX...Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT Tuesday for TXZ096-097-108>112-
     124>126-136>138-149>153-165>167.

&&

$$

SHORT TERM...33
LONG TERM....33
AVIATION...09