082  
FXUS64 KSHV 090402  
AFDSHV  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA  
1102 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2025  
   
..NEW DISCUSSION  
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
ISSUED AT 1053 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2025  
 
- A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN PLACE FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON  
SATURDAY  
 
- RAIN CHANCES TO INCREASE, MAINLY ACROSS NORTH LOUISIANA, EAST  
TEXAS, AND SOUTH ARKANSAS EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 
- COULD SEE HEAT INDEX VALUES ACROSS SOME AREAS BORDERING ON  
ADVISORY CRITERIA THROUGH NEXT WEEK.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
ISSUED AT 1053 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2025  
 
THE REGION WILL BE SPLIT BETWEEN AN UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH  
PRESSURE ACROSS TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA AND A BROAD UPPER-LOW ACROSS  
THE WESTERN GULF INTO LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI ON SATURDAY. AREAS  
UNDER THE RIDGE, INCLUDING EAST AND NORTHEAST TEXAS AS WELL AS  
SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS CAN  
EXPECT ANOTHER HOT AND DRY DAY WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO  
UPPER 90S AND HEAT INDEX VALUES EXCEEDING 105 DEGREES. THUS, A  
HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS THROUGH SATURDAY.  
ELSEWHERE, THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER-TROUGH WILL ALLOW FOR ENOUGH  
INSTABILITY AND MIXING TO RESTRICT HIGH TEMPERATURES TO THE MID  
90S WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES REMAINING BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA.  
 
THE UPPER-TROUGH WILL RETROGRADE WEST INTO TEXAS ON SUNDAY  
BRINGING A SLIGHTLY UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS THE ARKLATEX THROUGH  
MIDWEEK. AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED EACH  
DAY WITH THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES EXPECTED ON MONDAY. BY MIDWEEK,  
THE PATTERN WILL HAVE CHANGED VERY LITTLE WITH THE UPPER-TROUGH  
LINGERING ACROSS CENTRAL TEXAS INTO OKLAHOMA AND A RIDGE BUILDING  
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF COAST. WITH THE BUILDING RIDGE,  
TEMPERATURES ACROSS MAINLY NORTH LOUISIANA AND SOUTH ARKANSAS  
COULD AGAIN APPROACH THE UPPER 90S ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. /05/  
 
 
   
AVIATION  
 
(00Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 653 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2025  
 
FOR THE ARKLATEX TERMINALS, SUMMER DOLDRUMS PERSISTING ALL WEEKEND  
WITH HOT AFTERNOON AND MILD MORNINGS. FEW TO SCT FAIR WX CU AND  
SOME OCCASIONAL CIRRUS. WINDS TO REMAIN FROM S/SW EARLY AND  
BACKING A BIT TO S/SE FOR THE AFTERNOON WITH 5-10KT. OVERNIGHTS  
3-5KT FOR MOST LOCALES WHICH MAY VARY DIRECTION. BEYOND THIS  
WEEKEND, WE WILL SEE AN UPTICK IN THE COVERAGE OF MID TO LATE  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO START NEXT WORK/SCHOOL WEEK. /24/  
 
 
   
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT  
 
ISSUED AT 1055 PM CDT FRI AUG 8 2025  
 
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.  
 
 
   
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS  
 
SHV 78 97 76 96 / 0 10 0 20  
MLU 74 96 74 94 / 0 10 0 30  
DEQ 73 97 73 95 / 0 10 0 0  
TXK 77 99 76 97 / 0 0 0 10  
ELD 74 96 72 94 / 0 10 0 10  
TYR 76 98 75 95 / 0 0 0 10  
GGG 75 97 74 95 / 0 10 0 10  
LFK 74 97 74 94 / 0 20 10 30  
 
 
   
SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
AR...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR ARZ050-051-059-  
060-070.  
 
LA...NONE.  
OK...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR OKZ077.  
 
TX...HEAT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM CDT SATURDAY FOR TXZ096-097-  
108>112-124>126-136>138-149>153-165-166.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...05  
AVIATION...24  
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