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FXUS64 KSHV 020631
AFDSHV
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHREVEPORT LA
131 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2026
..NEW DISCUSSION, SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
KEY MESSAGES
ISSUED AT 1228 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2026
- TYPICAL SUMMERTIME HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
HOLIDAY WEEKEND AS WE REMAIN ON THE MARGINS FOR HEAT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS.
- UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED TO OUR TO NE OVER THE OH AND TN
VALLEYS WHILE WEAK EASTERLIES CONTINUE TO UNDERCUT THE RIDGE TO
THE SOUTH ALONG THE GULF COAST, SUPPORTING LOW-END RAIN CHANCES
THROUGH INDEPENDENCE DAY.
- THE PATTERN WILL LIKELY BECOME EVEN MORE FAVORABLE FOR RAINFALL
BY SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE RIDGE WEAKENS AND DRIFTS
OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC.
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 1228 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2026
AFTER A RUN OF DRY DAYS TO END THE MONTH OF JUNE, SCATTERED STORMS
BROUGHT SOME WELCOME RELIEF FROM THE HEAT ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA
ON WEDNESDAY. EVEN IF YOU MISSED OUT ON YESTERDAY'S RAINFALL, MORE
ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS
DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP IN THIS
MOISTURE RICH ENVIRONMENT ALONG WITH INCREASING INSTABILITY FROM
THE ONGOING EASTERLY WAVE INFLUENCE. HOWEVER, UNLIKE WHAT WE SAW
ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE BEST CONVECTIVE COVERAGE ACROSS OUR SE CWA,
WE SHOULD SEE A BIT MORE ACTIVITY ACROSS PARTS OF EAST TX TODAY
BUT DO THINK THE OVERALL COVERAGE WILL BE MUCH LESS THAN WE HAD
YESTERDAY. MEANWHILE, HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY REMAIN
NEAR STATUS QUO IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S AND WITH MAX HEAT INDICES
IN THE LOWER TRIPLE DIGITS IF NOT BRIEFLY REACHING OR EXCEEDING
ADVISORY CRITERIA IN A FEW OF URBAN AREAS IN NORTH LA AND SW AR.
THE FORECAST WILL LARGELY RINSE AND REPEAT ON FRIDAY AND AGAIN ON
SATURDAY FOR THE INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLIDAY AS THE UPPER-LEVEL RIDGE
GRADUALLY WEAKENS AND SHIFTS EAST ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD. THIS
SHOULD EVENTUALLY OPEN THE DOOR TO HIGHER RAIN CHANCES AS WE MOVE
LATER INTO THE WEEKEND ON SUNDAY AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. MEDIUM-RANGE
GUIDANCE IS STILL SOMEWHAT IN FLUX ON THE EXTENT OF CONVECTIVE
COVERAGE BEYOND THE 4TH OF JULY WHEN COMPARING THE EMCWF AND GFS
PROGS WITH THE LATTER LESS BULLISH ON RAIN CHANCES. FOR NOW, NBM
POPS AND TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FAVOR ELEVATED RAIN CHANCES FOR
SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY MILDER
TEMPERATURES.
BY WEDNESDAY, GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO TREND HOTTER ONCE AGAIN AS THE
UPPER RIDGE APPEARS POISED TO BUILD BACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF
AND EXPAND WESTWARD. HOWEVER, THERE ARE ALSO SOME INDICATIONS OF A
SHORTWAVE TROUGH ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT SOUTH INTO THE REGION DURING
THIS SAME TIMEFRAME SO THE FORECAST IS CERTAINLY FAR FROM SETTLED
FOR THIS TIME NEXT WEEK. SO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR
UPDATES THROUGH THIS INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND, AND BE PREPARED TO
SHIFT ACTIVITIES INDOORS ANYTIME WEATHER THREATENS AS DANGEROUS
CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ARE ALWAYS POSSIBLE WITH
SUMMERTIME THUNDERSTORMS.
/19/
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 700 PM CDT WED JUL 1 2026
FOR THE 02/00Z TAF PERIOD...A MIX BAG OF FLIGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE REGION, AS CONVECTION IS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION FROM THE SE.
KSHV, KMLU, AND KLFK, WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF SEEING SOME CONVECTION
OVER THE NEXT 2-3 HOURS, AND POSSIBLY AT KELD AS WELL. DECIDED TO
TEMPO IN PRECIPITATION FOR THESE AREAS. REDUCED FLIGHT CATEGORIES
CAN BE EXPECTED BY DAYBREAK, AS LOW CIGS MOVE INTO THE REGION.
SHOWERS MAY RETURN BY THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD AT OUR EAST TEXAS
AND NW LOUISIANA SITES.
/20/
SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT
ISSUED AT 1228 AM CDT THU JUL 2 2026
ALTHOUGH SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME, SPOTTER
REPORTS MAY BE NEEDED WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS OVER
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME ISOLATED
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
/19/
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
SHV 94 76 94 77 / 20 10 30 0
MLU 95 77 95 77 / 20 0 10 0
DEQ 92 74 92 74 / 20 10 20 0
TXK 95 76 95 76 / 20 10 20 0
ELD 94 75 94 75 / 20 0 10 0
TYR 94 76 94 78 / 30 10 20 0
GGG 94 76 94 77 / 30 10 10 0
LFK 93 75 94 76 / 40 10 10 0
SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
OK...NONE.
TX...NONE.
DISCUSSION...19
AVIATION...20
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