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FXUS64 KSHV 011154
AFDSHV
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
654 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 1236 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
- SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY AND OVERNIGHT,
COMING TO AN END BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1-3
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE, AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING
HAZARDS.
- THE WEEKEND WILL BE QUIET, DRY, AND COOLER THAN AVERAGE, WITH
LOWS IN THE 40S AND HIGHS IN THE 70S.
- NEXT WEEK WILL BEGIN WITH A WARMING TREND, WITH SCATTERED
STORMS RETURNING BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1236 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE GULF COAST WILL STILL BE IN
PLACE TODAY, AND WILL CONTINUE TO CHANNEL LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE INTO
THE ARKLATEX ON WEST TO EAST FLOW. RESULTING SHOWERS WILL THUS
CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY AND MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS,
ENDING BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND DAYBREAK SATURDAY MORNING. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO RANGE FROM LESS THAN HALF AN INCH ALONG AND
NORTH OF I-30, TO BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES ALONG THE I-20 CORRIDOR,
AND GREATER THAN 2 INCHES SOUTH OF I-20. THE POTENTIAL STILL
EXISTS FOR RESULTING FLASH FLOODING, PARTICULARLY IN URBAN AREAS
AFFECTED BY PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
MEANWHILE, THESE PERIODS OF PROLONGED RAINFALL AND THE ASSOCIATED
CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES COOL, ONLY CLIMBING INTO THE 60S
THIS AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT, LOWS WILL FALL INTO THE 50S WITH A FEW
UPPER 40S POSSIBLE NORTH. BY SATURDAY, A LARGE AREA OF UPPER LEVEL
RIDGING AND BUILDING SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ADVANCES INTO THE DEEP
SOUTH, FINALLY KICKING THE STATIONARY BOUNDARY INTO MOTION, AND
ALLOWING AFTERNOON HIGHS TO CLIMB INTO THE 70S ACROSS THE ARKLATEX
UNDER CLEARING SKIES, A GOOD 5-10 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE. THIS COOLER-
THAN-NORMAL SPELL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WITH LOWS IN
THE MID TO UPPER 40S EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING, FOLLOWED BY HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 70S.
A WARM UP TO MORE SEASONABLE HIGHS IN THE 80S IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
THE NEW WORK WEEK, WITH QUIET WEATHER CONTINUING MONDAY BEFORE AS
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER RETURNS TO OUR NORTHEASTERN ZONES TUESDAY,
BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK AS A SERIES OF
WEAK DISTURBANCES ATTEMPT TO EMERGE IN THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW, BEFORE
CONDITIONS QUIET DOWN AGAIN BY THE TAIL END OF THIS EXTENDED
FORECAST PERIOD.
/26/
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 650 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
FOR THE 01/12Z TAF PERIOD, EXPECT DETERIORATING FLIGHT CONDITIONS
THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD AS CIGS/VSBY CONTINUE TO LOWER TO MVFR/IFR
WITH THE ONSET OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN ALONG AND
SOUTH OF THE I-20 TERMINALS. FARTHER NORTH AT KTXK AND KELD, RAIN
WILL BE MORE SPARSE IN COVERAGE WITH TEMPO CONDITIONS TO ACCOUNT
FOR INTERMITTENT OCCURRENCE EARLY THIS MORNING WHILE THE MAJORITY
OF CONVECTION WILL LIKELY REMAIN SOUTH OF THESE TWO TERMINALS FOR
MUCH OF THE DAY. HOWEVER, CIGS WILL STILL DROP AT THESE NORTHERN
SITES AS WELL, JUST NOT QUITE AS LOW WITH MAINLY LOW VFR TO SOME
OCCASIONAL MVFR CIGS DURING THE PERIOD. OTHERWISE, EXPECT N/NE
WINDS GENERALLY RANGING BETWEEN 5-10 KTS WITH SOME GUSTS POSSIBLE
IN THE AFTERNOON AS HEAVIER RAIN BEGINS TO IMPACT MOST TERMINALS.
CONVECTION SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF VERY LATE IN THE PERIOD WITH
WITH CLOUDS LINGERING A BIT LONGER BEFORE CLEARING LATER SATURDAY.
/19/
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
ISSUED AT 1236 AM CDT FRI MAY 1 2026
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY THROUGH TOMORROW, BUT ANY REPORTS
OF HAZARDOUS WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ARE APPRECIATED.
/26/
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
SHV 60 50 73 49 / 90 80 0 0
MLU 63 50 73 48 / 90 90 0 0
DEQ 67 45 73 45 / 30 20 0 0
TXK 65 50 74 49 / 50 40 0 0
ELD 64 47 73 45 / 60 60 0 0
TYR 60 50 72 51 / 90 60 0 0
GGG 60 49 73 49 / 90 70 0 0
LFK 61 50 73 49 / 100 80 0 0
SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
DISCUSSION...26
AVIATION...19
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