735  
FXUS64 KSHV 081747  
AFDSHV  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA  
1247 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2025  
   
..NEW UPDATE, DISCUSSION
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
ISSUED AT 1201 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2025  
 
- WE ARE STAYING THE COURSE ON ADDED RAIN CLOUDS AND LESS HOT  
TEMPERATURES THROUGH MIDWEEK.  
 
- SLIGHT RISK FOR SOME GUSTY WIND AND HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY  
CONTINUES FOR OUR COUNTIES ALONG AND NORTH OF I-30 FROM MOUNT  
PLEASANT, TX TO TEXARKANA AND HOPE AR.  
 
- ANOTHER H500 SHORT WAVE ARRIVING LATE WEEK WILL HELP TO STAVE  
OFF THE HEAT RIDGE UNTIL EARLY NEXT WEEK, KEEPING SOME RAIN  
AROUND FOR THIS WEEKEND.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
ISSUED AT 1201 PM CDT TUE JUL 8 2025  
 
WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE OF NOON TEMPS FROM MID 80S TO MID 90S AS  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ARRIVING ON NW FLOW INTO OUR I-30  
CORRIDOR. ALSO, A GOOD ASSIST FROM A WEAK MORNING SEA BREEZE OFF  
THE GULF COASTAL REGION IS AHEAD OF THE GAME. THE NE FLOW ALOFT  
OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS HAS INDUCED A WEAK UPPER LOW OFFSHORE OF  
LAKE CHARLES OVERNIGHT (SEEN WELL OF WATER VAPOR) AND HAS INITIATED  
A GOOD PUSH OF CONVECTION ACROSS I-10 AT DAYBREAK.  
 
CURRENTLY, THE KSHV 88D IS TRACKING NUMEROUS CELLS IN SW AR AND  
MORE ARRIVING TO REPLENISH IN SE OK, ALL UNDER LIGHT N/NW FLOW  
ALOFT WITH THE WESTERLIES TROUGH. MEANWHILE, OUR COUNTIES AND  
PARISHES ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-20 ARE SEEING A GOOD PEPPERING OF  
EARLY CONVECTION WITH A COUPLE OF ORGANIZING CLUSTERS SPORTING  
OCCASIONAL SPECIAL WX STATEMENTS SO FAR. GUSTY WINDS TO 40-60MPH  
WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY WITH THE SPC RUNNING A MARGINAL RISK FOR  
MUCH OF OK/AR AND DOWN ACROSS OUR I-30 CORRIDOR. LIKEWISE, THE WPC  
CONTINUES THEIR DAY 1 ERO SLIGHT RISK FOR HEAVY RAINS FOR THESE  
SAME AREAS. THE HRRR HAS BEEN IN FLUX, BUT CONTINUES TO SHOW A  
GOOD SANDWICH OF THE TWO PLAYERS, WITH CONVECTION LITTERED ALL  
ALONG OUR I-20 CORRIDOR INTO THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS.  
 
THE OVERALL PATTERN HAS NOT CHANGED MUCH ASIDE FROM THE NEW UPPER  
LOW OVER THE NORTHERN GULF AND THE BIG HEAT RIDGE OVER AZ/NM AND  
THE FOUR CORNERS. A DEEP LOW OF 581DAM IS JUST OFFSHORE OF CA AND  
WILL BE CLIMBING OVER THE HEAT RIDGE THROUGH MIDWEEK. THIS  
ARRIVING SHORT WAVE ENERGY WILL PROLONG THE CURRENT WEAKNESS ALOFT  
PATTERN WE HAVE, HELPING TO BRING IN THE SUMMER RAINS. SO WITH  
THIS UPDATE, WE SEE SOME POPS AND WX LINGERING OVERNIGHT TONIGHT  
AND MAYBE TOMORROW NIGHT WITH SOME LIGHT FOG TOWARD DAYBREAK EACH  
DAY. THEN AS THE CA UPPER LOW SPILLS OVER THE RIDGE INTO THE PLAIN  
LATE WEEK IT WILL PHASE WITH A DEEPER 561DAM UPPER LOW OVER THE  
CANADIAN PROVINCES AND DEEPEN THE WEAKNESS DOWN OVER THE MID MS  
VALLEY. THIS WILL ESSENTIALLY HOLD BACK THE BERMUDA RIDGE FOR A  
COUPLE OF DAYS, NOW ARRIVING OVERHEAD HEAR EARLY NEXT WEEK. SO WE  
WILL HANG ON TO MORE LOWER 90S PERHAPS THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE THE  
SINKING AIR OF THE BUILDING BERMUDA BUILD IN AND SUPPRESSES OUR  
RAIN CHANCES FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. /24/  
 

 
   
AVIATION
 
 
(12Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 632 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2025  
 
FOR THE 08/12Z TAF UPDATE, VFR VIS/CIGS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL  
THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH MORE WIDESPREAD VCTS WITH HIGHER CHANCES  
OF -TSRA ACROSS ALL TERMINALS FROM 08/18Z TO 09/06Z. SOUTHERLY  
SURFACE WINDS WILL BECOME VARIABLE BY THE END OF THE PERIOD. /16/  
 

 
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
 
 
ISSUED AT 632 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2025  
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION POTENTIAL IS HIGHER TODAY, ESPECIALLY ALONG  
AND NORTH OF THE I-30 CORRIDOR FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. REGARDLESS  
OF A FORMAL SPOTTER ACTIVATION, VIGILANCE TO REPORT ANY IMPACTS  
FROM INCLEMENT WEATHER TODAY IS MUCH APPRECIATED. /24/  
 

 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
SHV 75 90 75 93 / 40 70 30 50  
MLU 73 91 73 92 / 40 80 30 70  
DEQ 70 88 70 92 / 40 50 10 20  
TXK 74 91 73 94 / 50 60 20 30  
ELD 71 87 70 91 / 50 80 30 50  
TYR 74 90 73 93 / 40 60 20 30  
GGG 73 90 73 92 / 40 60 30 40  
LFK 73 92 73 93 / 30 50 20 50  
 

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

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...24  
AVIATION...16  
 
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