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FXUS64 KTSA 310534
AFDTSA
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TULSA OK
1234 AM CDT SUN MAY 31 2026
..NEW AVIATION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 1135 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2026
- RAIN/STORM CHANCES SUNDAY MORNING FAR NE OK INTO NW AR.
- RAIN CHANCES DECREASE AND HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL PREVAIL
SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY
REACH TRIPLE DIGITS IN A FEW SPOTS EACH DAY.
- UNSETTLED WEATHER RETURNS LATE NEXT WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND WITH
DAILY SHOWER AND STORM CHANCES.
SHORT TERM
(THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 1135 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2026
STORMS THAT DEVELOPED ON THE DRYLINE DURING THE AFTERNOON WERE
MAINLY NEAR AND NORTH OF THE KANSAS BORDER AND STAYED WEST OF THE
FORECAST AREA. THE MAIN STORM ACTIVITY DURING THE AFTERNOON WAS
OVER NW AR, FIRST WITH MORE SPOTTY STORMS AND THEN WITH AN
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM STORMS OVER SW MO. THOSE STORMS HAVE FADED
THIS EVENING. THE LATEST HRRR KEEPS THE OVERNIGHT FAIRLY QUIET
ACROSS THE AREA, ASIDE FROM SOME ELEVATED SPOTTY SHOWERS. THERE ARE
HINTS IN THE DATA OF SOME WARM ADVECTION SHOWERS AND STORMS SUNDAY
MORNING IN THE VICINITY OF AND ON THE COOL SIDE OF THE OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS FAR NE OK AND NW AR. RISING UPPER HEIGHTS ON
SUNDAY WITH THE DEPARTURE OF THE CENTRAL CONUS UPPER TROUGH WILL
RESULT IN A HOT AND HUMID DAY. WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW 90S EXPECTED,
AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL TOUCH THE TRIPLE DIGIT MARK IN SEVERAL
LOCATIONS. THE LATEST HRRR DOES INDICATE AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM
COULD DEVELOP ACROSS NE OK ALONG A SURFACE TROUGH AND ON THE EDGE OF
THE CAP OVER NW AR AROUND AND ESPECIALLY AFTER 00Z SUNDAY EVENING.
LACY
LONG TERM
(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 1135 PM CDT SAT MAY 30 2026
UPPER HEIGHTS CONTINUE TO RISE INTO MONDAY AS THE CENTRAL CONUS
RIDGE AMPLIFIES/BROADENS AND ANOTHER AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE LOW
90S AND HEAT INDICES NEAR THE TRIPLE DIGITS IS EXPECTED. THE UPPER
RIDGE HOLDS FIRM ON TUESDAY WITH ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID DAY ON TAP.
TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL DIAL BACK A BIT BY WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY AS AN EXPANSIVE SURFACE HIGH CENTERED OVER THE GREAT LAKES
BACK-DOORS SOME COOLER AND DRIER AIR INTO THE FORECAST AREA FROM THE
EAST AND NORTHEAST. THE BEST RAIN/STORM CHANCES SHOULD STAY WEST OF
THE FORECAST AREA IN THIS SCENARIO. THE CENTRAL CONUS RIDGE SHIFTS
EAST DURING THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK, AND RAIN/STORM CHANCES WILL
RAMP UP NEXT FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WITH SW FLOW ALOFT INCREASING
AHEAD OF A WEAK SOUTHERN STREAM TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHWEST.
LACY
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1234 AM CDT SUN MAY 31 2026
MID AND HIGH CLOUDS REMAIN COMMON ACROSS THE CWA INTO SUNDAY
MORNING, WHILE SCATTERED SPRINKLES/LIGHT RAIN MOVES THROUGH.
DURING THE DAY SUNDAY, SCATTERED DIURNAL MID CLOUDS BECOME COMMON
OVER THE CWA WITH HIGH CLOUDS ALSO REMAINING FOR NORTHWEST
ARKANSAS. THERE COULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR CEILINGS LATE
MORNING AS THE DIURNAL CLOUDS BEGIN TO DEVELOP. SLIGHT CHANCES OF
CONVECTION ARE FORECAST FOR WESTERN ARKANSAS SUNDAY. FOR NOW
THOUGH WILL KEEP A MENTION OUT OF THE TAFS DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OF
COVERAGE/DEVELOPMENT. BY SUNDAY EVENING, A FEW HIGH CLOUDS ARE
FORECAST. WINDS THROUGH THE PERIOD REMAIN SOUTHERLY FOR MOST
LOCATIONS, WITH BREEZY/GUSTY CONDITIONS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THE
EXCEPTION TO THIS WILL BE KFSM WITH EASTERLY WINDS TONIGHT BEFORE
BECOMING SOUTHERLY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST
THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD.
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
TUL 73 94 71 89 / 0 0 20 10
FSM 72 95 72 91 / 10 0 10 10
MLC 75 95 72 92 / 0 0 10 10
BVO 71 94 68 88 / 10 0 20 10
FYV 73 92 70 88 / 10 10 10 10
BYV 69 89 66 83 / 20 10 10 10
MKO 72 93 70 90 / 0 0 10 10
MIO 71 92 68 87 / 20 0 10 10
F10 72 95 70 90 / 0 0 10 10
HHW 73 94 72 93 / 0 0 10 10
TSA WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
OK...NONE.
AR...NONE.
SHORT TERM...30
LONG TERM....30
AVIATION...20
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