363  
FXUS64 KSHV 142324  
AFDSHV  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA  
524 PM CST THU NOV 14 2024  
   
..NEW AVIATION
 
 
   
SHORT TERM
 
 
(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 117 PM CST THU NOV 14 2024  
 
TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED NICELY THIS AFTERNOON WITH 2PM READINGS  
IN THE 70S ACROSS MOST AREAS. THIS DESPITE VERY LOW DEWPOINTS WITH  
VALUES SOME 20 TO 25 DEGREES DRIER THAN THIS SAME TIME ON  
WEDNESDAY. NEEDLESS TO SAY, A VERY DRY AIRMASS IS IN PLACE AND  
THIS WILL PLAY A ROLE IN THE OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURE FORECAST.  
SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING THAT SFC RIDGING REMAINS TO OUR WEST AND  
NORTHWEST AT THIS TIME BUT OVERNIGHT, THE AXIS SLIDES EASTWARD  
AND WILL BASICALLY BISECT THE FOUR STATE REGION FROM NORTHEAST TO  
SOUTHWEST. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR LIGHT WINDS AND GIVEN THE CLEAR  
SKIES IN PLACE, SHOULD SEE AMPLE RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS  
OVERNIGHT. AS A RESULT, HAVE UNDERCUT NBM TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY,  
GOING CLOSER TO THE COLDER MAV MOS VALUES AS THE NBM TYPICALLY HAS  
A WARM BIAS AT NIGHT WITH A DRY ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE WHERE  
RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS ARE VERY FAVORABLE. IN ADDITION,  
HAVE ADDED PATCHY FROST ACROSS OUR NORTHERN HALF WHERE OVERNIGHT  
LOW TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE 30S BUT REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING.  
 
WHILE THE SFC RIDGE AXIS DOES SLIDE SLOWLY EASTWARD DURING THE DAY  
FRIDAY, THE AXIS REMAINS ACROSS OUR EASTERN THIRD AND THERE IS  
REALLY NOT ENOUGH OF A SOUTHERLY WIND COMPONENT ACROSS OUR  
WESTERN THIRD TO COMBAT THE MIXING DOWN OF AFTERNOON DEWPOINTS  
GIVEN THE VERY DRY ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE. SAW THIS TODAY AND SEE  
ABSOLUTELY NO REASON WHY WE WILL NOT SEE IT AGAIN ON FRIDAY SO  
SHAVED NBM DEWPOINTS ON FRIDAY. CONCERNING TEMPERATURES, WHILE THE  
NBM HAS A WARM BIAS AT NIGHT WITH A DRY ATMOSPHERE, IT HAS A COOL  
BIAS DURING THE DAY AND WE HAVE WITNESSED THAT TODAY. HAVE  
THEREFORE GONE A LITTLE ABOVE NBM TEMPERATURES FOR AFTERNOON HIGH  
TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY.  
 
STAYED A LITTLE CLOSER TO NBM TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT EVEN  
THROUGH WINDS SHOULD BE LIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION WITH THE  
EXCEPTION OF OUR WESTERN THIRD WHERE A LITTLE TIGHTER PRESSURE  
GRADIENT MAY RESULT IN A LITTLE MORE MIXING.  
 
13  
 

 
   
LONG TERM
 
 
(SATURDAY THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 117 PM CST THU NOV 14 2024  
 
OUR BIG WARMUP SHOULD OCCUR DURING THE WEEKEND ON THE HEELS OF  
RETURNING SOUTHERLY WINDS AT THE SURFACE. A TIGHTENING PRESSURE  
GRADIENT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS/LOWER MISS VALLEY WILL  
INTRODUCE THIS WARMING TREND WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES NEARING 80  
DEGREES ACROSS SOME LOCATIONS SAT AND SUN. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE  
RETURN HOWEVER WILL LIKELY NOT MAKE IT'S APPEARANCE, AT LEAST  
ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF OUR REGION UNTIL LATE SATURDAY NIGHT  
AND AREAWIDE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT WHICH MEANS THE COOLER  
OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL COME TO A DRAMATIC END.  
 
