690  
FXUS64 KSHV 210318  
AFDSHV  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA  
918 PM CST WED NOV 20 2024  
   
..NEW UPDATE
 
 
   
UPDATE
 
 
ISSUED AT 912 PM CST WED NOV 20 2024  
 
TEMPERATURES ACROSS OUR NORTHERN ZONES ARE TRENDING COOLER THAN  
EXPECTED. AFTER COMPARING THIS WITH SOME NEW MODEL DATA, AND  
EXPECTING SOME DECENT RADIATIONAL COOLING, I HAVE LOWERED  
TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION FOR TONIGHT. IN DOING SO, PORTIONS  
OF OUR NORTHERN ZONES, MAINLY MCCURTAIN, SEVIER, AND HOWARD  
COUNTIES COULD DROP BELOW THE FREEZING POINT. SURFACE OBSERVATIONS  
ACROSS THIS AREA ARE ALREADY SHOWING TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER  
30S AS OF 21/03Z AND LIGHT WINDS. WITH FREEZING CONDITIONS  
EXPECTED, I HAVE ISSUED A FREEZE WARNING FOR THE 3 AFOREMENTIONED  
COUNTIES FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 8:00 AM THURSDAY MORNING.  
IN ADDITION, SOME AREAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE FREEZE WARNING COULD  
SEE SOME FROST DEVELOP DURING THE NIGHT AND TOWARDS THURSDAY  
MORNING, SO PRECAUTION SHOULD BE USED WITH SENSITIVE PLANTS. /33/  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM
 
 
(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)  
ISSUED AT 239 PM CST WED NOV 20 2024  
 
POST-FRONTAL WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK,  
REINFORCING NEAR TO BELOW-NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE FOUR  
STATE REGION. TROUGHING ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT PLAINS HAS SHIFTED  
EASTWARD INTO THE MIDWEST AND THE BOTTOM OF THE TROUGH AXIS HAS  
VEERING MID-LEVEL FLOW TO ZONAL FLOW. BY TOMORROW, THAT MID-LEVEL  
FLOW WILL SHIFT TO GAIN A NORTHWESTERLY COMPONENT. THAT SAID,  
WINDS WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY ELEVATED TONIGHT, PLAYING AN IMPORTANT  
ROLE IN THE FREEZING TEMPERATURE THRESHOLD NORTH OF THE I-30  
CORRIDOR WITH A 20-40 PERCENT CHANCE OF AT OR BELOW FREEZING  
TEMPERATURES IN AN AREA GENERALLY BETWEEN IDABEL, OK AND DE QUEEN,  
AR. ELEVATED WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PRECLUDE THAT AREA FROM GREATER  
CHANCES OF THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE YEAR, HOWEVER, ISSUANCE OF THE  
FREEZE WARNING HAZARD ALONG AND NORTH OF THE I-30 CORRIDOR WILL  
REMAIN UNDER CONSIDERATION LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT.  
OTHERWISE, TEMPERATURE MAXIMUMS TOMORROW WILL REMAIN IN THE 60S,  
NEAR NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. /16/  
 

 
   
LONG TERM
 
 
(FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY)  
ISSUED AT 239 PM CST WED NOV 20 2024  
 
DRY AND NEAR-SEASONABLE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST  
OF THE WEEKEND BEFORE WARMER WEATHER RETURNS EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS  
IS DUE TO LARGE-SCALE RIDGING, EMERGING FROM THE INTERMOUNTAIN  
WEST, THAT WEAKENS/FLATTENS ACROSS THE AREA BY SUNDAY, WHILE  
SURFACE RIDGING SHIFTS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY  
ALLOWING FOR MORE ROBUST SOUTHERLY WINDS. SUBSEQUENT MOISTURE  
ADVECTION WILL BOOST TEMPERATURE MAXIMUMS/MINIMUMS FROM NEAR-  
NORMAL TO WELL ABOVE NORMAL WITH UPPER 70S/LOWER 80S AND LOW-TO-  
MID 60S, RESPECTIVELY. BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK THE NEXT CHANCE  
OF PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE, WITH LONG RANGE GUIDANCE  
SUGGESTING ZONAL FLOW OVERRUNNING A SLOW FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND  
MAKING FOR A POTENTIALLY WET AND COOL THANKSGIVING DAY IN SOME  
AREAS. /16/  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 340 PM CST WED NOV 20 2024  
 
SKC WILL DOMINATE OUR AIRSPACE THROUGH THE 24HR TAF PERIOD. THE  
ONLY ISSUE ARE THE WINDS. WINDS WILL DECOUPLE QUICKLY OVER THE  
NEXT COUPLE HOURS AND AND WIND DIRECTION WILL ACTUALLY BACK  
SLIGHTLY FROM THE WNW TO WSW OVERNIGHT BEFORE COMING BACK AROUND  
TO THE WNW OR NW BY LATE MORNING WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO NEAR  
10-15KTS SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS UPWARDS OF 25KTS.  
 
13  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
SHV 40 67 41 64 / 0 0 0 0  
MLU 40 66 38 61 / 0 0 0 0  
DEQ 30 62 35 61 / 0 0 0 0  
TXK 40 64 37 62 / 0 0 0 0  
ELD 34 65 36 61 / 0 0 0 0  
TYR 40 66 40 64 / 0 0 0 0  
GGG 38 66 39 63 / 0 0 0 0  
LFK 37 66 40 66 / 0 0 0 0  
 

 
   
SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
AR...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY FOR ARZ050-051.  
 
LA...NONE.  
OK...FREEZE WARNING UNTIL 8 AM CST THURSDAY FOR OKZ077.  
 
TX...NONE.  

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...16  
LONG TERM....16  
AVIATION...13  
 
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