982 FXUS64 KSHV 022344 AFDSHVArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Shreveport LA 644 PM CDT Thu Oct 2 2025
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.KEY MESSAGES... Issued at 139 PM CDT Thu Oct 2 2025
- Good CU field with towers continue to lift with the axis of best moisture working into S AR and NE LA now. Afternoon showers and thunderstorms look even better than earlier.
- Little change from where we have been with dry weather into the weekend and still chances returning across our Parishes by Sunday.
- A stronger cold front will usher in a bit more coverage of convection from the NW as the front moves through with high pressure from Canada bringing at and below average readings to end the long term picture.
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.UPDATE... Issued at 139 PM CDT Thu Oct 2 2025
Expanded our afternoon PoPs into much of the Four-State area.
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.DISCUSSION... Issued at 139 PM CDT Thu Oct 2 2025
Some lower 90s obs already called for bumping a couple of our larger metro sites to mid 90s for this mid afternoon. Perhaps even a little hotter than lately with better moisture moving in and even a little compressional heating. This push is a dry lobe moving across MS as the air mass builds on the mid Atlantic in the wake of the cyclones. Some drier 50 degree dew points are now mixing into the delta region of S AR and NE LA right now. The SPC has a General Risk for this activity into this evening. So this explains the push seen in the visible satellite imagery from Alexandria up to near El Dorado. This axis of moisture will move westward across I-49 and into E TX by this evening. Much if not all of the convection will fade soon after the loss of heating. Sunset is now falling through early evening 6o`clock hour with the time change now exactly a month away.
Overall, the pattern will continue below average on rainfall for us, but after several more days near to around 90, some low to mid 80s are on the horizon for next Thursday. A much larger area of high pressure at better than 1030 mb will drop out of Canada early next week and arrive in our neck of the woods by midweek. Our winds will continue easterly for the weekend, but backing a bit more each day to NE for much of next week. The cooler and drier air will mix down the MS River Valley and take us back to where we should be for early October. /24/
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.AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 640 PM CDT Thu Oct 2 2025
Another period of VFR conditions are expected across the region for the 03/00z TAFs. An outflow boundary from earlier convection is making its way from east to west, with some new showers and thunderstorms initiating in the southern part of the CWA. KLFK would have the greatest risk of VCTS with these showers, but some development for western half I-20 corridor sites can`t be ruled out yet. Showers will diminish this evening and give way to mostly clear skies overnight. Another cu field should set up over the western half of the region by tomorrow afternoon, with easterly surface winds increasing to around 5-10 kts. /57/
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.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Issued at 200 PM CDT Thu Oct 2 2025
Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... SHV 69 90 65 88 / 20 0 0 0 MLU 65 89 62 89 / 0 0 0 0 DEQ 63 88 59 85 / 20 0 0 0 TXK 65 90 61 88 / 20 0 0 0 ELD 62 87 58 87 / 10 0 0 0 TYR 67 89 63 87 / 10 0 0 0 GGG 65 89 61 87 / 20 0 0 0 LFK 67 91 64 89 / 10 0 0 0
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.SHV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...None. LA...None. OK...None. TX...None. &&
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DISCUSSION...24 AVIATION...57
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