WE'VE BEEN ADVERTISING A BIG COOL DOWN BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK  
AND WHILE THAT APPEARS TO STILL BE IN THE OFFERING, WE HAVE TO  
GET THEIR FIRST. PRECEDING THE BIG COOL DOWN WILL BE A CHANCE FOR  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD THAT WILL  
MAKE ITS APPEARANCE SOMETIME IN THE MONDAY-TUESDAY TIMEFRAME.  
UPPER FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS/LOWER MISS VALLEY WILL  
BECOME INCREASINGLY FROM THE SOUTHWEST IN ADVANCE OF A VIGOROUS  
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT WILL RAPIDLY LIFT OUT OF THE FOUR CORNERS  
AREA OF THE COUNTRY AND NORTHERN MEXICO AND INTO THE GREAT PLAINS  
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. FORCING WILL BEGIN TO RAMP UP RAPIDLY  
ACROSS AT LEAST THE WESTERN HALF OF OUR REGION DURING THE DAY  
MONDAY AS THE LEAD SHORTWAVE MOVES OUT OF THE UPPER/MIDDLE RED  
RIVER VALLEY AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. AT THIS TIME, IT APPEARS  
LIKE ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT SHOULD REMAIN  
WEST OF OUR REGION BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SPC'S 15%  
PROBABILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER IN THEIR DAY 5 OUTLOOK MOVE A LITTLE  
FURTHER EAST, CLOSER TO OUR REGION FOR THEIR NEXT UPDATE.  
 
THE UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST RELOADS TUESDAY  
INTO WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK, AT LEAST IT DOES PER THE LATEST 12Z  
ECMWF WHICH WOULD SUGGEST WET WEATHER WILL CONTINUE IN THE WED-THU  
TIMEFRAME NEXT WEEK. THE 12Z GFS ON THE OTHER HAND MIGRATES THE  
ENTIRE TROUGH EASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WHICH WOULD  
THEREFORE SHUTDOWN ANY KIND OF RETURNING MOISTURE FLOW FROM THE  
GULF AND WOULD THEREFORE END RAIN CHANCES AHEAD OF THE BIG COOL  
DOWN BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK. GIVEN THE LARGE DISCREPANCIES IN  
DETERMINISTIC PROGS, WILL KEEP SMALL CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST  
TUE NIGHT THRU WED NIGHT AS EVEN THE WETTER, SLOWER ECMWF HAS  
PRECIPITATION WELL NORTH AND EAST OF OUR REGION BY THU OF NEXT  
WEEK.  
 
SPEAKING OF THE COLDER AIR, IT WILL BE MODIFIED SOMEWHAT DEPENDING  
ON RAIN CHANCES ON WED BUT HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO  
REACH THE 50S FOR THU WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING TEMPERATURES  
ACROSS AT LEAST OUR NORTHERN THIRD BY THU NIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING OF  
NEXT WEEK AND MAYBE A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH JUST BEYOND THIS 7-DAY  
FORECAST. STAY TUNED.  
 
13  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 517 PM CST THU NOV 14 2024  
 
FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD TAF PACKAGE THIS EVENING AS VFR REMAINS  
ACROSS ALL LOCAL TERMINALS. SKC WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AIRSPACE  
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT AND WELL INTO FRIDAY. VRB WINDS ARE  
PREVAILED TO START, BUT WILL TURN MORE N/NE TOMORROW AFTERNOON,  
GENERALLY BETWEEN 3-5KT. HI-RES SURFACE VISIBILITY PRODUCTS THIS  
AFTERNOON HAVE BEEN BULLISH ON THE IDEA OF FG/BR DEVELOPMENT AT  
OR NEAR MLU/ELD SHORTLY AFTER 00Z. CONFIDENCE FALLS SOMEWHERE IN  
THE MIDDLE WITH THIS FOR NOW, BUT HAVE ELECTED TO TEMPO IN FOR  
THIS PACKAGE TO INTRODUCE THE CHANCE. IF THIS FAIL TO MATERIALIZE,  
IT WILL LIKELY BE REMOVED IN THE 06Z PACKAGE.  
 
KNAPP  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
SHV 43 74 47 77 / 0 0 0 0  
MLU 42 71 42 74 / 0 0 0 0  
DEQ 36 69 38 70 / 0 0 0 0  
TXK 40 70 43 73 / 0 0 0 0  
ELD 36 71 40 73 / 0 0 0 0  
TYR 43 73 46 76 / 0 0 0 0  
GGG 40 72 43 76 / 0 0 0 0  
LFK 43 72 46 77 / 0 0 0 0  
 

 
   
SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
AR...NONE.  
LA...NONE.  
OK...NONE.  
TX...NONE.  

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...13  
LONG TERM....13  
AVIATION...53  
 
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